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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. He 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. (en)
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- 2008 United States Senate election in Tennessee (en)
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- Lamar Alexander (en)
- Christopher G. Fenner (en)
- David Gatchell (en)
- Gary G. Davis (en)
- Mike Padgett (en)
- Bob Tuke (en)
- Chris Lugo (en)
- Daniel Towers Lewis (en)
- Ed Lawhorn (en)
- Edward L. Buck (en)
- Kenneth Eaton (en)
- Leonard D. Ladner (en)
- Mark E. Clayton (en)
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- County results (en)
- Alexander: (en)
- Tuke: (en)
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- Democratic Party (en)
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- 100.0
- 0.32
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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. He 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. (en)
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- 2008 United States Senate election in Tennessee (en)
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