2008 United States Senate election in Tennessee
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The 2008 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 4, 2008, to elect a member of the U.S. Senate from the State of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander won re-election to a second term.
For related races, see 2008 United States Senate elections.
Not to be confused with 2008 Tennessee Senate election.
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Turnout | 66.34% [1] 15.94 pp | ||||||||||||||||
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Alexander flipped reliably Democratic Davidson County, home to Nashville which has not voted Republican on a presidential level since 1988. With that, he also won 65.1% of the vote against Democrat Bob Tuke, who won just 32.6%. Alexander also won 28% of the African American vote.[2]