2014 United States Senate election in Tennessee

The 2014 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate from the State of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander defeated Democrat Gordon Ball, and was re-elected to a third term in office with 61.9% of the vote against 31.9%.

2014 United States Senate election in Tennessee

November 4, 2014
Turnout35.97% 30.37 pp
 
Nominee Lamar Alexander Gordon Ball
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 850,087 437,848
Percentage 61.87% 31.87%

Alexander:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Ball:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Lamar Alexander
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Lamar Alexander
Republican

Lamar Alexander narrowly kept Shelby County in his column. Home to Memphis, Shelby County had not voted Republican on a presidential level since 1988. Notably, Alexander flipped reliably Democratic Haywood County which had not voted Republican on a presidential level since 1972, but had been trending Republican in recent years. However, he did lose Davidson County, a county which he narrowly flipped back in 2008. This county is home to Tennessee's capital, Nashville.

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