1982 Tennessee gubernatorial election

1982 Tennessee gubernatorial election
	County results ; Alexander: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Tyree: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Governor before election; Lamar Alexander; Republican	Elected Governor ; Lamar Alexander; Republican

The 1982 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1982, to elect the governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican governor Lamar Alexander was now qualified to run for re-election because of Tennessee's 1978 constitutional amendment allowing governors to serve a second consecutive four-year term.^[1] Alexander ran for re-election and defeated Democratic nominee Randy Tyree with 59.6% of the vote in the general election.

Alexander was the first Republican to be re-elected governor since 1912.

^ Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 370–381, 370–393.

[langsdon22-1] Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 370–381, 370–393.

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