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Houston County, Tennessee

2026 election results. Marsha Blackburn (R) has 61% of the vote for governor in Houston County, with about 87% of the expected vote counted.

2026 results in Houston County

U.S. Senate

Bill Hagerty
71.3%1,667
Marquita Bradshaw
26.1%610
Tharon Chandler
0.7%16
Catherine Whitson
0.6%13

6 more candidates on the race page.

86% counted

Statewide: Bill Hagerty wins. Called.

Governor

Marsha Blackburn
60.6%1,445
Jerri Green
27.3%650
David Hatley
10.3%245
Lauren Pinkston
0.5%13

11 more candidates on the race page.

87% counted

Statewide: Marsha Blackburn wins. Called.

U.S. House: Tennessee 5th District

Charlie Hatcher
69.4%1,592
Chaz Molder
28.5%654
James Johnson
1.6%37
Micheál O'Leary
0.5%11
86% counted

Whole district: Charlie Hatcher wins. Called.

The leader in Houston 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 3, 8:37 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TN SenateR +46.4R +58.9Not yet
TN GovernorR +37.9R +58.9Not yet
TN-05R +41.8R +58.9Not yet

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 Houston County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris20.3%Donald Trump78.5%R +58.23,810
2020Joe Biden23.6%Donald Trump73.8%R +50.13,685
2016Hillary Clinton27.3%Donald Trump68.9%R +41.53,168
2012Barack Obama46.3%Mitt Romney52.2%R +5.93,027
2008Barack Obama50.0%John McCain47.9%D +2.13,354
2004John Kerry59.2%George W. Bush40.0%D +19.13,593
2000Al Gore66.5%George W. Bush31.8%D +34.83,127

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 +93.0.

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.