Municipal elections in Davidson County, Tennessee (2018)

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2018 Davidson County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: February 15, 2018
Primary election: May 1, 2018
General election: August 2, 2018
Election stats
Offices up: Chancery Court Part 2, County Clerk, Criminal Court Clerk, Criminal Court Division 2 Judge, General Sessions Court Division 3 Judge, General Sessions Court Division 10 Judge, Juvenile Court Clerk, Public Defender, Register of Deeds, Sheriff, Trustee, Vice Mayor, Metro Council
Total seats up: 14
Election type: Partisan
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U.S. municipal elections, 2018
Davidson County, Tennessee, held general elections for Chancery Court Part 2, county clerk, criminal court clerk, Criminal Court Division 2, General Sessions Court Division 3, General Sessions Court Division 10, juvenile court clerk, public defender, register of deeds, sheriff, trustee, vice mayor, and metro council on August 2, 2018. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on May 1, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was February 15, 2018.


There was a special election for District 1 of the Nashville Metro Council on May 24, 2018, with a runoff on June 28, 2018. There was also a special election for vice mayor on the ballot on August 2, 2018, with a runoff on September 6, 2018.

Elections

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General election

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Primary election

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Vice mayor

Nashville, Tennessee held a special election for vice mayor of the Nashville Metro Council on August 2, 2018. The special election was scheduled after Vice Mayor David Briley was elected mayor.[1] Since no candidates received a majority of the votes, the top two candidates ran in a runoff election on September 6, 2018.

Runoff election

General runoff candidates

Special election

General election candidates

Metro council

Nashville Metro Council

District 1

Nashville, Tennessee held a special election for one metro council seat on May 24, 2018.[2] The seat became vacant after Nick Leonardo resigned in January 2018. In addition to the metro council race, there was also a mayoral race on the ballot. Since no candidates received a majority of the votes, the top two candidates ran in a runoff election on June 28, 2018.

Runoff election

General runoff candidates

Special election

General election candidates

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Tennessee elections, 2018

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

One of 95 Tennessee counties—1 percent—is a Pivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Hardeman County, Tennessee 7.92% 5.91% 6.18%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Tennessee with 60.7 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 34.7 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Tennessee cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 76.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Tennessee supported Democratic candidates for president and Republican candidates equally. The state, however, favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Tennessee. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns show the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns show the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[3][4]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 20 out of 99 state House districts in Tennessee with an average margin of victory of 50.7 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 22 out of 99 state House districts in Tennessee with an average margin of victory of 46.5 points. Clinton won one district controlled by a Republican heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 79 out of 99 state House districts in Tennessee with an average margin of victory of 36.8 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 77 out of 99 state House districts in Tennessee with an average margin of victory of 43.8 points. Trump won four districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

See also

Davidson County, Tennessee Tennessee Municipal government Other local coverage
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