Tennessee Total Vote Turnout '90-'86
Registered Voting
1998 3,154,487 1,026,017 32.5256%
1994 2,683,422 1,519,378 56.6209%
471,065 (493,361) -24.0953%
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. 94 Sundquist (R) Bredesen (D) Holt (I) Moffett (I) Smith (I) Write-ins Governor 1994 (510,894)
807,104 664,252 9,981 2,347 3,365 81 1,487,130
54.2726% 44.6667% 0.6712% 0.1578% 0.2263% 0.0054% Ind. total 15,774
Difference (137,131) (376,502) (6,258) 2,304 2,534 1,770
Tenn. Senate 90 Hawkins (R) Gore (D) Jacox (I) Vick (I) Wrie-ins Senate 90
233,703 530,898 11,191 8,021 109 783922
29.8120% 67.7233% 1.4276% 1.0232% 0.0139% Ind. Total 19321
Tenn. Senate 94 Frist (R) Sasser (D) Hooker (I) Johnson (I) Kienlen (I) Write-ins Senate 94 (696,469)
Full Term 834,226 623,164 13,244 6,631 3,087 39 1,480,391
56.3517% 42.0946% 0.8946% 0.4479% 0.2085% 0.0026% 23,001
(600,523) (92,266) (2,053) 1,390 (2,978) (39)
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 (681,940)
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
(652,295) (35,032) 7,022 6,837 (1,825) (1,719) (2,219) (1,150) (1,532) (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 (627,969)
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
1 0 0
Tenn. House1-94 Quillen (R) Christian (D) Mauer (I) Write-ins (41,538)
102,947 34,691 3,576 13 141,227
1 0 0 0
(34,043) (3,981) (3,501) (13)
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
1 0 0 0 0 0
Tenn. House2-94 Duncan (R) No Democrat Krieg (I) Samples (I) Write-in (39,980)
128,937 0 6,854 6,682 9 142,482
1 0 0 0 0
(38,077) 0 (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. House3-94 Wamp (R) Button (D) Morrell (I) Sims (I) Write-in (47,967)
D to R 84,583 73,839 1,929 1,498 4 161853
52.2591% 45.6210% 1.1918% 0.9255% 0.0025%
(9,483) (36,695) (361) (1,424) (4)
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. House4-94 Hilleary (R) Whorley (D) Lyons (I) Write-in (38,487)
D to R 81,539 60,489 1,944 4 143,976
56.6337% 42.0133% 1.3502% 0.0028%
(18,710) (17,862) (1,911) (4)
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. House5-94 Osborne (R) Clement (D) Botway (I) Lokey (I) Write-ins Write-in (69,202)
61,692 95,953 978 664 17 0 159,304
38.7260% 60.2326% 0.6139% 0.4168% 0.0107% 0.0000%
(61,692) (21,342) 4,005 5,498 4,328 1
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. House6-94 Gill (R) Gordon (D) Write-in (42,263)
88,759 90,933 7 179,699
49.3932% 50.6030% 0.0039%
(26,482) (15,878) 97
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. House7-94 Bryant (R) Byrd (D) Jeanette (I) Write-in (78,403)
102,587 65,851 1,944 1 170,383
60.2096% 38.6488% 1.1410% 0.0006%
(11,084) (65,851) (1,467) (1)
Tenn. House8-98 No Republican Tanner (D) Write-in Race Total
0 76,803 22 76,825
0.00 1.00 0.000286365115522291
Tenn. House8-94 Morris (R) Tanner (D) Write-in (76,713)
55,573 97,951 14 153,538
36.1949% 63.7959% 0.0091%
(55,573) (21,148) 8
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. House9-94 DeBerry (R) Ford (D) No Independent Write-in (68,258)
69,226 94,805 0 9 164,040
42.2007% 57.7938% 0.0000% 0.0055%
(51,148) (19,377) 775 923
Total Tennessee
1998 469,551 412,378 10,957 11,500 9,284 21 0
1994 775,843 614,512 17,246 8,871 30 0 0 House 94 House 98
(306,292) (202,134) (6,289) 2,629 9,254 21 0 1,416,502 913,691 (502,811)
Tenn. House Republicans Democrats Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
1998 5 4 2 2 4 44.4444%
1994 5 4 1 0 1 11.1111%
0 0 1 2 3 33.3333%
Questions Yes Votes No Votes
Tenn. Amend. 1 Prisons, inspections and humane treatment shall be provided for. 526,531 68.6159% 240,829 767,360 0.50
Tenn. Amend. 2 Crime Victims Rights 680,712 88.7989% 85,865 766,577 1.00
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Tenn. Senate 98 11 6 1 5 4 9 52.9412%
Tenn. Senate 94 9 8 0 3 3 6 35.2941%
2 -2 1 2 1 3 17.6471%
Tenn. Rep. 90 40 59 27 36 63 63.6364%
Tenn. Rep. 94 40 59 19 32 51 51.5152%
0 0 8 4 12 12.1212%

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