Tennessee 1974 Governor Election

Name: Tennessee 1974 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

L. Ray Blanton vs. Lamar Alexander

L. Ray Blanton won the Tennessee 1974 governor election with 576,833 votes (55.4%), a margin of D+11.7.

Statewide Results

55.4%

43.8%

576,833

L. Ray Blanton (55.4%)

455,467

Lamar Alexander (43.8%)

Total Votes: 1,040,714|Margin: D+11.7

County Results

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County Results (95 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
TROUSDALE	D+73.4	D+44.4	D+18.7	1,374	D+16.6%
JACKSON	D+68.1	D+42.0	D+30.1	3,003	D+12.7%
STEWART	D+66.5	D+38.8	D+25.5	2,060	D+8.6%
MOORE	D+66.4	D+27.7	R+3.3	1,016	D+20.9%
LEWIS	D+64.6	D+33.7	R+5.4	2,900	D+17.2%
HOUSTON	D+64.3	D+40.1	D+31.8	1,773	D+9.9%
GILES	D+60.5	D+25.2	R+0.8	5,459	D+31.0%
MARSHALL	D+60.3	D+29.9	R+7.5	5,127	D+26.0%
ROBERTSON	D+58.4	D+34.3	D+2.8	7,046	D+24.0%
HICKMAN	D+58.3	D+25.3	D+10.7	4,161	D+16.4%
CHEATHAM	D+57.9	D+23.8	R+15.4	3,916	D+32.2%
HUMPHREYS	D+57.7	D+34.8	D+23.9	4,369	D+19.7%
LINCOLN	D+57.4	D+30.1	D+1.5	5,044	D+20.4%
SMITH	D+56.4	D+34.7	D+15.2	3,831	D+19.7%
OVERTON	D+56.4	D+28.0	D+14.4	3,935	D+18.5%
PERRY	D+55.5	D+27.7	D+16.2	2,164	D+13.9%
CANNON	D+54.7	D+24.8	D+5.0	2,598	D+21.2%
GRUNDY	D+53.2	D+42.2	D+29.9	2,694	D+6.5%
DICKSON	D+53.1	D+28.5	R+0.3	7,222	D+17.1%
VAN BUREN	D+53.0	D+27.6	D+6.0	1,255	D+27.1%
LAKE	D+51.8	D+34.9	D+15.0	1,687	D+15.5%
WARREN	D+51.8	D+23.6	D+0.0	5,889	D+21.8%
BEDFORD	D+50.0	D+27.2	R+2.2	6,845	D+18.5%
FRANKLIN	D+49.6	D+24.9	D+1.2	6,785	D+15.1%
WHITE	D+49.5	D+23.4	D+2.3	3,517	D+20.7%
HENRY	D+49.3	D+20.6	D+0.3	6,596	D+21.8%
WILSON	D+47.4	D+19.3	R+20.6	9,422	D+26.9%
LAUDERDALE	D+44.6	D+20.7	R+0.8	5,320	D+25.0%
WEAKLEY	D+43.8	D+2.1	R+15.3	6,528	D+32.4%
OBION	D+42.6	D+3.2	R+14.4	5,935	D+27.2%
MONTGOMERY	D+42.6	D+14.8	R+14.1	12,614	D+8.3%
BENTON	D+42.1	D+24.7	D+15.6	4,644	D+15.3%
DEKALB	D+40.9	D+22.7	D+6.1	3,588	D+17.6%
HARDEMAN	D+39.8	D+17.0	D+1.1	5,699	D+49.7%
SEQUATCHIE	D+38.3	R+0.1	R+18.0	1,867	D+29.6%
PUTNAM	D+37.5	D+12.5	R+9.4	9,539	D+19.7%
COFFEE	D+37.3	D+16.1	R+14.9	8,539	D+19.7%
CLAY	D+36.6	D+1.2	R+2.2	2,090	D+16.1%
RUTHERFORD	D+36.3	D+14.6	R+25.1	14,879	D+19.1%
GIBSON	D+35.3	D+17.9	R+6.4	12,929	D+35.4%
SUMNER	D+31.8	D+8.5	R+22.9	13,917	D+16.6%
HAYWOOD	D+30.7	D+17.0	D+7.6	4,728	D+24.4%
MARION	D+29.4	D+8.3	R+4.7	5,536	D+21.6%
POLK	D+28.5	D+1.1	R+13.6	3,907	D+19.1%
MAURY	D+28.2	D+8.8	R+12.8	10,298	D+13.0%
CROCKETT	D+28.1	D+6.6	R+12.2	3,439	D+52.3%
MORGAN	D+27.7	R+14.5	R+15.4	3,757	D+36.4%
MCNAIRY	D+27.7	R+9.4	R+11.0	7,193	D+31.8%
DECATUR	D+26.5	D+1.0	R+8.1	3,980	D+21.9%
CHESTER	D+25.8	R+12.7	R+20.1	4,104	D+24.8%
TIPTON	D+25.7	D+6.3	R+20.8	7,448	D+17.5%
DAVIDSON	D+24.7	D+21.6	R+4.6	111,757	D+18.6%
LAWRENCE	D+22.2	R+3.3	R+5.0	9,307	D+18.7%
FAYETTE	D+21.5	D+16.6	R+1.3	4,976	D+19.9%
HARDIN	D+18.2	R+13.3	R+20.3	5,965	D+28.7%
DYER	D+15.6	D+2.1	R+24.6	7,491	D+28.3%
ROANE	D+15.1	R+25.4	R+28.3	11,827	D+25.7%
HAMBLEN	D+14.3	R+24.0	R+38.5	11,271	D+38.6%
CARROLL	D+14.2	R+3.6	R+13.6	7,938	D+16.7%
RHEA	D+12.8	R+20.5	R+33.6	5,077	D+24.9%
MADISON	D+12.2	R+2.5	R+19.5	18,034	D+31.8%
FENTRESS	D+9.8	R+23.2	R+24.8	2,881	D+32.5%
WILLIAMSON	D+9.7	R+13.2	R+44.2	10,932	D+12.0%
MEIGS	D+9.3	R+12.0	R+21.6	1,652	D+18.8%
CAMPBELL	D+8.3	R+7.5	R+9.5	6,537	D+18.3%
BLEDSOE	D+7.0	R+10.7	R+19.3	3,742	D+10.7%
MACON	D+5.9	R+19.7	R+31.0	2,809	D+15.5%
CUMBERLAND	D+5.4	R+24.7	R+32.3	6,311	D+18.3%
ANDERSON	D+4.2	R+15.7	R+23.3	17,424	D+20.4%
CLAIBORNE	D+2.5	R+19.9	R+21.8	4,504	D+12.2%
PICKETT	D+1.6	R+26.7	R+27.6	1,534	D+17.6%
UNION	D+1.5	R+25.8	R+23.9	2,648	D+28.2%
SHELBY	R+0.7	D+6.2	R+1.1	197,490	D+12.0%
LOUDON	R+0.9	R+25.9	R+37.3	6,858	D+26.7%
MONROE	R+0.9	R+14.8	R+22.3	8,505	D+10.4%
SCOTT	R+1.8	R+26.7	R+26.1	3,522	D+31.1%
SULLIVAN	R+2.4	R+7.2	R+36.4	32,210	D+15.8%
HENDERSON	R+2.4	R+30.4	R+37.5	6,191	D+21.5%
WASHINGTON	R+2.7	R+19.4	R+39.2	18,446	D+36.8%
WAYNE	R+5.2	R+33.7	R+36.9	3,668	D+23.0%
UNICOI	R+5.2	R+33.3	R+42.7	3,441	D+32.6%
MCMINN	R+7.6	R+17.5	R+30.1	9,703	D+8.8%
CARTER	R+9.3	R+31.2	R+47.5	10,830	D+34.9%
GRAINGER	R+10.4	R+36.3	R+34.2	3,594	D+21.0%
HAMILTON	R+11.3	R+15.3	R+25.2	58,827	D+8.5%
HANCOCK	R+11.9	R+41.4	R+40.9	1,802	D+28.5%
HAWKINS	R+12.4	R+18.9	R+34.2	8,898	D+13.5%
BRADLEY	R+13.2	R+21.3	R+45.5	10,989	D+14.1%
GREENE	R+14.3	R+28.8	R+46.8	12,260	D+17.8%
KNOX	R+16.7	R+17.4	R+27.7	72,368	D+12.3%
JEFFERSON	R+17.7	R+36.2	R+41.3	6,780	D+24.9%
COCKE	R+23.2	R+51.0	R+52.1	5,480	D+9.8%
JOHNSON	R+23.3	R+52.0	R+58.6	2,868	D+32.0%
BLOUNT	R+32.0	R+30.4	R+38.0	19,200	R+3.7%
SEVIER	R+38.6	R+49.4	R+56.9	8,001	D+17.0%

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