Jerri Green won 71.6% of the Davidson County vote for governor on 46.9% turnout. County voters rejected two of three state amendments, unofficial results show.
Davidson County voters backed Democrat Jerri Green for governor by more than three to one on Tuesday. Green took 160,749 votes in the county, or 71.6%, to Republican Marsha Blackburn’s 48,546, or 21.6%.
Those figures come from the Davidson County Election Commission’s unofficial results, with all 179 precincts counted. The commission last updated them at 9:39 p.m. Tuesday. The results are unofficial until the commission certifies them.
These are Davidson County’s votes only. The governor’s race, the U.S. Senate race, the constitutional amendments and any district that crosses the county line are decided by the full count, which the Tennessee Secretary of State publishes.
Turnout
Voters cast 225,624 ballots in the county, out of 481,068 registered voters. That is a turnout of 46.9%.
Governor and U.S. Senate
In the governor’s race, independent David Hatley was third in the county with 11,163 votes, or 5%. Twelve other independent candidates and the write-in votes shared the rest.
In the U.S. Senate race, Davidson County gave Democrat Marquita Bradshaw 158,305 votes, or 71.5%. Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty took 59,248, or 26.7%.
Constitutional amendments
County voters turned down two of the three proposed amendments to the Tennessee Constitution and approved the third. Whether an amendment passes depends on the statewide count.
| Amendment | What it does | Yes | No |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lets courts deny bail before trial for some violent crimes | 106,786 (48.9%) | 111,378 (51.1%) |
| 2 | Bars the Legislature from levying a state property tax | 104,956 (49.9%) | 105,546 (50.1%) |
| 3 | Rewrites and adds to crime victims’ rights | 133,188 (61.1%) | 84,891 (38.9%) |
Amendment 2 was the closest race on the county ballot. No won by 590 votes. The summaries above follow the wording on the commission’s sample ballot for Nov. 3.
U.S. House
Davidson County is split among three congressional districts. In the county’s share of each, the Democratic candidate led:
- District 4 (47 precincts): Victoria Broderick 37,356 (74.6%), Rep. Scott DesJarlais 11,525 (23%)
- District 6 (83 precincts): Mike Croley 65,343 (77.8%), Johnny Garrett 17,388 (20.7%)
- District 7 (74 precincts): Darden Copeland 54,858 (67.3%), Rep. Matt Van Epps 25,524 (31.3%)
Each of those districts also takes in other counties, so the county figures do not decide them.
Tennessee General Assembly
Three state Senate seats and 11 state House seats were on Davidson County ballots. Five of them were contested by more than one named candidate:
- Senate District 17: Lindsey Patrick-Wright 12,687 (71%), Mark Pody 5,142 (28.8%), Davidson County precincts only
- House District 52: Justin Jones 11,922 (79.8%), Michele Vetter 2,763 (18.5%)
- House District 55: John Ray Clemmons 10,856 (84.9%), Jayla Thomas 1,918 (15%)
- House District 59: Mark Proctor 18,372 (57.5%), Bill Hancock 13,571 (42.4%)
- House District 60: Shaundelle Brooks 15,080 (63.8%), Eva Angelina Romero 8,517 (36.1%)
Charlane Oliver (Senate District 19), Jeff Yarbro (Senate District 21), Bo Mitchell, Aftyn Behn, Jason Powell, Vincent Dixie, Bob Freeman and Harold Love Jr. ran with no named opponent.
Belle Meade, Forest Hills and Goodlettsville
Three small cities inside the county held their own elections on the same ballot.
Belle Meade elected three city commissioners. The top three were Rusty Moore with 1,133 votes, Neal Clayton with 1,007 and Louise C. Bryan with 854. Gray Oliver Thornburg was fourth with 771.
Forest Hills had two candidates for two commission seats. Jim Gardner took 1,994 votes and Henry Trost 1,978.
Goodlettsville, about 12 miles north, sits partly in Sumner County, and the Sumner County Election Commission counts those votes separately. In the Davidson County part of the city:
- Rusty Tinnin led the race for two commission seats with 1,480 votes, ahead of Michael Milliner with 1,223.
- Eric Meacham (1,137) and Jimmy D. Anderson (1,136) were one vote apart.
- The sales tax referendum was losing, 1,863 against to 1,299 for.
The referendum asked whether to raise Goodlettsville’s local option sales tax by a half cent, to a maximum of 2.75%. The city’s Board of Commissioners called it in Ordinance No. 26-1146, according to the Election Commission’s Sept. 2 minutes. The outcome for the whole city depends on the Sumner County count as well.
What comes next
The Election Commission will audit the paper ballots cast for governor at 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at its office at 1281 Murfreesboro Pike. State law requires the audit. Eight tabulators were picked at random, including scanners at Hillwood High School, Belmont’s Curb Event Center and Pearl-Cohn High School, according to the commission’s notice of the audit. The audit is open to the public.
What it means for you
- Check your own precinct. The commission has posted a precinct-by-precinct report, with turnout for each one.
- Watch the statewide count. Your county’s vote on the amendments does not settle them.
- Questions about your ballot go to the Davidson County Election Commission at 615-862-8800.
Our voting guide has the registration and polling place details for the next election.
Have your say