1982 Tennessee gubernatorial election
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1982 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1982, to elect the governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican governor Lamar Alexander was now qualified to run for re-election because of Tennessee's 1978 constitutional amendment allowing governors to serve a second consecutive four-year term.[1] Alexander ran for re-election and defeated Democratic nominee Randy Tyree with 59.6% of the vote in the general election.
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
County results Alexander: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Tyree: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
|
Alexander was the first Republican to be re-elected governor since 1912.
Parts of this article (those related to Section) need to be updated. The reason given is: Republican primary not added. (August 2023) |
Primary elections were held on August 5, 1982.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Randy Tyree | 318,205 | 50.05 | |
Democratic | Anna Belle Clement O'Brien | 254,500 | 40.03 | |
Democratic | Tom Henry | 19,453 | 3.06 | |
Democratic | Tommy McKnight | 10,761 | 1.69 | |
Democratic | John G. Love | 10,600 | 1.67 | |
Democratic | Luther M. Kindall | 7,792 | 1.23 | |
Democratic | James W. Thomas | 6,052 | 0.95 | |
Democratic | Virginia Nyabongo | 5,885 | 0.93 | |
Democratic | Boyce McCall | 2,577 | 0.41 | |
Total votes | 635,825 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Lamar Alexander (incumbent) | 737,693 | 59.56% | ||
Democratic | Randy Tyree | 500,937 | 40.44% | ||
Majority | 237,026 | ||||
Turnout | 1,238,927 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.