2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee facts for kids

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2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee

November 6, 2018
Turnout	53.89%
Nominee Marsha Blackburn Phil Bredesen Party Republican Democrat Popular vote 1,227,483 985,450 Percentage 54.7% 43.9%
County results Blackburn:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Bredesen:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. Senator before election Bob Corker Republican Elected U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn Republican

The 2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 6, 2018.

The Race was between Republican Marsha Blackburn, and Democrat Phil Bredesen.

Marsha Blackburn won the election.

Primary election

Republican

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marsha Blackburn	613,513	84.48
	Republican	Aaron Pettigrew	112,705	15.52
	Republican	Tommy N. Hay (write-in)	11	0.00
	Republican	Tom Emerson, Jr (write-in)	2	00.0
	Republican	David Fox (write-in)	1	00.0
Total			726,231	100.0%

Democratic

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phil Bredesen	349,718	91.51
	Democratic	Gary Davis	20,170	5.28
	Democratic	John Wolfe Jr.	12,269	3.21
Total			382,157	100.0%

General election

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marsha Blackburn	1,227,483	54.71
	Democratic	Phil Bredesen	985,450	43.92
	Independents		30,807	1.38
Total			2,243,740	100.0%

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