Bredesen succeeded Sundquist as governor in 2003. David Y. Copeland III unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination, while Bill Morris and Steve Cohen unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination.
1994, tennessee, gubernatorial, election, also, 1994, united, states, gubernatorial, elections, took, place, november, 1994, elect, next, governor, tennessee, incumbent, democratic, governor, mcwherter, term, limited, leaving, governorship, open, seat, republi. See also 1994 United States gubernatorial elections The 1994 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place on November 8 1994 to elect the next governor of Tennessee Incumbent Democratic Governor Ned McWherter was term limited leaving the governorship an open seat Republican Congressman Don Sundquist was elected Governor of Tennessee defeating Democratic nominee Phil Bredesen the Mayor of Nashville 1994 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1990 November 8 1994 1994 11 08 1998 Turnout56 62 1 Nominee Don Sundquist Phil BredesenParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 807 104 664 252Percentage 54 3 44 7 County resultsSundquist 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Bredesen 40 50 50 60 60 70 Governor before electionNed McWherterDemocratic Elected Governor Don SundquistRepublicanBredesen succeeded Sundquist as governor in 2003 David Y Copeland III unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination while Bill Morris and Steve Cohen unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination General election editTennessee gubernatorial election 1994 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican Don Sundquist 807 104 54 27 17 66 Democratic Phil Bredesen 664 252 44 67 16 16 Independent Stephanie E Holt 9 981 0 67 N AIndependent Will Smith 3 365 0 23 N AIndependent Charlie Moffett 2 347 0 16 N AN A Write ins 81 0 01 N ATotal votes 1 487 130 100 00 Republican gain from Democratic SwingSee also edit1994 United States Senate election in Tennessee 1994 United States Senate special election in TennesseeReferences edit Tennessee Voter Turnout in 1994 Tennessee Secretary of State November 8 1994 Retrieved April 17 2023 Leip David 1994 Gubernatorial General Election Results Tennessee uselectionatlas org Retrieved December 22 2017 nbsp nbsp This Tennessee elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1994 Tennessee gubernatorial election amp oldid 1182202062, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,