Tennessee Governor Democratic Primary

Jerri Green won with 69.0% of the vote, a margin of 51.2 points.

The result

Jerri GreenWinner69.0% 244,194
Carnita Atwater17.9% 63,254
Kevin Lee McCants5.4% 18,961
Tim Cyr4.2% 14,795
Adam "Ditch" Kurtz3.5% 12,456

353,660 votes counted across 95 of 95 counties.

County by county

95 counties reported in this race. Sorted by total votes cast.

County	Precincts	Jerri Green	Carnita Atwater	Kevin Lee McCants	Tim Cyr	Adam "Ditch" Kurtz
Shelby	142 / 142	53,919	18,267	6,769	3,053	2,534
Davidson	178 / 178	44,792	9,398	1,920	1,900	1,956
Knox	99 / 99	23,255	5,761	1,146	1,702	1,295
Hamilton	92 / 92	16,812	4,935	1,780	1,331	952
Rutherford	30 / 30	10,576	3,018	668	546	397
Williamson	27 / 27	10,918	1,581	409	666	337
Montgomery	39 / 39	5,807	2,533	591	373	310
Wilson	18 / 18	6,048	1,512	319	353	319
Sumner	29 / 29	5,127	984	234	248	197
Madison	29 / 29	3,405	1,503	404	191	183
Washington	23 / 23	4,317	644	153	194	176
Blount	27 / 27	3,569	612	146	235	145
Maury	22 / 22	2,971	715	233	193	194
Anderson	28 / 28	2,924	567	117	166	121
Putnam	18 / 18	2,671	466	137	142	128
Sullivan	25 / 25	2,858	363	112	110	87
Fayette	18 / 18	979	1,239	152	82	96
Tipton	9 / 9	1,357	416	136	104	96
Bradley	18 / 18	1,541	289	88	99	77
Dickson	13 / 13	1,479	274	102	122	77
Robertson	18 / 18	1,530	244	90	84	100
Loudon	15 / 15	1,518	234	65	118	55
Hardeman	12 / 12	905	595	263	90	119
Haywood	11 / 11	962	470	183	89	133
Roane	20 / 20	1,253	256	64	88	54
Cumberland	23 / 23	1,275	178	83	84	67
Cheatham	8 / 8	1,195	201	74	52	77
Coffee	17 / 17	1,058	211	72	75	46
Gibson	22 / 22	947	244	96	89	62
Sevier	25 / 25	1,162	147	35	55	39
Marion	17 / 17	902	198	108	90	80
Warren	20 / 20	949	202	88	76	61
Franklin	18 / 18	943	226	66	89	50
Bedford	11 / 11	946	226	71	71	59
Giles	14 / 14	786	248	93	76	62
Marshall	9 / 9	853	177	73	43	57
Hamblen	16 / 16	921	125	34	46	33
Greene	17 / 17	895	116	40	48	37
Lauderdale	10 / 10	623	236	109	55	73
Carter	22 / 22	869	92	31	31	36
Lawrence	24 / 24	718	122	39	60	68
Henry	8 / 8	684	142	60	64	51
Lincoln	20 / 20	573	191	78	79	51
McMinn	13 / 13	614	94	42	64	39
Dyer	15 / 15	590	100	40	45	39
Jefferson	11 / 11	622	84	27	38	20
Humphreys	8 / 8	571	72	47	30	47
Hawkins	19 / 19	582	63	29	26	26
Claiborne	16 / 16	455	109	61	43	36
Weakley	7 / 7	497	100	36	31	39
Monroe	13 / 13	488	89	27	35	22
Overton	9 / 9	467	75	42	35	36
White	11 / 11	443	81	54	25	44
Carroll	15 / 15	377	118	55	30	51
Stewart	7 / 7	370	91	39	78	43
Hickman	14 / 14	414	89	38	36	37
Rhea	12 / 12	417	72	37	31	57
Benton	6 / 6	367	93	47	44	60
Cocke	18 / 18	462	69	20	26	21
DeKalb	12 / 12	415	80	40	36	25
Campbell	21 / 21	383	84	46	39	40
Obion	12 / 12	344	85	39	23	25
McNairy	16 / 16	301	74	34	27	26
Morgan	12 / 12	304	55	33	33	31
Polk	9 / 9	302	52	25	23	31
Houston	7 / 7	279	48	28	26	26
Grundy	10 / 10	256	44	29	44	27
Meigs	6 / 6	256	63	18	30	29
Hardin	14 / 14	301	37	19	22	16
Union	9 / 9	281	52	20	15	23
Cannon	9 / 9	263	61	22	24	19
Jackson	13 / 13	273	58	26	15	16
Henderson	12 / 12	252	62	29	13	23
Sequatchie	9 / 9	294	33	23	11	16
Smith	8 / 8	271	41	22	9	18
Trousdale	10 / 10	241	55	24	19	18
Bledsoe	13 / 13	302	13	16	12	13
Scott	10 / 10	229	47	23	26	20
Johnson	10 / 10	222	70	13	23	15
Crockett	12 / 12	214	61	30	28	8
Decatur	9 / 9	228	41	21	25	26
Macon	10 / 10	234	43	17	22	20
Lewis	9 / 9	218	49	12	19	23
Fentress	13 / 13	221	42	23	18	12
Unicoi	8 / 8	258	29	10	11	8
Chester	7 / 7	207	46	15	20	15
Grainger	10 / 10	230	19	9	9	8
Clay	7 / 7	149	36	28	27	31
Perry	10 / 10	183	38	9	8	11
Moore	5 / 5	149	39	15	17	14
Van Buren	7 / 7	159	32	17	13	8
Lake	3 / 3	112	53	28	10	23
Wayne	14 / 14	142	20	6	7	6
Pickett	9 / 9	102	18	11	5	17
Hancock	7 / 7	91	17	9	7	5

Results are from the Tennessee Secretary of State and are complete. They remain unofficial until county election commissions certify them, which Tennessee law requires by the third Monday after the election.

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