2014 Senate elections · Tennessee history
Tennessee U.S. Senate election 2014
Lamar Alexander REP +30.0 · Class II seat · held 11/4/14
- Votes counted
- 1,374,065
- Margin
- 30.0 pts
- Seat held by
- Republicanheld
General election 11/4/14
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Alexander Won | REP | 850,087 | 61.87% | |
| William Gordon Ball | DEM | 437,848 | 31.87% | |
| Joe B. Wilmoth | CON | 36,088 | 2.63% | |
| Martin Pleasant | GRE | 12,570 | 0.92% | |
| Tom Emerson | IND | 11,157 | 0.81% | |
| Danny Page | IND | 7,713 | 0.56% | |
| Rick Tyler | IND | 5,759 | 0.42% | |
| Joshua James | IND | 5,678 | 0.41% | |
| Bartholomew J. Phillips | IND | 2,386 | 0.17% | |
| Edmund Louis Gauthier | IND | 2,314 | 0.17% | |
| Eric Schechter | IND | 1,673 | 0.12% | |
| Choudhury Salekin | IND | 787 | 0.06% | |
| Erin Kent Magee | W | 5 | 0.00% | |
| Total | 1,374,065 | |||
Official source: Election-Statistics
Other Tennessee Senate races
| Year | Seat | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Class I | Marsha Blackburn | 29.6 |
| 2020 | Class II | Bill Hagerty | 27.0 |
| 2018 | Class I | Marsha Blackburn | 10.8 |
| 2014 | Class II | Lamar Alexander | 30.0 |
| 2012 | Class I | Bob Corker | 34.5 |
| 2008 | Class II | Lamar Alexander | 33.5 |
| 2006 | Class I | Bob Corker | 2.7 |
| 2002 | Class II | Lamar Alexander | 9.9 |
| 2000 | Class I | Bill Frist | 32.9 |
| 1996 | Class II | Fred Thompson | 24.6 |
| 1994 | Class I | Bill Frist | 14.3 |
| 1994 special | Class II | Fred Thompson | 21.8 |
Full Tennessee Senate history →
Questions and answers
Who won the 2014 Tennessee Senate race?
Lamar Alexander (REP) won with 61.9% of the vote, ahead of William Gordon Ball (31.9%), a margin of 30.0 points.
Did the Tennessee Senate seat change party in 2014?
No. The Republican Party held it.
How many votes were cast in the 2014 Tennessee Senate race?
1,374,065 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.
Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.