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Tennessee Amendment 1

Article I, Section 15 of the Tennessee Constitution. 2026 results by county, from Tennessee's official results file: Yes 67.1%, No 32.9% statewide.

Statewide

This amendment changes Article I, section 15 of the Tennessee Constitution by allowing a court to hold a defendant without bail before trial when that defendant is accused of: an offense punishable by the death penalty, an act of terrorism, second degree murder, aggravated rape of a child, aggravated rape, grave torture, or any crime for which a convicted person would be required to serve eighty-five percent of their sentence. This amendment requires courts to state on the record the reasons for their decision to grant or deny bail in those cases.

A yes vote
A vote to amend the Constitution and adopt the language in the proposed amendment.
A no vote
A vote to keep the current language in the Constitution unchanged.
Yes 67.1% No 32.9%

1,330,845 yes and 651,321 no.

Secretary of State's amendments page

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By county

95 counties: Yes has the most votes in 94, No has the most votes in 1. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Anderson County70.1%29.9%23,432
Bedford County75.6%24.4%12,471
Benton County78.4%21.6%4,575
Bledsoe County81.1%18.9%3,727
Blount County74.2%25.8%44,675
Bradley County75.7%24.3%28,168
Campbell County83.6%16.4%8,117
Cannon County74.6%25.4%4,092
Carroll County76.0%24.0%6,813
Carter County73.8%26.2%14,326
Cheatham County71.9%28.1%13,813
Chester County76.2%23.8%4,152
Claiborne County79.2%20.8%8,457
Clay County81.1%18.9%1,908
Cocke County79.6%20.4%8,948
Coffee County76.2%23.8%14,849
Crockett County74.7%25.3%3,108
Cumberland County79.5%20.5%23,190
Davidson County48.9%51.1%218,164
Decatur County75.0%25.0%3,060
DeKalb County76.8%23.2%5,085
Dickson County74.5%25.5%14,541
Dyer County75.4%24.6%8,351
Fayette County71.4%28.6%16,708
Fentress County80.8%19.2%5,442
Franklin County74.0%26.0%11,922
Gibson County73.1%26.9%12,232
Giles County77.2%22.8%8,087
Grainger County79.2%20.8%6,307
Greene County72.3%27.7%17,729
Grundy County76.0%24.0%3,324
Hamblen County67.5%32.5%15,112
Hamilton County62.2%37.8%121,300
Hancock County74.6%25.4%1,472
Hardeman County62.5%37.5%6,367
Hardin County80.5%19.5%6,598
Hawkins County68.9%31.1%14,501
Haywood County56.9%43.1%4,595
Henderson County71.9%28.1%6,760
Henry County79.1%20.9%9,044
Hickman County77.9%22.1%6,262
Houston County78.7%21.3%2,097
Humphreys County79.6%20.4%5,130
Jackson County76.4%23.6%3,185
Jefferson County75.2%24.8%15,147
Johnson County78.3%21.7%4,670
Knox County61.8%38.2%154,132
Lake County76.8%23.2%946
Lauderdale County70.2%29.8%5,202
Lawrence County79.8%20.2%11,220
Lewis County77.9%22.1%3,658
Lincoln County78.6%21.4%8,980
Loudon County77.1%22.9%22,228
Macon County82.1%17.9%5,235
Madison County63.3%36.7%24,522
Marion County76.9%23.1%8,359
Marshall County74.5%25.5%9,920
Maury County73.8%26.2%35,270
McMinn County80.0%20.0%13,788
McNairy County78.4%21.6%6,487
Meigs County80.3%19.7%3,555
Monroe County81.2%18.8%13,343
Montgomery County67.7%32.3%55,287
Moore County80.4%19.6%2,056
Morgan County79.6%20.4%4,787
Obion County77.1%22.9%7,644
Overton County77.4%22.6%6,142
Perry County78.0%22.0%2,065
Pickett County82.2%17.8%1,748
Polk County79.5%20.5%4,957
Putnam County71.3%28.7%22,526
Rhea County79.1%20.9%8,222
Roane County72.9%27.1%16,002
Robertson County73.9%26.1%22,268
Rutherford County64.1%35.9%98,528
Scott County79.1%20.9%3,947
Sequatchie County78.8%21.2%4,652
Sevier County77.4%22.6%23,877
Shelby County59.4%40.6%218,747
Smith County78.2%21.8%5,403
Stewart County81.3%18.7%3,975
Sullivan County74.0%26.0%45,468
Sumner County69.1%30.9%63,103
Tipton County77.2%22.8%15,945
Trousdale County74.2%25.8%2,593
Unicoi County75.4%24.6%5,042
Union County78.5%21.5%4,575
Van Buren County74.2%25.8%2,047
Warren County73.5%26.5%9,600
Washington County66.4%33.6%40,815
Wayne County79.4%20.6%3,544
Weakley County76.3%23.7%7,891
White County80.4%19.6%7,864
Williamson County69.5%30.5%99,884
Wilson County70.7%29.3%52,104

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

Tennessee's official results, these figures first read Nov 6, 1:01 PM. Unofficial until certified. Tennessee's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.