Certified returns for every federal race in Tennessee in 2008, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 10 of 10 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Republican
1,479,178
56.9%
Democratic
1,087,437
41.8%
Independent
33,134
1.3%
Total
2,599,749
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2008 election page.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Lamar Alexander
Republican
1,579,477
65.1%
Robert D. Tuke
Democrat
767,236
31.6%
Edward L. Buck
Independent
31,631
1.3%
Christopher G. Fenner
Independent
11,073
0.5%
Daniel Towers Lewis
Independent
9,367
0.4%
Chris Lugo
Independent
9,170
0.4%
Ed Lawhorn
Independent
8,986
0.4%
David Gatchell
Independent
7,645
0.3%
Total
2,424,585
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Phil Roe
Republican
168,343
71.8%
Rob Russell
Democrat
57,525
24.5%
Joel Goodman
Independent
3,988
1.7%
James W. Reeves
Independent
2,544
1.1%
Thomas ‘‘T. K.’’ Owens
Independent
1,981
0.8%
Total
234,381
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John J. Duncan, Jr.
Republican
227,120
78.1%
Bob Scott
Democrat
63,639
21.9%
Total
290,759
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Zach Wamp
Republican
184,964
69.4%
Doug Vandagriff
Democrat
73,059
27.4%
Jean Howard-Hill
Independent
4,848
1.8%
Ed Choate
Independent
3,750
1.4%
June Griffin
Write-in
7
0.0%
Total
266,628
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Lincoln Davis
Democrat
146,776
58.8%
Monty J. Lankford
Republican
94,447
37.8%
James Anthony Gray
Independent
4,869
1.9%
Kevin Ragsdale
Independent
3,713
1.5%
Total
249,805
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jim Cooper
Democrat
181,467
65.8%
Gerard Donovan
Republican
85,471
31.0%
Jon Jackson
Independent
5,464
2.0%
John P. Miglietta
Independent
3,196
1.2%
Thomas F. Kovach
Write-in
4
0.0%
Total
275,602
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bart Gordon
Democrat
194,264
74.4%
Chris Baker
Independent
66,764
25.6%
Total
261,028
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Marsha Blackburn
Republican
217,332
68.6%
Randy G. Morris
Democrat
99,549
31.4%
Total
316,881
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John S. Tanner
Democrat
180,465
100.0%
James Hart
Write-in
54
0.0%
Total
180,519
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Steve Cohen
Democrat
198,798
87.9%
Jake Ford
Independent
11,003
4.9%
Dewey Clark
Independent
10,047
4.4%
Mary ‘‘Taylor Shelby’’ Wright
Independent
6,434
2.8%
Total
226,282
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2008 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 ca9fea3dc2259cee9ead5e92c78f577f1309b28e07428164121a40521d91c333
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.