KYLE MURPHY Contributor

After what turned out to be a close race, Tennessee’s next governor will be Marsha Blackburn. However, Victoria Broderick edged out the win against Scott DesJarlais, taking his seat in the House of Representatives.

According to data from Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett, Blackburn (R) secured 45.52% of the votes (957,136 votes) over Jerri Green (D), who placed second with 42.95% (902,953). David Hatley (I) placed third with 9.3% of the votes (195,564 votes), while Lauren Pinkston (I) placed fourth with 1.25% of the votes (26,200 votes).

Locally, Blackburn won Coffee County by getting 8,723 votes, while Green netted 4,685 votes. Hatley received 1,900 votes and Pinkston received 175 votes.  

For U.S. House of Representatives District 4, Tennessee saw a change from red to blue as Victoria Broderick (D) defeated incumbent Scott DesJarlais (R) with a lead of less than 300 votes. Broderick received 48.87% of the vote in the state while DesJarlais received 48.73% of the vote. Locally, DesJarlais received 10,254 votes while Broderick netted 4,674 votes.  

For U.S. Senate, incumbent Bill Hagerty (R) netted 55.08% of the votes (1,138,436) in Tennessee. Marquita Bradshaw (D), meanwhile, received 42.91% of the votes (886,974). Locally, Hagerty received 10,544 votes while Bradshaw received 4,569 votes. 

As for the State House of Representatives District 47 race, incumbent Rush Bricken (R) received 10,366 votes from Coffee County, while Mike Stein (D) received 4,681. As for the results of District 47 as a whole, Bricken received 69.89% of the votes (12,775 votes in total) while Stein received 30.11% of the votes (5,503 votes in total).

As for the three state constitution amendments, Tennesseans overwhelmingly checked off “Yes” for all three of the amendments.

For the first amendment, which focused on the denial of bond in serious cases, Tennesseans voted “yes” to the change by 67.14% (1,330,845) while 32.86% voted “no” (651,321). Locally, the first constitutional amendment received 11,312 “yes” votes from Coffee County residents, while 3,537 voted “no” on the amendment.

The second amendment, which would ban state property taxes, Tennesseans voted “yes” by 66.74% (1,334,067), while 33.26% voted “no” (664,715). For Coffee County, the second constitutional amendment received 11,691 “yes” votes, while 3,605 residents voted “no”.

 The final amendment, which would clarify existing rights for crime victims and add new rights, was voted “yes” by Tennesseans by 76.06% (1,526,306), while 23.94% voted “no” (480,508). Locally, 12,698 Coffee County voters voted “yes,” while 2,535 voted “no” on the final constitutional amendment.