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  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Tennessee > Governor
OfficeGovernor
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2006 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 02, 2010 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 02, 2010 - 07:00pm
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]
DescriptionTennessee 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%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Aug 05, 2010 TN Governor- D Primary Mike McWherter
Aug 05, 2010 TN Governor- R Primary Bill Haslam
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 8.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Bill Haslam
Safe 19
Strong 11
Lean 12
Slight 6
Mike McWherter
Strong 1
Lean 1
Slight 1
MATCHUP 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
Votes1,041,545 (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%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Rasmussen Reports 
10/07-10/07		 59.00% (+9.0) 31.00% (-1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Crawford, Johnson & Northcott Inc. Research Counsel 
09/20-09/20		 55.00% (-5.0) 24.00% (-10.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
08/09-08/09		 56.00% (+6.0) 31.00% (-1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
07/19-07/21		 49.00% (+0.0) 31.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Crawford, Johnson & Northcott Inc. Research Counsel 
07/05-07/07		 60.00% (+0.0) 34.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
06/15-06/15		 50.00% (+4.0) 32.00% (+1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D BLUEDOGS
  Tri-State Defender (Memphis, TN)
  Nashville City Paper
  Knoxville News-Sentinel
  Chattanooga Times Free Press
F Blue Republican
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
Votes1,887 (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%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Rasmussen Reports 
10/07-10/07		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Crawford, Johnson & Northcott Inc. Research Counsel 
09/20-09/20		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
08/09-08/09		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
07/19-07/21		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Crawford, Johnson & Northcott Inc. Research Counsel 
07/05-07/07		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
06/15-06/15		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
REFS Servo
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Mike Knois Donald McFolin (W) Basil J. Marceaux, Sr. (W) James Lee
PartyIndependent Independent Independent Independent
Votes600 (0.04%) 583 (0.04%) 58 (0.00%) 3 (0.00%)
Margin-1,040,945 (-65.00%) -1,040,962 (-65.00%) -1,041,487 (-65.03%) -1,041,542 (-65.03%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Rasmussen Reports 
10/07-10/07		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Crawford, Johnson & Northcott Inc. Research Counsel 
09/20-09/20		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
08/09-08/09		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
07/19-07/21		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Crawford, Johnson & Northcott Inc. Research Counsel 
07/05-07/07		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
06/15-06/15		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements

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