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Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2018

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Nominee Bill Lee Karl Dean
Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Governor

Bill Haslam
Republican



The Tennessee gubernatorial election of 2018 will take place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next Governor of Tennessee, concurrently with the election of Tennessee's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various statewide and local elections. The primaries will take place on August 2.[1]

Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Haslam is term-limited and is prohibited by the Constitution of Tennessee from seeking a third consecutive term.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Beth Harwell
Diane Black
Randy Boyd
Bill Lee
U.S. Representatives
State-level Officials
Notable Individuals
Newspapers

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Diane
Black
Randy
Boyd
Beth
Harwell
Bill
Lee
Other Undecided
JMC Analytics July 18–21, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 19% 20% 16% 26% 1%[69] 17%
Emerson College July 11–14, 2018 266 ± 6.4% 27% 22% 14% 19% 3% 14%
Data Orbital June 27–30, 2018 700 ± 3.7% 24% 23% 10% 19% 24%
Triton Research & Polling (R) June 25–28, 2018 1,040 ± 3.1% 27% 33% 7% 20% 13%
OnMessage Inc. (R-Black) May 14–17, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 41% 28% 8% 9% 15%
Grassroots Targeting (R-Black) May 4–6, 2018 800 41% 26% 6% 11% 15%
OnMessage Inc. (R-Black) April 2018 33% 30% 5% 13%
OnMessage Inc. (R-Black) March 2018 31% 31% 10% 10%
TargetPoint/GQR March 7–14, 2018 390 ± 5.0% 25% 20% 6% 7% 2%[70] 37%
North Star Onion Research (R-Lee) February 5–11, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 22% 25% 4% 18% 30%
Triton Research & Polling (R) December 12–18, 2017 1,028 ± 3.1% 22% 12% 6% 4% 4%[71] 53%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Karl Dean
Federal officials
Labor unions
  • Memphis AFSCME Local 1733
  • Tennessee Pipe Trades; Mid-South Carpenters Regional Council
  • Road Sprinkler Fitters U.A. Local Union No. 66
  • Local Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Karl
Dean
Craig
Fitzhugh
Other Undecided
Emerson College July 11–14, 2018 206 ± 7.3% 44% 14% 9% 33%
TargetPoint/GQR March 7–14, 2018 288 ± 5.8% 41% 11% 44%

Third Parties

Candidates

Green

  • Yvonne Neubert (Green)

Libertarian

Independents

  • Rick Tyler, candidate for TN-03 in 2016[6]
  • Joe B. Wilmoth, candidate for the State Senate in 2010, candidate for US Senate in 2014 (Independent)[80]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Libertarian Party does not have ballot access. Appears on ballot as "Independent."[79]

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[81] Likely R July 25, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report[82] Likely R June 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[83] Likely R July 19, 2018
Daily Kos[84] Likely R July 19, 2018

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Bill
Lee (R)
Karl
Dean (D)
Undecided
Triton Research & Polling (R) January 21–24, 2018 1,003 ± 3.1% 38% 34% 28%

Results

General Election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Lee
Democratic Karl Dean
none Write-Ins
Total votes

References

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  69. ^ Basil Marceaux 1%, Kay White <1%
  70. ^ Kay White 2%
  71. ^ Mae Beavers 4%
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