Tennessee U.S. Senate election history

Every Tennessee U.S. Senate election from 1976 to 2024: winners, parties, margins and the seats that changed hands.

Current senators

Tennessee Senate races: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

Year	Seat	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Margin	Votes
2024	Class I	Marsha Blackburn	Republican	Gloria Johnson	29.6	3,007,608
2020	Class II	Bill Hagerty	Republican	Marquita Bradshaw	27.0	2,959,761
2018	Class I	Marsha Blackburn	Republican	Phil Bredesen	10.8	2,243,740
2014	Class II	Lamar Alexander	Republican	William Gordon Ball	30.0	1,374,065
2012	Class I	Bob Corker	Republican	Mark E. Clayton	34.5	2,321,477
2008	Class II	Lamar Alexander	Republican	Robert D. Tuke	33.5	2,424,585
2006	Class I	Bob Corker	Republican	Harold E. Ford Jr.	2.7	1,833,695
2002	Class II	Lamar Alexander	Republican	Bob Clement	9.9	1,642,432
2000	Class I	Bill Frist	Republican	Jeff Clark	32.9	1,928,613
1996	Class II	Fred Thompson	Republican	Houston Gordon	24.6	1,778,664
1994 flip	Class I	Bill Frist	Republican	Jim Sasser	14.3	1,480,391
1994 special flip	Class II	Fred Thompson	Republican	Jim Cooper	21.8	1,465,862
1990	Class II	Al Gore	Democratic	William R. Hawkins	37.9	783,922
1988	Class I	Jim Sasser	Democratic	Bill Andersen	30.6	1,567,181
1984 flip	Class II	Al Gore	Democratic	Victor Ashe	26.9	1,648,036
1982	Class I	Jim Sasser	Democratic	Robin L. Beard	23.9	1,259,785
1978	Class II	Howard Baker	Republican	Jane Eskind	15.3	1,157,094
1976 flip	Class I	Jim Sasser	Democratic	Bill Brock	5.4	1,432,046

Marsha Blackburn won in 2024 by 29.6 points.

Marsha Blackburn (Republican, term ends 2031) and Bill Hagerty (Republican, term ends 2027).

In 1990, when Al Gore won.

In 2024, when Marsha Blackburn won.

Results: FiveThirtyEight (from 1976 for Senate, 1996 for governor). Current members: congress-legislators.