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United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2024 (August 1 Republican primary)

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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: April 4, 2024
Primary: August 1, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
Pre-election incumbent:
Marsha Blackburn (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: Varies by county
Voting in Tennessee
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
U.S. Senate, Tennessee
U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th • 8th • 9th
Tennessee elections, 2024
U.S. Congress elections, 2024
U.S. Senate elections, 2024
U.S. House elections, 2024

A Republican Party primary took place on August 1, 2024, in Tennessee to determine which Republican candidate would run in the state's general election on November 5, 2024.

Incumbent Marsha Blackburn advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee.

Thirty-four of 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were up for election in 2024, including one special election. At the time of the election, Democrats had a 51-49 majority.[1] Of the seats up for election in 2024, Democrats held 19, Republicans held 11, and independents held four. As of May 2024, eight members of the U.S. Senate had announced they were not running for re-election.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
April 4, 2024
August 1, 2024
November 5, 2024


Heading into the election, the incumbent was Marsha Blackburn (Republican), who was first elected in 2018.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Tennessee utilizes a closed primary process; a voter must either be registered with a political party or must declare his or affiliation with the party at the polls on primary election day in order to vote in that party's primary.[2]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Tennessee's United States Senate Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee

Incumbent Marsha Blackburn defeated Tres Wittum in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 1, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
 
89.5
 
367,799
Image of Tres Wittum
Tres Wittum
 
10.5
 
43,244

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 411,043
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Voting information

See also: Voting in Tennessee

Election information in Tennessee: Aug. 1, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: July 2, 2024
  • By mail: Received by July 2, 2024
  • Online: July 2, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: July 25, 2024
  • By mail: Received by July 25, 2024
  • Online: July 25, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: N/A
  • By mail: Received by Aug. 1, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

July 12, 2024 to July 27, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

N/A


Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Marsha Blackburn Republican Party $18,746,113 $14,221,598 $5,138,615 As of December 31, 2024
Tres Wittum Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Tennessee in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Tennessee, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Signature formula Filing fee Filing fee formula Filing deadline Source
Tennessee U.S. Senate All candidates 25 Fixed number N/A N/A 4/4/2024 Source

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
  • Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
  • State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.


See also: Presidential voting trends in Tennessee and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Tennessee, 2024
District Incumbent Party PVI
Tennessee's 1st Diana Harshbarger Ends.png Republican R+30
Tennessee's 2nd Tim Burchett Ends.png Republican R+18
Tennessee's 3rd Charles Fleischmann Ends.png Republican R+19
Tennessee's 4th Scott DesJarlais Ends.png Republican R+22
Tennessee's 5th Andy Ogles Ends.png Republican R+9
Tennessee's 6th John Rose Ends.png Republican R+17
Tennessee's 7th Mark Green Ends.png Republican R+10
Tennessee's 8th David Kustoff Ends.png Republican R+21
Tennessee's 9th Steve Cohen Electiondot.png Democratic D+22


2020 presidential results by 2024 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2024 district lines, Tennessee[3]
District Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
Tennessee's 1st 22.0% 76.3%
Tennessee's 2nd 34.4% 63.7%
Tennessee's 3rd 33.1% 65.0%
Tennessee's 4th 30.2% 67.9%
Tennessee's 5th 43.2% 54.5%
Tennessee's 6th 34.5% 63.6%
Tennessee's 7th 41.3% 56.4%
Tennessee's 8th 30.6% 67.9%
Tennessee's 9th 73.3% 25.1%


2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:


Following the 2020 presidential election, 75.6% of Tennesseans lived in one of the state's 91 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 24.1% lived in one of three Solid Democratic counties: Davidson, Haywood, and Shelby. Overall, Tennessee was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Tennessee following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Historical voting trends

Tennessee presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 15 Democratic wins
  • 16 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party D D D D D R D R D D D D D R R R D R R D R R R D D R R R R R R

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from Tennessee

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Tennessee.

U.S. Senate election results in Tennessee
Race Winner Runner up
2020 62.2%Republican Party 35.2%Democratic Party
2018 54.7%Republican Party 43.9%Democratic Party
2014 61.9%Republican Party 31.9%Democratic Party
2012 64.9%Republican Party 30.4%Democratic Party
2008 65.1%Republican Party 31.6%Democratic Party
Average 61.8 34.6

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of Tennessee

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Tennessee.

Gubernatorial election results in Tennessee
Race Winner Runner up
2022 64.9%Republican Party 32.9%Democratic Party
2018 59.6%Republican Party 38.5%Democratic Party
2014 70.3%Republican Party 22.8%Democratic Party
2010 65.0%Republican Party 33.1%Democratic Party
2006 68.6%Democratic Party 29.7%Republican Party
Average 62.8 34.3
See also: Party control of Tennessee state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Tennessee's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Tennessee
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 0 1 1
Republican 2 7 9
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 1 1
Total 2 9 11

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Tennessee's top three state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Tennessee, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Bill Lee
Secretary of State Republican Party Tre Hargett
Attorney General Republican Party Jonathan Skrmetti

State legislature

Tennessee State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 6
     Republican Party 27
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 33

Tennessee House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 24
     Republican Party 75
     Independent 0
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 99

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Tennessee Party Control: 1992-2024
Five years of Democratic trifectas  •  Fourteen years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Governor D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Senate D D D D R D D D D D D D D R R S S R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

The table below details demographic data in Tennessee and compares it to the broader United States as of 2022.

Demographic Data for Tennessee
Tennessee United States
Population 6,910,840 331,449,281
Land area (sq mi) 41,224 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 74.9% 65.9%
Black/African American 16.3% 12.5%
Asian 1.9% 5.8%
Native American 0.2% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.2%
Other (single race) 2% 6%
Multiple 4.7% 8.8%
Hispanic/Latino 6% 18.7%
Education
High school graduation rate 89.3% 89.1%
College graduation rate 29.7% 34.3%
Income
Median household income $64,035 $75,149
Persons below poverty level 10% 8.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2017-2022).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Two Independents caucused with the Democratic Party. Another independent, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, counted toward the Democratic majority for committee purposes.
  2. ↑ LexisNexis, "Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-7-115," accessed July 16, 2025
  3. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed December 15, 2023


Tennessee's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Marsha Blackburn (R)
Bill Hagerty (R)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
John Rose (R)
District 7
Vacant
District 8
District 9
Republican Party (9)
Democratic Party (1)
Vacancies (1)


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