2014 United States Senate election in Tennessee

2014 United States Senate election in Tennessee

November 4, 2014
Turnout35.97% 30.37 pp
 
Nominee Lamar Alexander Gordon Ball
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 850,087 437,848
Percentage 61.87% 31.87%

Alexander:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Ball:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Lamar Alexander
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Lamar Alexander
Republican

The 2014 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate from the State of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander defeated Democrat Gordon Ball, and was re-elected to a third term in office with 61.9% of the vote against 31.9%.

Lamar Alexander narrowly kept Shelby County in his column. Home to Memphis, Shelby County had not voted Republican on a presidential level since 1988. Notably, Alexander flipped reliably Democratic Haywood County which had not voted Republican on a presidential level since 1972, but had been trending Republican in recent years. However, he did lose Davidson County, a county which he narrowly flipped back in 2008. This county is home to Tennessee's capital, Nashville.