Tennessee — 2020 Democratic presidential primary
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Who led each county
Tennessee's 2020 Democratic primary — 95 counties reporting. Each county links to its place page.
2020Democratic primary leaderBidenSanderscolor = leader · depth = size of the lead
Counties with reported returns are filled by the candidate who led them; the surrounding faint geography is context, not coverage. This is the nominating contest — the November result is on the general-election page.
Statewide result
Tennessee 2020 Democratic presidential primary — 516,250 votes, county returns aggregated statewide.
- Biden✓215,39041.7%
- Sanders129,16825.0%
- Bloomberg79,78915.5%
- Warren53,73210.4%
- Buttigieg17,1023.3%
- Klobuchar10,6712.1%
- All others5,0911.0%
- Gabbard2,2780.4%
- Steyer1,9320.4%
- Yang1,0970.2%
County-by-county leaders — 95 counties
| County | Led by | Margin | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby County | Biden | +29.1 | 102,203 |
| Davidson County | Biden | +7.7 | 93,019 |
| Knox County | Biden | +0.4 | 46,414 |
| Hamilton County | Biden | +18.5 | 37,137 |
| Williamson County | Biden | +24.0 | 24,016 |
| Rutherford County | Biden | +5.5 | 24,012 |
| Montgomery County | Biden | +15.7 | 12,410 |
| Sumner County | Biden | +18.2 | 11,631 |
| Wilson County | Biden | +17.3 | 8,750 |
| Washington County | Sanders | +3.1 | 8,604 |
| Blount County | Biden | +11.1 | 8,339 |
| Sullivan County | Biden | +11.7 | 7,658 |
| Madison County | Biden | +42.0 | 6,998 |
| Anderson County | Biden | +8.6 | 6,088 |
| Maury County | Biden | +18.0 | 5,772 |
| Bradley County | Biden | +11.6 | 4,494 |
| Putnam County | Sanders | +3.4 | 4,409 |
| Sevier County | Biden | +10.0 | 3,888 |
| Robertson County | Biden | +20.4 | 3,743 |
| Loudon County | Biden | +16.4 | 3,339 |
| Cumberland County | Biden | +23.7 | 3,289 |
| Roane County | Biden | +17.5 | 3,169 |
| Dickson County | Biden | +17.4 | 2,820 |
| Franklin County | Biden | +23.1 | 2,760 |
| Coffee County | Biden | +16.4 | 2,756 |
| Fayette County | Biden | +38.8 | 2,711 |
| Greene County | Biden | +15.5 | 2,695 |
| Cheatham County | Biden | +4.5 | 2,676 |
| Marion County | Biden | +24.2 | 2,417 |
| Tipton County | Biden | +25.9 | 2,416 |
| Hamblen County | Biden | +13.6 | 2,344 |
| Carter County | Biden | +2.5 | 2,308 |
| McMinn County | Biden | +23.3 | 2,142 |
| Gibson County | Biden | +42.8 | 2,140 |
| Warren County | Biden | +14.7 | 2,117 |
| Jefferson County | Biden | +15.2 | 2,083 |
| Monroe County | Biden | +24.4 | 1,900 |
| Hawkins County | Biden | +20.6 | 1,860 |
| Bedford County | Biden | +19.1 | 1,844 |
| Hardeman County | Biden | +42.8 | 1,780 |
| Henry County | Biden | +23.6 | 1,726 |
| Lawrence County | Biden | +25.7 | 1,650 |
| Marshall County | Biden | +19.0 | 1,569 |
| Haywood County | Biden | +33.3 | 1,456 |
| Giles County | Biden | +30.8 | 1,433 |
| Weakley County | Biden | +21.3 | 1,414 |
| Lincoln County | Biden | +26.1 | 1,383 |
| Lauderdale County | Biden | +37.0 | 1,301 |
| Dyer County | Biden | +30.7 | 1,263 |
| Overton County | Biden | +19.0 | 1,215 |
| Rhea County | Biden | +23.6 | 1,163 |
| Cocke County | Biden | +10.5 | 1,157 |
| White County | Biden | +18.1 | 1,144 |
| Campbell County | Biden | +23.9 | 1,121 |
| Smith County | Biden | +9.0 | 1,105 |
| Obion County | Biden | +35.2 | 1,075 |
| Humphreys County | Biden | +20.3 | 1,065 |
| Polk County | Biden | +23.3 | 1,052 |
| Carroll County | Biden | +31.2 | 1,051 |
| Claiborne County | Biden | +16.6 | 1,035 |
| Hickman County | Biden | +15.7 | 1,018 |
| DeKalb County | Biden | +25.1 | 974 |
| McNairy County | Biden | +44.0 | 955 |
| Hardin County | Biden | +41.1 | 892 |
| Benton County | Biden | +29.7 | 816 |
| Unicoi County | Sanders | +2.3 | 778 |
| Henderson County | Biden | +33.8 | 704 |
| Cannon County | Biden | +14.7 | 674 |
| Sequatchie County | Biden | +16.3 | 670 |
| Stewart County | Biden | +19.6 | 670 |
| Grainger County | Biden | +17.3 | 643 |
| Morgan County | Biden | +11.1 | 641 |
| Grundy County | Biden | +21.9 | 634 |
| Johnson County | Biden | +8.1 | 608 |
| Union County | Biden | +21.4 | 608 |
| Chester County | Biden | +26.5 | 596 |
| Bledsoe County | Biden | +36.2 | 578 |
| Macon County | Biden | +8.4 | 569 |
| Crockett County | Biden | +46.7 | 568 |
| Fentress County | Biden | +17.1 | 561 |
| Meigs County | Biden | +29.1 | 540 |
| Jackson County | Biden | +17.9 | 532 |
| Lewis County | Sanders | +4.4 | 526 |
| Decatur County | Biden | +29.7 | 472 |
| Trousdale County | Biden | +16.8 | 422 |
| Scott County | Biden | +20.4 | 412 |
| Houston County | Biden | +28.5 | 403 |
| Clay County | Biden | +21.5 | 335 |
| Wayne County | Biden | +28.2 | 330 |
| Van Buren County | Biden | +20.1 | 313 |
| Perry County | Biden | +19.5 | 308 |
| Moore County | Biden | +26.0 | 300 |
| Pickett County | Biden | +23.6 | 280 |
| Lake County | Biden | +33.5 | 245 |
| Hancock County | Biden | +20.5 | 146 |
Source. Official statewide canvasses — 2020 Democratic presidential primary returns · county returns aggregated statewide. Coverage is the nominating contest as reported by the state; margins are the leader’s edge over the runner-up. Real returns — nothing estimated.