| Election Name: | 2016 Tennessee elections |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
Tennessee state elections in 2016 were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Primary elections for the United States House of Representatives, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as various judicial retention elections, including elections for three Tennessee Supreme Court justices, were held on August 4, 2016.
See main article: 2016 United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2016 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary and 2016 Tennessee Republican presidential primary.
In 2016, Tennessee was a stronghold for the Republican Party, and was considered a reliable "red state." Tennessee had 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College at the time. In the general election, Incumbent United States Republican businessman, Donald Trump won Tennessee with 60.72% of the vote.[1]
The presidential primaries were held on March 1, 2016. Donald Trump won the Republican primary victory, with second place being Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. Former United States first lady, Hillary Clinton garnered the Democratic nomination, easily beating out Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
March 1, 2016, Primary Results
| Election Name: | 2016 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2020 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Candidate1: | Hillary Clinton |
| Color1: | d4aa00 |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Popular Vote1: | 245,930 |
| Percentage1: | 66.07% |
| Delegate Count1: | 44 |
| Candidate2: | Bernie Sanders |
| Color2: | 228B22 |
| Home State2: | Vermont |
| Popular Vote2: | 120,800 |
| Percentage2: | 32.45% |
| Delegate Count2: | 23 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Votes For Election: | 67 Democratic National Convention delegates |
| Election Name: | 2016 Tennessee Republican presidential primary |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2012 Tennessee Republican presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2020 Tennessee Republican presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Image1: | Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore 10 (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Donald Trump |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Color1: | 283681 |
| Popular Vote1: | 333,180 |
| Percentage1: | 38.94% |
| Delegate Count1: | 33 |
| Candidate2: | Ted Cruz |
| Home State2: | Texas |
| Color2: | d4aa00 |
| Popular Vote2: | 211,471 |
| Percentage2: | 24.71% |
| Delegate Count2: | 16 |
| Image3: | Marco Rubio by Gage Skidmore 8 (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate3: | Marco Rubio |
| Home State3: | Florida |
| Color3: | c60e3b |
| Popular Vote3: | 181,274 |
| Percentage3: | 21.18% |
| Delegate Count3: | 9 |
| Image4: | Ben Carson by Skidmore with lighting correction (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate4: | Ben Carson |
| Home State4: | Maryland |
| Color4: | 99ccff |
| Popular Vote4: | 64,951 |
| Percentage4: | 7.59% |
| Delegate Count4: | 0 |
| Image5: | John Kasich (24618295175) (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate5: | John Kasich |
| Home State5: | Ohio |
| Color5: | 00B487 |
| Popular Vote5: | 45,301 |
| Percentage5: | 5.29% |
| Delegate Count5: | 0 |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| Votes For Election: | 58 Republican National Convention delegates |
See main article: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee.
Tennessee elected nine U.S. representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine congressional districts.
| scope=col rowspan=3 | District | scope=col colspan=2 | Republican | scope=col colspan=2 | Democratic | scope=col colspan=2 | Others | scope=col colspan=2 | Total | scope=col rowspan=3 | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % |
| 198,293 | 78.37% | 39,024 | 15.42% | 15,708 | 6.21% | 253,025 | 100.0% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 212,455 | 75.65% | 68,401 | 24.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 280,856 | 100.0% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 176,613 | 66.39% | 76,727 | 28.84% | 12,666 | 4.76% | 266,006 | 100.0% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 165,796 | 65.03% | 89,141 | 34.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 254,937 | 100.0% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 102,433 | 37.45% | 171,111 | 62.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 273,544 | 100.0% | Democratic hold | |||||||
| 202,234 | 71.09% | 61,995 | 21.79% | 20,261 | 7.12% | 284,490 | 100.0% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 200,407 | 72.22% | 65,226 | 23.50% | 11,880 | 4.28% | 277,513 | 100.0% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 194,386 | 68.75% | 70,925 | 25.09% | 17,422 | 6.16% | 282,733 | 100.0% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 41,123 | 18.87% | 171,631 | 78.75% | 5,203 | 2.39% | 217,957 | 100.0% | Democratic hold | |||||||
| Total | 1,493,740 | 62.47% | 814,181 | 34.05% | 83,140 | 3.48% | 2,391,061 | 100.0% |
See main article: 2016 Tennessee Senate election.
See also: Tennessee General Assembly.
Results by senate districts
Winners:
Elections for 16 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 8, 2016.
After this election, Republicans had 28 seats while Democrats had 5 seats.
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | |||||
| Republican | 15 | 802,362 | 80.82 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 28 | |||
| Democratic | 6 | 172,753 | 17.40 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Independent | 1 | 17,640 | 1.78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Write-in | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 992,756 | 100 | 33 | 18 | 18 | 33 | ||||
| Source: https://sos-tn-gov-files.s3.amazonaws.com/TNSenatebyCountyNov2016.pdf | ||||||||||
See main article: 2016 Tennessee House of Representatives election. Results by State House districts
Winners:
The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 8, 2016.
Republicans won 74 seats, while Democrats won 25 seats. Republicans gained a seat during this election.
All incumbent Tennessee Supreme Court Justices won their retention elections, getting eight more years.