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Parents > United States > Tennessee > Governor
OfficeGovernor
HonorificGovernor - Abbr: Gov.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2006 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 02, 2010 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 02, 2010 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 15, 2011 - 12:00pm
Term End January 17, 2015 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifiedMr. Matt January 13, 2011 07:27pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description Tennessee governors are sworn-in on the 3rd Saturday every four years.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/07/2006
NamePhil Bredesen Votes1,247,491 (68.60%)
Term01/20/2007 - 01/15/2011 Margin706,638 (+38.86%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/2014
NameBill Haslam Votes951,796 (70.31%)
Term01/17/2015 - 01/19/2019 Margin642,559 (+47.47%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Aug 05, 2010 TN Governor- D Primary
Mike McWherter
D 284,894
Aug 05, 2010 TN Governor- R Primary
Bill Haslam
R 725,408
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
05/16/2007 11/02/2010
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Bill Haslam 6 12 11 19
Mike McWherter 1 1 1 --
Leaning Call: Bill Haslam (95.86%)
Weighted Call: Bill Haslam (97.97%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

03/22/2010 10/07/2010

CANDIDATES
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Name Mayor Bill Haslam Mike McWherter Carl C. "Two Feathers" Whitaker Brandon Dodds Bayron Binkley June Griffin Linda Kay Perry
PartyRepublican Democratic Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 1,041,545 (65.03%) 529,851 (33.08%) 6,536 (0.41%) 4,728 (0.30%) 4,663 (0.29%) 2,587 (0.16%) 2,057 (0.13%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -511,694 (-31.95%) -1,035,009 (-64.63%) -1,036,817 (-64.74%) -1,036,882 (-64.74%) -1,038,958 (-64.87%) -1,039,488 (-64.91%)
Predict Avg.55.67% 38.33% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 1.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 00/00/2009 00/00/2009 00/00/2010 00/00/2010 00/00/2010 06/17/2009 --
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MATCHUP POLLS (7 from 3 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg54.48%-- 28.96%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Rasmussen Reports 
10/07/10-10/07/10
59.00% 3.0 31.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Crawford, Johnson & Northcott Inc. Research Counsel 
09/20/10-09/20/10
55.00% 5.0 24.00% 10.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
08/09/10-08/09/10
56.00% 6.0 31.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mason-Dixon 
07/19/10-07/21/10
49.00% -- 31.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Crawford, Johnson & Northcott Inc. Research Counsel 
07/05/10-07/07/10
60.00% -- 34.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
06/15/10-06/15/10
50.00% 5.0 32.00% 5.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Howard Switzer Samuel Duck Thomas E. Smith, II Toni K. Hall David "None Of The Above" Gatchell Boyce T. McCall James Reesor
PartyIndependent Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 1,887 (0.12%) 1,755 (0.11%) 1,207 (0.08%) 993 (0.06%) 859 (0.05%) 828 (0.05%) 809 (0.05%)
Margin-1,039,658 (-64.92%) -1,039,790 (-64.92%) -1,040,338 (-64.96%) -1,040,552 (-64.97%) -1,040,686 (-64.98%) -1,040,717 (-64.98%) -1,040,736 (-64.98%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 00/00/2010 00/00/2010 00/00/2010 00/00/2010 00/00/2010 00/00/2010 00/00/2010
MATCHUP POLLS (7 from 3 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Rasmussen Reports 
10/07/10-10/07/10
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Crawford, Johnson & Northcott Inc. Research Counsel 
09/20/10-09/20/10
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
08/09/10-08/09/10
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mason-Dixon 
07/19/10-07/21/10
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Crawford, Johnson & Northcott Inc. Research Counsel 
07/05/10-07/07/10
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
06/15/10-06/15/10
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
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