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Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2018

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November 6, 2018

Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2018

The Tennessee gubernatorial election of 2018 will take place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Tennessee, concurrently with the election of Tennessee's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various Tennessee and local elections.

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Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Haslam is term-limited and is prohibited by the Tennessee Constitution from seeking a third consecutive term.

Declared

  • Mark Green, State Senator
  • Randy Boyd, former Commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development

    • Potential

  • Tim Burchett, Knox County Mayor
  • Diane Black, U.S. Representative
  • Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Representative
  • Joe Carr, former State Representative and perennial candidate
  • Bob Corker, U.S. Senator
  • Stephen Fincher, former U.S. Representative
  • Alberto Gonzales, Dean of the Belmont University School of Law and former U.S. Attorney General
  • Bill Hagerty, former Commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development
  • Beth Harwell, Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives
  • Bill Lee, businessman
  • Mark Norris, Majority Leader of the Tennessee Senate
  • John Schroer, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Transportation and former Mayor of Franklin
  • Andy Ogles, Director of the Tennessee chapter of Americans for Prosperity
  • Jamie Woodson, former State Senator
  • Ken Yager, State Senator.

    • Declined

  • Tre Hargett, Tennessee Secretary of State
  • Ron Ramsey, former Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee and candidate for Governor in 2010

    • Declared

  • Karl Dean, former Mayor of Nashville

    • Potential

  • Gordon Ball, attorney and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2014
  • Andy Berke, Mayor of Chattanooga and former State Senator
  • Jim Cooper, U.S. Representative and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1994
  • Craig Fitzhugh, Minority Leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives
  • Sara Kyle, State Senator and former Director of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority
  • Ralphie May, stand-up comedian
  • Kim McMillan, Mayor of Clarksville and former State Representative
  • Bill Purcell, former Mayor of Nashville
  • Madeline Rogero, Mayor of Knoxville

    • Declined

  • Bill Freeman, businessman and candidate for Mayor of Nashville in 2015

    • Campaign Websites

  • Randy Boyd for Governor (R)
  • Dr. Mark Green for Tennessee (R)
  • Karl Dean for Governor (D)

    • References

    Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2018 Wikipedia
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