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2010 Tennessee Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 2010 Tennessee Gubernatorial Election?

Bill Haslam won the 2010 Tennessee Gubernatorial Election. Bill Haslam received 1,041,545 popular votes (65.03%). The main challenger was Mike McWherter (33.08%).

See the full head-to-head between Haslam and McWherter

Haslam +32.0 pts · won by 511,694 votes
Bill HaslamRepublicanWINNER65.03%
1,041,545 votes
Mike McWherterDemocratic33.08%
529,851 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.9% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.