Governor of Tennessee

Tennessee Governor
General information
Office Type:	Partisan
Office website:	Official Link
Compensation:	$204,336
2025 FY Budget:	$6,675,600
Term limits:	Two consecutive terms
Structure
Length of term:	4 years
Authority:	Tennessee Constitution, Article III, Section I
Selection Method:	Elected
Current Officeholder
Governor of Tennessee Bill Lee Republican Party Assumed office: January 15, 2019
Elections
Next election:	2026
Last election:	2022
Other Tennessee Executive Offices
Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Comptroller • Treasurer • Superintendent of Education • Agriculture Commissioner • Insurance Commissioner • Natural Resources Commissioner • Labor Commissioner • Public Service Commission

The Governor of the State of Tennessee is an elected constitutional officer, the head of the executive branch and the highest state office in Tennessee. The Governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality and is limited to two consecutive terms.

Tennessee has a Republican trifecta. The Republican Party controls the office of governor and both chambers of the state legislature.

Tennessee has a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general.

See also: Tennessee State Legislature, Tennessee House of Representatives, Tennessee State Senate

Current officer

The 50th and current governor is Bill Lee, a Republican elected in 2018.

Authority

The state Constitution addresses the office of the governor in Article III, the Executive Department.

Under Article III, Section I:

The supreme executive power of this state shall be vested in a governor.

Qualifications

State Executives
Current Governors
Gubernatorial Elections
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Current Lt. Governors
Lt. Governor Elections
2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014

A candidate for governor must be:

• at least 30 years old
• a citizen of the United States
• a citizen of Tennessee for at least seven years upon his or her election

Additionally, no member of Congress and no one holding any other state office or any federal office may execute the duties of the office of the governor.

Vacancies

See also: How gubernatorial vacancies are filled

Details of vacancies are addressed under Article III, Section 4 and under Article III, Section 12

When the governorship is vacated less than 18 months into a term, the successor only serves until a special election is held at the next general election. More than 18 months into a term, the successor completes the remainder of the term.

If the elected Governor dies, resigns or is removed, the first person in the line of succession is the Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee, who is also the Speaker of the Senate. The next in line is the Speaker of the House.

Duties

The Governor is the head of the executive branch of Tennessee's government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces (§ 5). The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the state constitution (§ 10).

The governor is also the keeper of the Great Seal of the State of Tennessee (§ 15).

According to Article III of the Tennessee Constitution, other duties and privileges of the office include:

• Granting reprieves and pardons, except in cases of impeachment (§ 6)

• Requiring written information from any officer of an executive department on any aspect of that officer's department or duties (§ 8)

• Convening extraordinary sessions of the legislature, provided she or he proclaims the purposes and limitations of the special session when she or he calls it (§ 9)

• Periodically addressing the General Assembly concerning the state of the state and making recommendations for legislation (§ 11)

• Signing and sealing all commissions granted by the state of Tennessee (§ 16)

• Vetoing bills and joint resolutions, subject to a majority override of the state legislature (§ 18)

Elections

Tennessee state government organizational chart

Tennessee elects governors in the midterm elections, that is, even years that are not presidential election years. For Tennessee, 2018, 2022, 2026, 2030, and 2034 are all gubernatorial election years. Legally, the gubernatorial inauguration is always set for the third Saturday in the January following an election.

In the event of a tie or a contested election, a joint session of the legislature shall cast ballots to choose a winner.

Tennessee is one of only two states, the other being Hawaii, where the Governor is the only statewide elected office.

Term limits

See also: States with gubernatorial term limits

Tennessee governors are restricted to two consecutive terms in office, after which they must wait one term before being eligible to run again.

Tennessee Constitution, Article III, Section 4

A person may be eligible to succeed in office for additional four-year terms, provided that no person presently serving or elected hereafter shall be eligible for election to more than two terms consecutively, including an election to a partial term.

Partisan composition

The chart below shows the partisan breakdown of Tennessee governors from 1992 to 2013.

2022

See also: Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Governor of Tennessee

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Tennessee on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Lee (R)	64.9	1,129,390
		Jason Martin (D)	32.9	572,818
		John Gentry (Independent)	0.9	15,395
		Constance Every (Independent)	0.6	10,277
		Deborah Rouse (Independent)	0.2	3,772
		Rick Tyler (Independent)	0.1	2,380
		Charles Morgan (Independent)	0.1	1,862
	Submit photo	Basil Marceaux (Independent)	0.1	1,568
	Submit photo	Alfred O'Neil (Independent)	0.1	1,216
		Michael Scantland (Independent)	0.0	815
		Lemichael Wilson (L) (Write-in)	0.0	386
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	3

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,739,882
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Hosie Holomon III (Independent)
• Jake Johns (Independent)
• Wendell Jackson (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Tennessee

Jason Martin defeated JB Smiley Jr. and Carnita Atwater in the Democratic primary for Governor of Tennessee on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jason Martin	39.4	101,552
		JB Smiley Jr.	38.8	100,062
		Carnita Atwater	21.8	56,227

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 257,841
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Casey Nicholson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Tennessee

Incumbent Bill Lee advanced from the Republican primary for Governor of Tennessee on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Lee	100.0	494,362

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 494,362
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tyler Hagerman (R)
• Patricia Anne Morrison (R)
• Curtis Carney (R)

2018

See also: Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of Tennessee

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Tennessee on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Lee (R)	59.6	1,336,106
		Karl Dean (D)	38.6	864,863
	Submit photo	Sherry Clark (Independent)	0.2	5,198
	Submit photo	Mark Wright (Independent)	0.2	4,687
	Submit photo	Patrick Whitlock (Independent)	0.2	3,631
	Submit photo	Yvonne Neubert (Independent)	0.1	3,070
		Heather Scott (Independent)	0.1	2,969
	Submit photo	Mark Brown (Independent)	0.1	2,841
	Submit photo	Joe Wilmoth (Independent)	0.1	2,444
	Submit photo	George Blackwell Smith IV (Independent)	0.1	1,550
	Submit photo	Cory King (Independent)	0.1	1,502
	Submit photo	Tracy Yaste Tisdale (Independent)	0.1	1,396
	Submit photo	Justin Cornett (Independent)	0.1	1,217
		Chad Riden (Independent)	0.0	1,096
	Submit photo	Robert Sawyers Sr. (Independent)	0.0	1,059
		Vinnie Vineyard (Independent)	0.0	1,012
		Rick Tyler (Independent)	0.0	981
		Gabriel Fancher (Independent)	0.0	869
	Submit photo	Sean Fleming (Independent)	0.0	814
	Submit photo	Alfred Rapoza (Independent)	0.0	800
	Submit photo	Jessie McDonald (Independent)	0.0	755
	Submit photo	Toney Mitchell (Independent)	0.0	739
	Submit photo	Mike Toews (Independent)	0.0	726
	Submit photo	Matthew Koch (Independent)	0.0	652
	Submit photo	Jeremy Allen Stephenson (Independent)	0.0	613
	Submit photo	Tommy McAnally (Independent)	0.0	609
	Submit photo	Jaron Weidner (Independent)	0.0	588
	Submit photo	William Helmstetter (Independent)	0.0	496
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	11

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,243,294
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Tennessee

Karl Dean defeated Craig Fitzhugh and Mezianne Vale Payne in the Democratic primary for Governor of Tennessee on August 2, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Karl Dean	75.1	279,324
		Craig Fitzhugh	19.4	72,263
		Mezianne Vale Payne	5.4	20,253

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 371,840
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Tennessee

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Tennessee on August 2, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Lee	36.7	289,699
		Randy Boyd	24.3	191,940
		Diane Black	23.0	181,719
		Beth Harwell	15.3	120,910
		Kay White	0.4	3,181
	Submit photo	Basil Marceaux	0.2	1,270

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 788,719
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Full history

2014

See also: Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2014

Republican incumbent Bill Haslam won re-election on November 4, 2014.

Governor of Tennessee, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bill Haslam Incumbent	70.3%	951,796
	Democratic	Charles V. "Charlie" Brown	22.8%	309,237
	Independent	John Jay Hooker	2.3%	30,579
	Constitution	Shaun Crowell	2%	26,580
	Green	Isa Infante	1.4%	18,570
	Independent	Steve Coburn	0.6%	8,612
	Independent	Daniel Lewis	0.6%	8,321
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0%	33
Total Votes				1,353,728
Election results via Tennessee Secretary of State

To view the electoral history dating back to 2002 for the office of Governor of Tennessee, click [show] to expand the section.

2010 On November 2, 2010, Bill Haslam won election to the office of Governor of Tennessee. He defeated Mike McWherter (D), Howard Switzer (G) and 13 Independent candidates in the general election. Governor of Tennessee, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Bill Haslam 65% 1,041,545      Democratic Mike McWherter 33.1% 529,851      Independent Carl Twofeathers Whitaker 0.4% 6,536      Independent Brandon Dodds 0.3% 4,728      Independent Bayron Binkley 0.3% 4,663      Independent June Griffin 0.2% 2,587      Independent Linda K. Perry 0.1% 2,057      Green Howard Switzer 0.1% 1,887      Independent Samuel D. Duck 0.1% 1,755      Independent Thomas Smith, II 0.1% 1,207      Independent Toni K. Hall 0.1% 993      Independent David Gatchell 0.1% 859      Independent Boyce T. McCall 0.1% 828      Independent James Reesor 0.1% 809      Independent Mike Knois 0% 600      Independent Donald R. McFolin 0% 583      Write-In Various 0% 61 Total Votes 1,601,549 Election results via U.S. Election Atlas. 2006 On November 7, 2006, Phil Bredesen won re-election to the office of Governor of Tennessee. He defeated Jim Bryson (R) and 7 Independent candidates in the general election. Governor of Tennessee, 2006 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Phil Bredesen Incumbent 68.6% 1,247,491      Republican Jim Bryson 29.7% 540,853      Independent George Banks 0.4% 7,531      Independent David Gatchell 0.1% 2,385      Independent Marivuana Stout Leinoff 0.1% 2,114      Independent Charles E. Smith 0.2% 4,083      Independent Howard Switzer 0.1% 2,711      Independent Carl Twofeathers Whitaker 0.6% 11,374      Write-In John Jay Hooker 0% 7 Total Votes 1,818,549 Election results via Tennessee Secretary of State. 2002 On November 5, 2002, Phil Bredesen won election to the office of Governor of Tennessee. He defeated Van Hilleary (R) and 13 Independent candidates in the general election. Governor of Tennessee, 2002 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Phil Bredesen 50.6% 837,284      Republican Van Hilleary 47.6% 786,803      Independent David Gatchell 0.2% 2,991      Independent Gabriel Givens 0.1% 1,591      Independent James E. Herren 0.1% 1,210      Independent John Jay Hooker 0.3% 4,577      Independent Ray Ledford 0.1% 1,589      Independent Marivuana Stout Leinoff 0% 645      Independent Basil J. Marceaux I 0% 302      Independent Edwin C. Sanders 0.5% 7,749      Independent Ronny Simmons 0% 630      Independent Francis E. Waldron 0% 635      Independent Robert O. Watson 0% 579      Independent Carl Twofeathers Whitaker 0.3% 5,308      Independent Charles V. Wilhoit, Jr. 0.1% 898      Write-In Various 0% 376 Total Votes 1,653,167 Election results via Tennessee Secretary of State.

Divisions

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State budget

Role in state budget

See also: Tennessee state budget and finances

The state operates on an annual budget cycle. The sequence of key events in the budget process is as follows:

1. Budget instructions are sent to state agencies in August of the year preceding the start of the new fiscal year.
2. State agencies submit their budget requests to the governor by October 1.
3. The governor submits his or her proposed budget to the state legislature by February 1. The deadline for new governors is March 1.
4. The legislature typically adopts a budget between April and June. A simple majority is required to pass a budget. The fiscal year begins July 1.

Tennessee is one of 44 states in which the governor has line item veto authority.

The governor is constitutionally required to submit a balanced budget proposal. Likewise, the legislature is required to adopt a balanced budget.

Governor's office budget

The budget for the Governor's Office in Fiscal Year 2024-2025 was $6,675,600.

Compensation

See also: Comparison of gubernatorial salaries and Compensation of state executive officers

See statutes: Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-1-102 (2014)

Title 8, Chapter 1, Section 102 (§ 8-1-102) of the Tennnesse Code Annotated sets the governor's annual salary equal to that of the Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, payable in monthly installments out of the state treasury. The amount of compensation is prescribed by law, pursuant to Article III, Section 7 of the Tennessee Constitution:

He shall, at stated times, receive a compensation for his services, which shall not be increased or diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected.

2023

In 2023, the officer's salary was $204,336, according to the Council of State Governments.

2022

In 2022, the officer's salary was $204,336, according to the Council of State Governments.

2021

In 2021, the governor received a salary of $198,780, according to the Council of State Governments.

2020

In 2020, the governor’s salary was increased to $198,780, according to the Council of State Governments.

2019

In 2019, the governor’s salary was increased to $194,112, according to the Council of State Governments.

2018

In 2018, the governor’s salary was increased to $190,116, according to the Council of State Governments. However, Gov. Bill Haslam (R) returned his salary to the state.

2017

In 2017, the governor’s salary was increased to $187,680, according to the Council of State Governments. However, Gov. Bill Haslam (R) returned his salary to the state.

2016

In 2016, the governor’s salary was increased to $187,500, according to the Council of State Governments. However, Gov. Bill Haslam (R) returned his salary to the state.

2015

In 2015, the governor’s salary was increased to $184,632, according to the Council of State Governments. However, Gov. Bill Haslam (R) returned his salary to the state.

2014

In 2014, the governor received a salary of $181,980, according to the Council of State Governments.

2013

In 2013, the governor's salary was $178,356. However, Gov. Bill Haslam (R) returned his salary to the state.

Historical officeholders

There have been 50 different governors of Tennessee since 1796. Counting those who served multiple, non-consecutive terms brings the total to 58, as reflected in the chart below. The breakdown of the 50 officeholders is as follows: 32 Democrats, 6 Democratic-Republicans, 7 Republicans, 3 Whigs, 2 Whig/Know-Nothing, 2 Republican/Whig, 1 Democratic/Opposition Party, 1 Democratic/Whig, and 1 Farm-Labor.

List of officeholders from 1796-present
#	Name	Tenure	Party
1	John Sevier	1796 - 1801	Democratic-Republican
2	Archibald Roane	1801 - 1803	Democratic-Republican
1	John Sevier	1803 – 1809	Democratic-Republican
3	Willie Blount	1809 - 1815	Democratic-Republican
4	Joseph McMinn	1815 - 1821	Democratic-Republican
5	William Carroll	1821 - 1827	Democratic-Republican
6	Samuel Houston	1827 - 1829	Democratic-Republican
7	William Hall	1829 - 1829	Democratic
5	William Carroll	1829 – 1835	Democratic
8	Newton Cannon	1835 - 1839	Whig
9	James Knox Polk	1839 - 1841	Democratic
10	James Chamberlain Jones	1841 - 1845	Whig
11	Aaron Venable Brown	1845 - 1847	Democratic
12	Neill Smith Brown	1847 - 1849	Whig/Know-Nothing
13	William Trousdale	1849 - 1851	Democratic
14	William Bowen Campbell	1851 - 1853	Whig
15	Andrew Johnson	1853 - 1857	Democratic
16	Isham Green Harris	1857 - 1862	Democratic
Never took office	Robert Looney Caruthers	1863 - 1863	Democratic
15	Andrew Johnson	1862 – 1865	Democratic
	Edward Hazzard East	1865 - 1865	Democratic/Opposition Party
17	William Gannaway Brownlow	1865 - 1869	Whig/Know-Nothing
18	DeWitt Clinton Senter	1869 - 1871	Republican/Whig
19	John Calvin Brown	1871 - 1875	Democratic/Whig
20	James Davis Porter	1875 - 1879	Democratic
21	Albert Smith Marks	1879 - 1881	Democratic
22	Alvin Hawkins	1881 - 1883	Republican/Whig
23	William Brimage Bate	1883 - 1887	Democratic
24	Robert Love Taylor	1887 - 1891	Democratic
25	John Price Buchanan	1891 - 1893	Farm-Labor
26	Peter Turney	1893 - 1897	Democratic
24	Robert Love Taylor	1897 – 1899	Democratic
27	Benton McMillin	1899 - 1903	Democratic
28	James Beriah Frazier	1903 - 1905	Democratic
29	John Isaac Cox	1905 - 1907	Democratic
30	Malcolm Rice Patterson	1907 - 1911	Democratic
31	Ben Walter Hooper	1911 - 1915	Republican
32	Thomas Clarke Rye	1915 - 1919	Democratic
33	Albert Houston Roberts	1919 - 1921	Democratic
34	Alfred Alexander Taylor	1921 - 1923	Republican
35	Austin Peay III	1923 - 1927	Democratic
36	Henry Hollis Horton	1927 - 1933	Democratic
37	Harry Hill McAlister	1933 - 1937	Democratic
38	Gordon Browning	1937 - 1939	Democratic
39	William Prentice Cooper	1939 - 1945	Democratic
40	Jim Nance McCord	1945 - 1949	Democratic
38	Gordon Browning	1949 – 1953	Democratic
41	Frank Goad Clement	1953 - 1959	Democratic
42	Earl Buford Ellington	1959 - 1963	Democratic
41	Frank Goad Clement	1963 – 1967	Democratic
42	Earl Buford Ellington	1967 – 1971	Democratic
43	Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn	1971 - 1975	Republican
44	Ray Blanton	1975 - 1979	Democratic
45	Lamar Alexander	1979 - 1987	Republican
46	Ned Ray McWherter	1987 - 1995	Democratic
47	Don Sundquist	1995 - 2003	Republican
48	Phil Bredesen	2003 - 2011	Democratic
49	Bill Haslam	2011 - 2019	Republican
50	Bill Lee	2019 - present	Republican

History

Partisan balance 1992-2013

See also: Ballotpedia:Who Runs the States and Ballotpedia:Who Runs the States, Tennessee

Partisan breakdown of the Tennessee governorship from 1992-2013

From 1992-2013, in Tennessee there were Democratic governors in office for 11 years while there were Republican governors in office for 11 years, including the last three. Tennessee was under Republican trifectas for the last three years of the study period.

Across the country, there were 493 years of Democratic governors (44.82%) and 586 years of Republican governors (53.27%) from 1992 to 2013.

Over the course of the 22-year study, state governments became increasingly more partisan. At the outset of the study period (1992), 18 of the 49 states with partisan legislatures had single-party trifectas and 31 states had divided governments. In 2013, only 13 states had divided governments, while single-party trifectas held sway in 36 states, the most in the 22 years studied.

The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Office of the Governor of Tennessee, the Tennessee State Senate and the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1992 to 2013.

SQLI and partisanship

The chart below depicts the partisanship of the Tennessee state government and the state's SQLI ranking for the years studied. For the SQLI, the states were ranked from 1-50, with 1 being the best and 50 the worst. Tennessee experienced both Democratic and Republican trifectas during the years of the study. Its best ranking, finishing 21st, occurred in 2012 during a Republican trifecta. Its worst ranking, finishing 40th, occurred in 2004 during a Democratic trifecta.

• SQLI average with Democratic trifecta: 34.00
• SQLI average with Republican trifecta: 23.00
• SQLI average with divided government: 31.71

Chart displaying the partisanship of the Tennessee government from 1992-2013 and the State Quality of Life Index (SQLI).

State profile

Demographic data for Tennessee
	Tennessee	U.S.
Total population:	6,595,056	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	41,235	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	77.8%	73.6%
Black/African American:	16.8%	12.6%
Asian:	1.6%	5.1%
Native American:	0.3%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more:	2%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	4.9%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	85.5%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	24.9%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$45,219	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	21.4%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Tennessee. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Tennessee

Tennessee voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Pivot Counties (2016)

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, one is located in Tennessee, accounting for 0.5 percent of the total pivot counties.

Pivot Counties (2020)

In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Tennessee had one Retained Pivot County, 0.55 percent of all Retained Pivot Counties.

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Contact information

Governor's Office
State Capitol, 1st Floor
600 Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: 615.741.2001

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