Tennessee 1978 Governor Election

Name: Tennessee 1978 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

Jake Butcher vs. Lamar Alexander

Lamar Alexander won the Tennessee 1978 governor election with 661,959 votes (55.6%), a margin of R+11.6.

Statewide Results

44.0%

55.6%

523,495

Jake Butcher (44.0%)

661,959

Lamar Alexander (55.6%)

Total Votes: 1,189,695|Margin: R+11.6

County Results

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County Results (95 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
LAKE	D+36.9	D+34.9	D+15.0	1,615	R+14.9%
UNION	D+35.7	R+25.8	R+23.9	3,792	D+34.2%
JACKSON	D+32.9	D+42.0	D+30.1	2,851	R+35.2%
OVERTON	D+25.9	D+28.0	D+14.4	4,265	R+30.5%
LINCOLN	D+22.9	D+30.1	D+1.5	5,294	R+34.5%
GRUNDY	D+21.3	D+42.2	D+29.9	2,591	R+31.8%
LEWIS	D+19.1	D+33.7	R+5.4	2,573	R+45.4%
VAN BUREN	D+17.1	D+27.6	D+6.0	1,311	R+35.9%
HOUSTON	D+14.2	D+40.1	D+31.8	1,924	R+50.1%
STEWART	D+13.9	D+38.8	D+25.5	2,434	R+52.6%
PERRY	D+13.0	D+27.7	D+16.2	2,036	R+42.6%
TROUSDALE	D+12.9	D+44.4	D+18.7	1,571	R+60.4%
OBION	D+11.8	D+3.2	R+14.4	7,421	R+30.8%
WEAKLEY	D+11.5	D+2.1	R+15.3	7,573	R+32.2%
MOORE	D+11.3	D+27.7	R+3.3	1,158	R+55.1%
LAUDERDALE	D+10.9	D+20.7	R+0.8	5,749	R+33.8%
ANDERSON	D+10.8	R+15.7	R+23.3	21,348	D+6.6%
HAYWOOD	D+8.8	D+17.0	D+7.6	5,051	R+21.9%
GILES	D+8.7	D+25.2	R+0.8	5,264	R+51.8%
WARREN	D+8.7	D+23.6	D+0.0	7,480	R+43.1%
FAYETTE	D+8.6	D+16.6	R+1.3	5,340	R+12.9%
BEDFORD	D+8.3	D+27.2	R+2.2	7,570	R+41.7%
SMITH	D+8.3	D+34.7	D+15.2	3,871	R+48.2%
HICKMAN	D+7.7	D+25.3	D+10.7	4,424	R+50.6%
HUMPHREYS	D+7.2	D+34.8	D+23.9	4,985	R+50.6%
HARDEMAN	D+5.9	D+17.0	D+1.1	5,438	R+33.8%
FRANKLIN	D+5.8	D+24.9	D+1.2	7,694	R+43.8%
WHITE	D+4.8	D+23.4	D+2.3	4,284	R+44.7%
ROBERTSON	D+4.8	D+34.3	D+2.8	8,492	R+53.6%
GIBSON	D+4.1	D+17.9	R+6.4	13,628	R+31.2%
TIPTON	D+3.3	D+6.3	R+20.8	7,256	R+22.4%
BENTON	D+3.2	D+24.7	D+15.6	5,102	R+38.9%
MARSHALL	D+1.9	D+29.9	R+7.5	5,540	R+58.4%
POLK	D+1.3	D+1.1	R+13.6	3,850	R+27.2%
CANNON	D+0.6	D+24.8	D+5.0	2,985	R+54.1%
CROCKETT	D+0.4	D+6.6	R+12.2	4,011	R+27.7%
MORGAN	R+0.3	R+14.5	R+15.4	4,265	R+28.0%
DEKALB	R+0.7	D+22.7	D+6.1	3,753	R+41.6%
SEQUATCHIE	R+1.9	R+0.1	R+18.0	2,191	R+40.2%
BLEDSOE	R+2.1	R+10.7	R+19.3	2,972	R+9.1%
CLAIBORNE	R+2.3	R+19.9	R+21.8	5,255	R+4.8%
MARION	R+4.2	D+8.3	R+4.7	6,058	R+33.6%
CHESTER	R+4.7	R+12.7	R+20.1	3,862	R+30.4%
PUTNAM	R+4.8	D+12.5	R+9.4	12,893	R+42.3%
DICKSON	R+5.1	D+28.5	R+0.3	8,539	R+58.2%
CLAY	R+5.4	D+1.2	R+2.2	2,513	R+42.0%
SHELBY	R+5.6	D+6.2	R+1.1	203,794	R+4.9%
COFFEE	R+5.9	D+16.1	R+14.9	10,559	R+43.3%
FENTRESS	R+6.2	R+23.2	R+24.8	3,253	R+16.0%
DECATUR	R+7.2	D+1.0	R+8.1	3,783	R+33.7%
HENRY	R+7.4	D+20.6	D+0.3	7,748	R+56.7%
LAWRENCE	R+9.6	R+3.3	R+5.0	10,427	R+31.8%
MCNAIRY	R+9.8	R+9.4	R+11.0	6,780	R+37.4%
CHEATHAM	R+9.8	D+23.8	R+15.4	4,913	R+67.6%
HAMBLEN	R+10.0	R+24.0	R+38.5	13,448	R+24.4%
MONTGOMERY	R+10.1	D+14.8	R+14.1	15,597	R+52.7%
WILSON	R+10.1	D+19.3	R+20.6	13,376	R+57.5%
CAMPBELL	R+10.6	R+7.5	R+9.5	7,504	R+18.9%
CARROLL	R+10.6	R+3.6	R+13.6	9,401	R+24.8%
KNOX	R+12.2	R+17.4	R+27.7	93,350	D+4.5%
DAVIDSON	R+12.7	D+21.6	R+4.6	132,501	R+37.4%
MONROE	R+13.5	R+14.8	R+22.3	9,245	R+12.6%
DYER	R+14.0	D+2.1	R+24.6	8,246	R+29.6%
SCOTT	R+14.3	R+26.7	R+26.1	3,397	R+12.5%
HARDIN	R+14.6	R+13.3	R+20.3	5,809	R+32.8%
SUMNER	R+14.7	D+8.5	R+22.9	19,096	R+46.4%
MEIGS	R+14.7	R+12.0	R+21.6	2,084	R+24.0%
RUTHERFORD	R+15.4	D+14.6	R+25.1	19,728	R+51.7%
HANCOCK	R+16.4	R+41.4	R+40.9	1,654	R+4.6%
PICKETT	R+16.7	R+26.7	R+27.6	1,612	R+18.4%
RHEA	R+17.0	R+20.5	R+33.6	5,362	R+29.9%
ROANE	R+17.1	R+25.4	R+28.3	14,556	R+32.1%
HAMILTON	R+17.8	R+15.3	R+25.2	65,259	R+6.5%
MADISON	R+18.8	R+2.5	R+19.5	20,341	R+31.0%
GRAINGER	R+20.9	R+36.3	R+34.2	4,186	R+10.5%
MAURY	R+21.5	D+8.8	R+12.8	12,119	R+49.7%
CUMBERLAND	R+23.7	R+24.7	R+32.3	8,405	R+29.1%
MCMINN	R+24.3	R+17.5	R+30.1	10,007	R+16.7%
HENDERSON	R+25.8	R+30.4	R+37.5	6,417	R+23.4%
SULLIVAN	R+27.0	R+7.2	R+36.4	36,349	R+24.6%
HAWKINS	R+27.4	R+18.9	R+34.2	10,470	R+14.9%
MACON	R+27.5	R+19.7	R+31.0	3,358	R+33.4%
LOUDON	R+28.0	R+25.9	R+37.3	8,230	R+27.1%
JEFFERSON	R+32.1	R+36.2	R+41.3	8,518	R+14.5%
WASHINGTON	R+32.3	R+19.4	R+39.2	21,777	R+29.6%
GREENE	R+32.8	R+28.8	R+46.8	13,277	R+18.5%
WAYNE	R+33.0	R+33.7	R+36.9	4,265	R+27.8%
BRADLEY	R+35.1	R+21.3	R+45.5	12,826	R+21.9%
COCKE	R+35.7	R+51.0	R+52.1	7,015	R+12.6%
WILLIAMSON	R+36.3	R+13.2	R+44.2	15,763	R+46.0%
BLOUNT	R+37.1	R+30.4	R+38.0	22,470	R+5.1%
UNICOI	R+41.4	R+33.3	R+42.7	4,432	R+36.2%
SEVIER	R+42.6	R+49.4	R+56.9	10,193	R+4.0%
CARTER	R+44.8	R+31.2	R+47.5	13,118	R+35.5%
JOHNSON	R+59.8	R+52.0	R+58.6	3,605	R+36.5%

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