Early voting down 26% in GOP primaries compared with last gubernatorial election
Republican early voting was down 26% compared with the last gubernatorial election cycle in 2018, according to data compiled by the Secretary of State’s Office.
The difference between the current election and four years ago is that there is no competitive GOP primary going on at the top of the ticket, as Gov. Bill Lee is unopposed for the the nomination to second term. But the race for the open 5th Congressional District doesn’t seem to be generating much enthusiasm either, as GOP voting in the six counties the seat is located in has been down 31%:
- Davidson*: 10,724 votes (-51%)
- Lewis: 1,241 votes (-13%)
- Marshall: 2,560 votes (-7%)
- Maury: 5,962 votes (-16%)
- Williamson*: 14,369 votes (-3%)
- Wilson*: 6,881 votes (-46%).
(*Note the 5th district includes about 75% of the population of Wilson, 65% of Williamson, and 50% of Davidson).
Here are the early voting totals:
| County | 2022 | 2018 | Change |
| Anderson | 3,663 | 5,347 | -31% |
| Bedford | 1,893 | 3,558 | -47% |
| Benton | 1,507 | 1,752 | -14% |
| Bledsoe | 429 | 658 | -35% |
| Blount | 6,174 | 7,929 | -22% |
| Bradley | 5,186 | 8,227 | -37% |
| Campbell | 2,899 | 3,618 | -20% |
| Cannon | 1,117 | 1,240 | -10% |
| Carroll | 1,785 | 2,224 | -20% |
| Carter | 2,588 | 4,381 | -41% |
| Cheatham | 2,101 | 2,618 | -20% |
| Chester | 1,446 | 1,542 | -6% |
| Claiborne | 2,974 | 3,366 | -12% |
| Clay | 772 | 764 | 1% |
| Cocke | 3,621 | 3,692 | -2% |
| Coffee | 3,765 | 4,224 | -11% |
| Crockett | 380 | 953 | -60% |
| Cumberland | 4,078 | 5,292 | -23% |
| Davidson | 10,724 | 21,722 | -51% |
| Decatur | 1,363 | 1,308 | 4% |
| DeKalb | 1,934 | 1,296 | 49% |
| Dickson | 2,654 | 2,745 | -3% |
| Dyer | 2,511 | 2,867 | -12% |
| Fayette | 1,724 | 3,494 | -51% |
| Fentress | 2,245 | 2,692 | -17% |
| Franklin | 3,127 | 2,840 | 10% |
| Gibson | 2,109 | 3,003 | -30% |
| Giles | 2,045 | 2,681 | -24% |
| Grainger | 703 | 1,297 | -46% |
| Greene | 1,698 | 4,905 | -65% |
| Grundy | 898 | 681 | 32% |
| Hamblen | 2,077 | 3,341 | -38% |
| Hamilton | 10,993 | 11,913 | -8% |
| Hancock | 275 | 459 | -40% |
| Hardeman | 1,047 | 1,369 | -24% |
| Hardin | 1,338 | 2,592 | -48% |
| Hawkins | 2,000 | 3,535 | -43% |
| Haywood | 921 | 1,125 | -18% |
| Henderson | 1,474 | 2,862 | -48% |
| Henry | 1,857 | 3,042 | -39% |
| Hickman | 2,034 | 1,859 | 9% |
| Houston | 898 | 928 | -3% |
| Humphreys | 1,199 | 1,265 | -5% |
| Jackson | 896 | 820 | 9% |
| Jefferson | 1,663 | 3,860 | -57% |
| Johnson | 2,085 | 2,511 | -17% |
| Knox | 19,465 | 32,108 | -39% |
| Lake | 549 | 639 | -14% |
| Lauderdale | 1,723 | 1,103 | 56% |
| Lawrence | 3,342 | 2,673 | 25% |
| Lewis | 1,241 | 1,425 | -13% |
| Lincoln | 1,982 | 1,795 | 10% |
| Loudon | 4,208 | 6,851 | -39% |
| Macon | 2,399 | 3,548 | -32% |
| Madison | 4,153 | 5,778 | -28% |
| Marion | 1,010 | 1,223 | -17% |
| Marshall | 2,560 | 2,753 | -7% |
| Maury | 5,962 | 7,113 | -16% |
| McMinn | 2,025 | 3,582 | -43% |
| McNairy | 1,421 | 1,898 | -25% |
| Meigs | 742 | 1,031 | -28% |
| Monroe | 2,573 | 4,252 | -39% |
| Montgomery | 5,734 | 6,205 | -8% |
| Moore | 907 | 1,046 | -13% |
| Morgan | 1,223 | 1,771 | -31% |
| Obion | 2,189 | 3,021 | -28% |
| Overton | 1,622 | 1,460 | 11% |
| Perry | 638 | 1,030 | -38% |
| Pickett | 489 | 533 | -8% |
| Polk | 1,037 | 1,015 | 2% |
| Putnam | 3,230 | 4,883 | -34% |
| Rhea | 2,713 | 2,910 | -7% |
| Roane | 4,613 | 5,103 | -10% |
| Robertson | 2,952 | 4,680 | -37% |
| Rutherford | 10,583 | 14,531 | -27% |
| Scott | 2,340 | 2,806 | -17% |
| Sequatchie | 943 | 1,855 | -49% |
| Sevier | 1,540 | 4,538 | -66% |
| Shelby | 31,258 | 33,089 | -6% |
| Smith | 1,813 | 2,297 | -21% |
| Stewart | 1,694 | 1,715 | -1% |
| Sullivan | 3,321 | 10,312 | -68% |
| Sumner | 4,742 | 7,993 | -41% |
| Tipton | 2,852 | 3,905 | -27% |
| Trousdale | 909 | 851 | 7% |
| Unicoi | 681 | 1,574 | -57% |
| Union | 870 | 1,310 | -34% |
| Van Buren | 723 | 405 | 79% |
| Warren | 3,771 | 3,363 | 12% |
| Washington | 4,729 | 7,116 | -34% |
| Wayne | 1,944 | 1,813 | 7% |
| Weakley | 2,184 | 2,756 | -21% |
| White | 1,956 | 2,456 | -20% |
| Williamson | 14,369 | 14,861 | -3% |
| Wilson | 6,881 | 12,739 | -46% |
| Cumulative | 293,675 | 398,111 | -26% |
