Tennessee voters are turning out in force. Through Tuesday, Oct. 27, day 12 of the 14-day early voting period, 1,018,521 Tennesseans had voted early or absentee, according to state figures compiled from the Secretary of State’s daily file.
That is 48% ahead of the 688,001 who had voted at the same point in 2022, and it already beats 2022’s entire early-vote total of 882,310. Tuesday alone brought 105,016 voters, up from 78,285 on the same day four years ago. Ninety-four of the state’s 95 counties are ahead of their 2022 pace.
Marsha Blackburn, the Republican nominee for governor, is closing with a clear message. “I want to make certain that every day we are working to get government off your back, out of your pocketbook,” she said. “We should be the freest state in the United States.”
“We should be the number one state in the country when it comes to protecting life,” Blackburn said, “and we should be number one when it comes to protecting our children.” Her goal: “to make certain that our state is the state of opportunity for our kids and grandkids.”
There is still time to vote. Early voting ends Thursday, Oct. 29, and Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3.
