2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election

For related races, see 2010 United States gubernatorial elections.

2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election

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| ← 2006 | November 2, 2010 | 2014 →

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Turnout| 41.32% [1] 8.65 pp
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Nominee  | Bill Haslam | Mike McWherter |
Party  | Republican | Democratic
Popular vote  | 1,041,545 | 529,851
Percentage  | 65.03% | 33.08%

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County results

Congressional district results

Haslam:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
McWherter:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

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| Governor before election

Phil Bredesen
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| Elected Governor

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The 2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010, to elect the next governor of Tennessee, alongside other state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic governor Phil Bredesen was term-limited, and is prohibited by the Constitution of Tennessee from seeking a third consecutive term. Knoxville mayor and Republican nominee, Bill Haslam was elected with 65.0% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Mike McWherter.

The primary election was held on August 5, 2010, with Haslam and McWherter winning their respective parties' nominations.[2]

Haslam received endorsements from former U.S. senator Howard Baker and Congressman Jimmy Duncan.[3][4] The Tennessean wrote, "Haslam appears most likely to be able to ride Gov. Phil Bredesen's pro-business coattails, despite the different party affiliation."[4]

Haslam campaigned on his executive experience as both Knoxville's mayor and the president of a major company. His opponents attacked him as an oil executive, especially in the wake of price-gouging allegations levied against Pilot in the wake of the post-Hurricane Katrina fuel shortages, and criticized his refusal to release information related to his income while at Pilot.[5]

With this win, Haslam flipped the state into Republican control, with the state legislature also being controlled by Republicans. The last time Republicans held a government trifecta in the state was in 1869.[6] Ever since this election, Republicans have maintained their trifecta.

News organizations The Cook Political Report,[7] CQ Politics,[8] and The New York Times[9] rated the gubernatorial election as leaning Republican, while The Rothenberg Political Report rated it as "Republican favored,"[10] RealClearPolitics[11] and Sabato's Crystal Ball[12] as "Likely Republican", and Rasmussen Reports as "Solid Republican."[13]

## Republican primary

[edit]

A recorded debate featuring 3 of the candidates, organized by campaign coordinator James Crenshaw, was held at the Scarett-Benett Center in Nashville, TN.[14]

From July 1, 2009, until January 15, 2010, Haslam collected $1.8 million, Ramsey raised $1,412,593 including a $200,000 loan, Wamp raised $1,373,078 including a $61,000 loan, and Gibbons raised $225,218.

### Candidates

[edit]

* Bill Haslam, Mayor of Knoxville[15]
* Joe Kirkpatrick, businessman[16] Withdrew from race
* Basil Marceaux, Soddy Daisy resident[17][18]
* Ron Ramsey, Lieutenant Governor[19]
* Zach Wamp, U.S. representative, 3rd district[20]

### Polling

[edit]

Poll source  | Dates administered  | Bill
Haslam  | Ron
Ramsey  | Zach
Wamp  | Undecided

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Mason-Dixon[21] | July 19–21, 2010  | 36% | 20%  | 25%  | 17%
WSMV TV Channel 4[22] | July 8, 2010  | 32% | 11%  | 21%  | 36%

### Results

[edit]

County results

Haslam

*   <40%

*   40–50%

*   50–60%

*   60–70%

*   >70%

Wamp

*   <40%

*   40–50%

*   50–60%

*   60–70%

*   70–80%

Ramsey

*   <40%

*   40–50%

*   50–60%

*   60–70%

Tie

*   30–40%

Republican primary results[23] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Bill Haslam | 341,229 | 47.34%
| Republican | Zach Wamp  | 210,332  | 29.18%
| Republican | Ron Ramsey  | 158,960  | 22.05%
| Republican | Joe Kirkpatrick  | 6,775  | 0.94%
| Republican | Basil Marceaux  | 3,508  | 0.49%
Total votes | 720,804  | 100.00%

## Democratic primary

[edit]

From July 1, 2009, until January 15, 2010, State Senate Minority Leader Jim Kyle collected $741,485 including a $300,000 personal loan, McWherter raised $402,868, and McMillan raised $159,981.[24]

### Candidates

[edit]

* Mike McWherter, businessman, former attorney, son of former governor Ned McWherter[25][26]

### Results

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Democratic primary results[27] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Democratic | Mike McWherter | 284,894  | 100.00%
Total votes | 284,894  | 100.00%

## Independents

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* Bayron Binkley, broker[28]
* Brandon Dodds, optometrist[29]
* Samuel David Duck, Independent Federalist[30] (withdrew from race and endorsed Brandon Dodds)[31]
* David Gatchell
* June Griffin
* Toni Hall
* Floyd Knois
* Boyce McCall
* J. David Maharrey, Tea Party
* Linda Kay Perry
* James Reesor, Tennessee author[32]
* Thomas Smith II
* Howard Switzer,[33] Architect[34] (Green Party nominee; listed on the ballot as an independent)
* Carl Twofeathers Whitaker, Native American Indian Movement chief[35]

## General election

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Simultaneous Haslam and McWherter rallies before the Highlands Town Hall Debate

### Predictions

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Source  | Ranking  | As of

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Cook Political Report[36] | Safe R (flip) | October 14, 2010
Rothenberg[37] | Safe R (flip) | October 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics[38] | Safe R (flip) | November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball[39] | Likely R (flip) | October 28, 2010
CQ Politics[40] | Lean R (flip) | October 28, 2010

### Polling

[edit]

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size  | Margin of
error  | Mike
McWherter (D)  | Bill
Haslam (R)  | Other  | Unde-
cided

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MTSU (report)  | October 24, 2010  | 635  | ± 4%  | 29%  | 51% | 4%  | 6%
MTSU (report)  | October 14, 2010  | 635  | ± 4%  | 19%  | 41.6% | 4%  | 36%
Rasmussen Reports (report)  | October 9, 2010  | 500  | ± 4.5%  | 31%  | 59% | 3%  | 6%
Rasmussen Reports (report)  | September 7, 2010  | 500  | ± 4.5%  | 31%  | 59% | 2%  | 7%
Rasmussen Reports (report)  | August 9, 2010  | 500  | ± 4.5%  | 31%  | 56% | 3%  | 10%
Mason-Dixon (report)  | July 19–21, 2010  | 625  | ± 5.0%  | 31%  | 49% | —  | 20%
WSMV-TV Channel 4 (report)  | July 8, 2010  | 603  | ± 4.0%  | 34%  | 60% | —  | 6%
Rasmussen Reports (report)  | June 15, 2010  | 500  | ± 4.5%  | 32%  | 50% | 5%  | 14%
Rasmussen Reports (report)  | March 22, 2010  | 500  | ± 4.5%  | 27%  | 45% | 5%  | 23%

### Results

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County flips

Legend

* Republican

Gain from Democratic

Democratic

Hold

2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election[41] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Republican | Bill Haslam | 1,041,545  | 65.03%  | +35.83%
| Democratic | Mike McWherter | 529,851  | 33.08%  | −35.24%
| Independent | Carl Twofeathers Whitaker  | 6,536  | 0.41%  | N/A
| Independent | Brandon Dodds  | 4,728  | 0.29%  | N/A
| Independent | Bayron Binkley  | 4,663  | 0.29%  | N/A
| Independent | June Griffin  | 2,587  | 0.16%  | N/A
| Independent | Linda Kay Perry  | 2,057  | 0.13%  | N/A
| Independent | Howard M. Switzer  | 1,887  | 0.12%  | N/A
| Independent | Samuel David Duck  | 1,755  | 0.11%  | N/A
| Independent | Thomas Smith II  | 1,207  | 0.07%  | N/A
| Independent | Toni K. Hall  | 993  | 0.06%  | N/A
| Independent | David Gatchell  | 859  | 0.05%  | N/A
| Independent | Boyce T. McCall  | 828  | 0.05%  | N/A
| Independent | James Reesor  | 809  | 0.05%  | N/A
| Independent | Mike Knois  | 600  | 0.03%  | N/A
| Independent | Donald Ray McFolin  | 583  | 0.03%  | N/A
| Independent | Write-Ins (3 candidates)  | 61  | 0.003%  | N/A
Majority | 511,694  | 32.21%  |
Turnout | 1,601,567  |  |
| Republican gain from Democratic | Swing |  |

#### By county

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County[42] | Bill Haslam
Republican | Mike McWherter
Democratic | Other votes

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%  | #  | %  | #  | %  | #
Anderson | 72.50% | 13,938 | 24.89% | 4,785 | 2.61% | 502
Bedford | 69.50% | 6,808 | 28.31% | 2,773 | 2.20% | 215
Benton | 51.36% | 2,590 | 47.23% | 2,382 | 1.41% | 71
Bledsoe | 66.26% | 2,527 | 31.83% | 1,214 | 1.92% | 73
Blount | 79.38% | 23,786 | 18.19% | 5,449 | 2.42% | 728
Bradley | 82.10% | 17,522 | 16.29% | 3,477 | 1.61% | 344
Campbell | 72.75% | 6,309 | 24.78% | 2,149 | 2.47% | 214
Cannon | 61.51% | 2,412 | 36.09% | 1,415 | 2.40% | 94
Carroll | 56.72% | 4,724 | 41.83% | 3,484 | 1.44% | 120
Carter | 76.98% | 10,783 | 21.43% | 3,001 | 1.60% | 223
Cheatham | 68.92% | 7,017 | 29.16% | 2,969 | 1.91% | 195
Chester | 69.39% | 2,763 | 28.80% | 1,147 | 1.80% | 72
Claiborne | 74.45% | 4,768 | 22.85% | 1,463 | 2.71% | 173
Clay | 59.07% | 1,179 | 38.98% | 778 | 1.95% | 39
Cocke | 75.69% | 6,385 | 22.08% | 1,863 | 2.24% | 188
Coffee | 69.43% | 9,436 | 28.49% | 3,872 | 2.09% | 283
Crockett | 64.49% | 2,818 | 34.42% | 1,504 | 1.10% | 48
Cumberland | 77.71% | 15,550 | 20.29% | 4,061 | 1.98% | 399
Davidson | 48.44% | 75,381 | 49.11% | 76,427 | 2.44% | 3,810
Decatur | 56.31% | 1,820 | 41.80% | 1,351 | 1.89% | 61
DeKalb | 58.40% | 2,870 | 39.62% | 1,947 | 1.98% | 97
Dickson | 64.09% | 7,812 | 34.04% | 4,150 | 1.87% | 228
Dyer | 66.48% | 6,576 | 28.79% | 2,847 | 4.72% | 467
Fayette | 68.78% | 8,490 | 29.71% | 3,667 | 1.51% | 187
Fentress | 71.44% | 3,630 | 27.04% | 1,374 | 1.51% | 77
Franklin | 63.35% | 7,792 | 34.73% | 4,272 | 1.92% | 236
Gibson | 57.57% | 8,664 | 40.88% | 6,152 | 1.55% | 233
Giles | 60.25% | 4,936 | 37.52% | 3,074 | 2.22% | 183
Grainger | 74.79% | 3,399 | 22.75% | 1,034 | 2.46% | 112
Greene | 76.83% | 12,066 | 21.11 | 3,315 | 2.07 | 324
Grundy | 55.07% | 1,693 | 42.03% | 1,292 | 1.90% | 89
Hamblen | 79.47% | 10,798 | 19.19% | 2,608 | 1.33% | 181
Hamilton | 65.59% | 57,090 | 32.81% | 28,556 | 1.60% | 1,393
Hancock | 73.25% | 923 | 24.21% | 305 | 2.54% | 32
Hardeman | 50.45% | 3,250 | 47.25% | 3,044 | 2.28% | 148
Hardin | 69.10% | 4,315 | 28.98% | 1,810 | 1.92% | 120
Hawkins | 75.29% | 9,320 | 22.76% | 2,817 | 1.95% | 241
Haywood | 45.70% | 2,462 | 52.96% | 2,853 | 1.34% | 72
Henderson | 69.43% | 4,328 | 28.73% | 1,791 | 1.85% | 115
Henry | 55.20% | 5,261 | 43.33% | 4,129 | 1.46% | 140
Hickman | 59.80% | 3,156 | 37.89% | 2,000 | 1.85% | 122
Houston | 47.90% | 1,016 | 49.74% | 1,055 | 2.36% | 50
Humphreys | 53.62% | 2,689 | 44.51% | 2,232 | 1.88% | 94
Jackson | 53.02% | 1,587 | 44.54% | 1,333 | 2.45% | 73
Jefferson | 79.54% | 8,895 | 18.24% | 2,040 | 2.21% | 248
Johnson | 75.59% | 3,452 | 22.62% | 1,033 | 1.80% | 82
Knox | 81.07% | 84,915 | 17.06% | 17,869 | 1.87% | 1,958
Lake | 47.38% | 661 | 49.32% | 688 | 3.35% | 46
Lauderdale | 54.74% | 3,369 | 43.64% | 2,686 | 1.63% | 100
Lawrence | 66.54% | 7,722 | 32.00% | 3,714 | 1.46% | 169
Lewis | 63.42% | 2,235 | 33.97% | 1,197 | 2.61% | 92
Lincoln | 72.30% | 6,196 | 24.15% | 2,070 | 3.55% | 304
Loudon | 82.07% | 12,552 | 15.78% | 2,413 | 2.16% | 330
Macon | 68.21% | 3,349 | 29.84% | 1,465 | 1.96% | 96
Madison | 55.74% | 15,762 | 43.20% | 12,214 | 1.06% | 300
Marion | 62.47% | 4,579 | 35.69% | 2,616 | 1.84% | 135
Marshall | 63.50% | 4,810 | 34.59% | 2,620 | 1.93% | 145
Maury | 65.50% | 15,190 | 32.82% | 7,612 | 1.67% | 389
McMinn | 76.63% | 8,711 | 21.66% | 2,462 | 1.71% | 194
McNairy | 64.05% | 4,357 | 34.44% | 2,343 | 1.51% | 103
Meigs | 68.28% | 1,804 | 29.52% | 780 | 2.20% | 58
Monroe | 75.02% | 7,795 | 23.09% | 2,399 | 1.88% | 196
Montgomery | 61.80% | 19,227 | 35.87% | 11,159 | 2.33% | 726
Moore | 68.59% | 1,435 | 27.68% | 579 | 3.73% | 78
Morgan | 69.81% | 3,032 | 27.33% | 1,187 | 2.85% | 124
Obion | 53.99% | 5,063 | 43.21% | 4,052 | 2.80% | 263
Overton | 58.68% | 3,088 | 39.24% | 2,065 | 2.08% | 109
Perry | 55.34% | 1,057 | 41.83% | 799 | 2.83% | 54
Pickett | 66.20% | 1,428 | 31.66% | 683 | 2.13% | 46
Polk | 64.86% | 2,569 | 32.69% | 1,295 | 2.45% | 97
Putnam | 69.83% | 13,031 | 28.44% | 5,306 | 1.73% | 323
Rhea | 76.06% | 5,452 | 21.58% | 1,547 | 2.35% | 169
Roane | 73.79% | 11,523 | 23.74% | 3,707 | 2.36% | 385
Robertson | 67.94% | 12,151 | 30.28% | 5,416 | 1.78% | 318
Rutherford | 68.77% | 41,999 | 29.33% | 17,912 | 1.89% | 1,160
Scott | 74.48% | 3,522 | 23.41% | 1,107 | 2.10% | 100
Sequatchie | 70.74% | 2,497 | 24.37% | 966 | 1.89% | 96
Sevier | 84.01% | 16,592 | 13.63% | 2,692 | 2.36% | 467
Shelby | 46.74% | 107,227 | 51.86% | 118,977 | 1.39% | 3,200
Smith | 58.36% | 3,369 | 39.67% | 2,290 | 1.98% | 114
Stewart | 54.91% | 2,120 | 43.05% | 707 | 2.04% | 79
Sullivan | 77.44% | 30,529 | 21.20% | 8,359 | 1.36% | 535
Sumner | 73.17% | 32,543 | 26.12% | 13,672 | 2.31% | 1,209
Tipton | 68.63% | 10,880 | 29.69% | 4,706 | 1.69% | 267
Trousdale | 56.06% | 1,170 | 41.93% | 875 | 2.01% | 42
Unicoi | 75.48% | 3,334 | 22.66% | 1.001 | 1.85% | 82
Union | 75.15% | 2,861 | 22.83% | 869 | 2.02% | 77
Van Buren | 57.29% | 931 | 40.25% | 654 | 2.46% | 40
Warren | 59.61% | 5,745 | 37.77% | 3,640 | 2.62% | 253
Washington | 76.95% | 22,403 | 21.63% | 6,296 | 1.42% | 415
Wayne | 73.26% | 2,606 | 25.13% | 894 | 1.60% | 57
Weakley | 51.76% | 4,891 | 46.49% | 4,393 | 1.74% | 165
White | 64.94% | 4,542 | 32.31% | 2,260 | 2.75% | 192
Williamson | 80.06% | 48,518 | 18.29% | 11,085 | 1.65% | 1,000
Wilson | 72.88% | 25,217 | 25.21% | 8,724 | 1.91% | 659

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Bledsoe (Largest city: Pikeville)
* Claiborne (Largest city: Harrogate)
* Hardin (Largest city: Savannah)
* Lincoln (Largest city: Fayetteville)
* Macon (Largest city: Lafayette)
* Pickett (Largest city: Byrdstown)
* Rutherford (Largest city: Murfreesboro)
* Sumner (Largest city: Hendersonville)
* Wilson (Largest city: Mt. Juliet)
* Tipton (Largest city: Atoka)
* Madison (Largest city: Jackson)
* Chester (Largest city: Henderson)
* Henderson (Largest city: Lexington)
* Wayne (Largest city: Waynesboro)
* Williamson (Largest city: Franklin)
* Scott (Largest city: Oneida)
* Cumberland (Largest city: Crossville)
* Meigs (Largest city: Decatur)
* Hamilton (Largest city: Chattanooga)
* Bradley (Largest city: Cleveland)
* McMinn (Largest city: Athens)
* Blount (Largest city: Maryville)
* Loudon (Largest city: Lenoir City)
* Monroe (Largest city: Sweetwater)
* Sevier (Largest city: Sevierville)
* Jefferson (Largest city: Jefferson City)
* Knox (Largest city: Knoxville)
* Cocke (Largest city: Newport)
* Grainer (Largest city: Bean Station)
* Hamlben (Largest city: Morristown)
* Greene (Largest city: Greenville)
* Hancock (Largest city: Sneedville)
* Hawkins (Largest city: Kingsport)
* Sullivan (Largest city: Kingsport)
* Johnson (Largest city: Mountain City)
* Washington (Largest city: Johnson City)
* Carter (Largest city: Elizabethton)
* Unicoi (Largest city: Erwin)
* Anderson (Largest city: Oak Ridge)
* Carroll (Largest city: McKenzie)
* Cheatham (Largest city: Ashland City)
* Coffee (Largest city: Tullahoma)
* Dyer (Largest city: Dyersburg)
* Fayette (Largest town: Oakland)
* Fentress (Largest city: Jamestown)
* Lawrence (Largest city: Lawrenceburg)
* Maury (Largest city: Columbia)
* McNairy (Largest city: Selmer)
* Meigs (Largest city: Decatur)
* Montgomery (Largest city: Clarksville)
* Moore (Largest city: Lynchburg)
* Morgan (Largest city: Coalfield)
* Obion (Largest city: Union City)
* Polk (Largest city: Benton)
* Putnam (Largest city: Cookeville)
* Roane (Largest city: Oak Ridge)
* Sequatchie (Largest city: Dunlap)
* Union (Largest city: Maynardville)
* Weakley (Largest city: Martin)
* Bedford (Largest city: Shelbyville)
* Campbell (Largest city: LaFollette)
* Cannon (Largest city: Woodbury)
* Crockett (Largest city: Bells)
* Decatur (Largest city: Parsons)
* DeKalb (Largest city: Smithville)
* Dickson (Largest city: Dickson)
* Franklin (Largest city: Winchester)
* Gibson (Largest city: Humboldt)
* Giles (Largest city: Pulaski)
* Henry (Largest city: Paris)
* Hickman (Largest city: Centerville)
* Lewis (Largest city: Hohenwald)
* Marion (Largest city: Jasper)
* Marshall (Largest city: Lewisburg)
* Robertson (Largest city: Springfield)
* Warren (Largest city: McMinnville)
* White (Largest city: Sparta)
* Benton (largest municipality: Camden)
* Clay (largest municipality: Celina)
* Grundy (largest municipality: Altamont)
* Humphreys (largest municipality: Waverly)
* Lauderdale (largest municipality: Ripley)
* Overton (largest municipality: Livingston)
* Perry (largest municipality: Linden)
* Smith (largest municipality: Carthage)
* Stewart (largest municipality: Dover)
* Trousdale (largest municipality: Hartsville)
* Van Buren (largest municipality: Spencer)
* Jackson (largest town: Gainesboro)
* Hardeman (largest city: Bolivar)
* Rhea (Largest city: Dayton)

## See also

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* 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee
* 2010 Tennessee elections

## References

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## External links

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* Tennessee Department of State – Elections
* Tennessee Governor Candidates at Project Vote Smart
* Campaign contributions for 2010 Tennessee Governor from Follow the Money
* Tennessee Governor 2010 from OurCampaigns.com
* 2010 Tennessee General Election graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
* Election 2010: Tennessee Governor from Rasmussen Reports
* 2010 Tennessee Governor – Haslam vs. McWherter from Real Clear Politics
* 2010 Tennessee Governor's Race from CQ Politics
* Race Profile in The New York Times

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* Tennessee Gubernatorial Debate [permanent dead link] including independent candidates on IRN, May 23, 2010

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