Tennessee Total Vote Turnout '90-'86
Registered Voting
1998 3,154,487 1,026,017 32.5256%
2002 3,347,979 1,687,543 50.4048%
(193,492) (661,526) -17.8792%
Tenn. Gov. 98 Sundquist (R) John Hooker (D) Creech (I) Gibbs (I) Hamilton (I) Smith (I) Smithson (I) Write-ins         Governor 1998
669,973 287,750 3,723 4,651 5,899 1,851 1,841 548         976,236  
68.6282% 29.4755% 0.3814% 0.4764% 0.6043% 0.1896% 0.1886% 0.0561%         18,513
Tenn. Gov. 02 Van Hilleary -R Bredesen (D) Gatchell (I) Givens (I) James Herren (I John Hooker (I) Ledford (I) Leinoff (I) Marceaux (I) Edwin Sanders I Simmons, Waldron, Watson, Whitaker, Wilhoit,Write-ins Governor 2002 (676,931)
786,803 837,284 2,991 1,591 1,210 4,577 1,589 645 302 7,749 8,426 1,687,543 1,653,167 (34,376)
47.5937% 50.6473% 0.1809% 0.0962% 0.0732% 0.2769% 0.0961% 0.0390% 0.0183% 0.4687% 0.5097% Ind. total 29,080
Difference (116,830) (549,534) 732 3,060 4,689 (2,726) 252 (97) (302) (7,749) (8,426)
Tenn. Senate 02 Alexander - R Bob Clement - D Wesley Baker I Davidson (I) Gammon (I) John Hooker (I) Keplinger (I) Marceaux (I) Write-ins Senate 02
891,420 728,295 6,105 2,216 5,346 6,407 1,173 1,173 356 1,687,543 1,633,382 -54,161
54.58% 44.59% 0.37% 0.14% 0.33% 0.39% 0.07% 0.07% 0.02% Ind. Total 13,667
Tenn. Senate 94 Frist (R) Sasser (D) Hooker (I) Johnson (I) Kienlen (I) Write-ins Senate 94 152991
Full Term 834,226 623,164 13,244 6,631 3,087 39 1,480,391
1 0 0 0 0 0 23,001
57,194 105,131 (7,139) (4,415) 2,259 6,368 1,173 1,173 356
Tenn. Senate 94 Thompson (R) Cooper (D) Hancock (I) Lumpkin (I) Lytle (I) Martin (I) Moore (I) Schneller (I) Walls (I) Write-ins Write-ins Senate 94 167520
Vacancy (Gore) 885,998 565,930 4,169 1,184 1,934 1,719 2,219 1,150 1,532 27 0 1,465,862
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11,225
5,422 162,365 1,936 1,032 3,412 4,688 (1,046) 23 (1,176) (27) (0)
Tenn. PSC 90 Dumas (R) Bissell (D) Write-ins         PubSvComm 90
237,083 440,072 78         677,233
0 1 0         Ind. Total 78
Tenn. PSC 94 Watson (R) Kyle (D) Shelby (I) Write-ins   PubSvComm 94 -627969
589,516 681,633 34,008 45   1,305,202
0 1 0 0   34,053
(352,433) (241,561) (33,930) (45)
Tenn. House1-98 Jenkins (R) Kay White (D) Write-ins   Race Total
68,904 30,710 75   99,689
69.12% 30.81% 0.08%  
Tenn. House1-02 Jenkins (R) No Democrat Write-ins Write-ins (29,197)
127,300 0 1,586 0 128,886
98.77% 0.00% 1.23% 0.00%
(58,396) 30,710 (1,511) 0
 
Tenn. House2-98 Duncan (R) No Democrat Njezic (I) Samples (I) Watson (I) write-ins Race Total
90,860 0 2,920 4,332 4,372 18 102,502
88.6422% 0.0000% 2.8487% 4.2263% 4.2653% 0.0176%
Tenn. House2-02 Duncan (R) John Greene (D) Krieg (I) Samples (I) Write-in (94,965)
146,887 37,035 6,854 6,682 9 197,467
74.39% 18.76% 3.47% 3.38% 0.00%
(56,027) (37,035) (3,934) (2,350) 4,363
Tenn. House3-98 Zach Wamp (R) James Lewis (D) Richard Sims (I) Write-ins Race Total
  75,100 37,144 1,568 74 0 113,886
65.9431% 32.6151% 1.3768% 0.0650% 0.0000%
Tenn. House3-02 Wamp (R) John Wolfe (D) William Bolen I Timothy SevierI Write-in (60,035)
  112,254 58,824 1,743 947 153 173921  
64.5431% 33.8223% 1.0022% 0.5445% 0.0880%
(37,154) (21,680) (175) (873) (153)
Tenn. House4-98 Hilleary (R) Cooper (D) Write-in Race Total
  62,829 42,627 33 0 105,489
59.5598% 40.4090% 0.0313% 0.0000%
Tenn. House4-02 Lincoln Davis R Bowling (D) Chandler (I) Bert Mason John Ray Ed Wellmann Write-ins (78,811)
R to D 95,989 85,680 1,073 504 605 399 50 184,300
52.0830% 46.4894% 0.5822% 0.2735% 0.3283% 0.2165% 0.0271%
(33,160) (43,053) (1,040) (504) (605) (399) (50)
Tenn. House5-98 No Republican Clement (D) Borgman (I) Lancaster (I) Worden (I) Write-in Race Total
  0 74,611 4,983 6,162 4,345 1 90,102
0.0000% 82.8073% 5.5304% 6.8389% 4.8223% 0.0011%
Tenn. House5-02 Robert Duvall R Jim Cooper (D) Farley (I) John Hooker (I) Jesse Turner (I Write-in (80,784)
56,825 108,903 1,205 3,063 877 13 170,886
33.2532% 63.7285% 0.7051% 1.7924% 0.5132% 0.0076%
(56,825) (34,292) 3,778 3,099 3,468 (12)
Tenn. House6-98 Walt Massey (R) Gordon (D) Write-in Race Total
  62,277 75,055 104 0 137,436
45.3135% 54.6109% 0.0757% 0.0000%
Tenn. House6-02 Garrison - Rep Gordon (D) Patrick Lyons I Write-ins (40,111)
57,401 117,034 3,065 47 177,547  
32.3300% 65.9172% 1.7263% 0.0265%
4,876 (41,979) (2,961) (47)
Tenn. House7-98 Ed Bryant (R) No Democrat Write-in   Race Total
  91,503 0 477   91,980
99.4814% 0.0000% 0.5186%  
Tenn. House7-02 Blackburn - Rep Tim Barron (D) Patterson (I) Write-in (103,578)
138,314 51,790 5,423 31 195,558
70.7279% 26.4832% 2.7731% 0.0159%
(46,811) (51,790) (4,946) (31)
Tenn. House8-98 No Republican Tanner (D) Write-in   Race Total
  0 76,803 22   76,825
0.00 1.00 0.000286365  
Tenn. House8-02 Mat McClain - R Tanner (D) James Hart (I) Write-ins (91,145)
45,853 117,811 4,288 18 167,970
27.2983% 70.1381% 2.5528% 0.0107%
(45,853) (41,008) (4,266) (18)
Tenn. House9-98 Burdikoff (R) Ford (D) Kelly (I) Moore (I) Voehringer (I) Write-ins Race Total
  18,078 75,428 775 932 567 2 95,782
18.8741% 78.7497% 0.8091% 0.9730% 0.5920% 0.0021%
Tenn. House9-02 No Republican Ford (D) Tony Rush (I) Write-in (48,478)
0 120,904 23,208 148 144,260
0.0000% 83.8098% 16.0876% 0.1026%
18,078 (45,476) (22,433) 784
Total Tennessee
1998 469,551 412,378 10,957 11,500 9,284 21 0
2002 780,823 697,981 48,445 11,440 1,644 412 50 House 02 House 98
(311,272) (285,603) (37,488) 60 7,640 (391) (50) 1,687,543 1,540,795 913,691 (627,104)
Tenn. House Republicans Democrats Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
1998 5 4 2 2 4 44.4444%
2002 4 5 1 1 2 22.2222%
1 -1 1 1 2 22.2222%
Questions Yes Votes No Votes
Tenn. Amend. 1 Lottery for higher ed. Loans, k-12 capital constr. Early learning and after school. 894,232 57.5361% 659,979 1,554,211 0.50
Tenn. Amend. 2 General Assembly prescribe maximum fine without jury. 702,434 52.9751% 623,535 1,325,969 1.00
#1 issue 1998 Prisons, inspections and humane treatment shall be provided for. 526,531 68.6159% 240,829 767,360
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Tenn. Senate 98 11 6 1 5 4 9 52.9412%
Tenn. Senate 02 10 7 0 3 3 6 35.2941%
1 -1 1 2 1 3 17.6471%
Tenn. Rep. 98 40 59 27 36 63 63.6364%
Tenn. Rep. 02 45 54 25 20 45 45.4545%
-5 5 2 16 18 18.1818%
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