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Carter County, Tennessee

2026 election results. Marsha Blackburn (R) has 50% of the vote for governor in Carter County, with about 100% of the expected vote counted.

2026 results in Carter County

U.S. Senate

Bill Hagerty
72.9%10,933
Marquita Bradshaw
24.1%3,611
Robert Jones
0.8%118
Tharon Chandler
0.5%78

6 more candidates on the race page.

95% counted

Statewide: Bill Hagerty wins. Called.

Governor

Marsha Blackburn
49.9%7,892
David Hatley
26.3%4,164
Jerri Green
22.7%3,596
Lauren Pinkston
0.4%71

11 more candidates on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Marsha Blackburn wins. Called.

U.S. House: Tennessee 1st District

Diana Harshbarger
69.1%10,160
Kristi Burke
26.8%3,943
Joshua Ashburn
1.1%165
Richard Baker
1.1%164

3 more candidates on the race page.

95% counted

Whole district: Diana Harshbarger wins. Called.

The leader in Carter County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 6, 12:25 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TN SenateR +50.3R +63.8D +13.5
TN-01R +44.1R +63.8D +19.7

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Carter County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris17.9%Donald Trump81.1%R +63.224,852
2020Joe Biden18.5%Donald Trump80.0%R +61.524,492
2016Hillary Clinton16.4%Donald Trump80.1%R +63.821,084
2012Barack Obama23.2%Mitt Romney75.2%R +52.020,617
2008Barack Obama25.7%John McCain72.8%R +47.221,769
2004John Kerry28.7%George W. Bush70.7%R +42.022,302
2000Al Gore35.2%George W. Bush63.4%R +28.219,102

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +35.0.

Other counties in Tennessee

Tennessee results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Tennessee certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Tennessee's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.