The collapse of GOP voters for Blackburn in TN. Two years later, and 1M fewer votes.

By: Adam Friedman

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: November 9, 2026

Words: 908

Last Updated: 3 hours, 43 minutes ago

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The top Tennessee Republican received nearly 1 million fewer votes in 2026 than 2024, a turnout collapse that reverberated down-ballot, costing the GOP half a dozen state House seats and effectively neutralizing the party’s mid-cycle redistricting of the state’s U.S. House map.

Gov.-elect Marsha Blackburn garnered roughly 1.9 million votes in her landslide reelection victory for U.S. Senate in 2024, but two years later, the coalition powered by President Donald Trump that delivered …

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