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2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election
country	Tennessee
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2006 Tennessee gubernatorial election
previous_year	2006
next_election	2014 Tennessee gubernatorial election
next_year	2014
election_date	November 2, 2010
image1	File:Governor Bill Haslam crop.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Bill Haslam
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	1,041,545
percentage1	65.03%
image2	File:Mike McWherter 2010 crop (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Mike McWherter
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	529,851
percentage2	33.08%
map_size	300px
map_caption	Haslam:
McWherter:
title	Governor
before_election	Phil Bredesen
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Bill Haslam
after_party	Republican Party (United States)
turnout	41.32% 8.65 pp
map

McWherter:
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.

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

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.

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. Ever since this election, Republicans have maintained their trifecta.

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

Republican primary

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

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

Bill Haslam, Mayor of Knoxville
Joe Kirkpatrick, businessman Withdrew from race
Basil Marceaux, Soddy Daisy resident
Ron Ramsey, Lieutenant Governor
Zach Wamp, U.S. representative, 3rd district

Polling

Poll source	Dates administered	Bill
Haslam	Ron
Ramsey	Zach
Wamp	Undecided
Mason-Dixon	July 19–21, 2010	36%	20%	25%	17%
WSMV TV Channel 4	July 8, 2010	32%	11%	21%	36%

Results

County results

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Democratic primary

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.

Candidates

Mike McWherter, businessman, former attorney, son of former governor Ned McWherter

Results

Independents

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

General election

Simultaneous Haslam and McWherter rallies before the Highlands Town Hall Debate

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Cook Political Report		October 14, 2010
Rothenberg		October 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics		November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball		October 28, 2010
CQ Politics		October 28, 2010

Polling

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Mike
McWherter (D)	Bill
Haslam (R)	Other	Unde-
cided
MTSU ([report](https://web.archive.org/web/20101018065931/http://www.mtsusurveygroup.org/2010/10/14/fall-2010-mtsu-poll-results/))	October 24, 2010	635	± 4%	29%	51%	4%	6%
MTSU ([report](https://web.archive.org/web/20101018065931/http://www.mtsusurveygroup.org/2010/10/14/fall-2010-mtsu-poll-results/))	October 14, 2010	635	± 4%	19%	41.6%	4%	36%
Rasmussen Reports ([report](http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_governor_elections/tennessee/toplines/toplines_tennessee_governor_august_9_2010))	October 9, 2010	500	± 4.5%	31%	59%	3%	6%
Rasmussen Reports ([report](http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_governor_elections/tennessee/toplines/toplines_tennessee_governor_august_9_2010))	September 7, 2010	500	± 4.5%	31%	59%	2%	7%
Rasmussen Reports ([report](http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_governor_elections/tennessee/toplines/toplines_tennessee_governor_august_9_2010))	August 9, 2010	500	± 4.5%	31%	56%	3%	10%
Mason-Dixon ([report](http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/jul/25/haslam-leads-gop-in-governors-race-tennessee/))	July 19–21, 2010	625	± 5.0%	31%	49%	—	20%
WSMV-TV Channel 4 ([report](https://web.archive.org/web/20100723051237/http://www.wsmv.com/politics/24181755/detail.html))	July 8, 2010	603	± 4.0%	34%	60%	—	6%
Rasmussen Reports ([report](http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_governor_elections/tennessee/toplines/toplines_tennessee_governor_june_15_2010))	June 15, 2010	500	± 4.5%	32%	50%	5%	14%
Rasmussen Reports ([report](http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_governor_elections/tennessee/toplines/toplines_tennessee_governor_march_22_2010))	March 22, 2010	500	± 4.5%	27%	45%	5%	23%

Results

Republican Democratic

By county

County		colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"	Bill Haslam
Republican		colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"	Mike McWherter
Democratic		colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"	Other votes	%	#	%	#	%	#
	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)

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