<P> The 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election will take place on November 6 , 2018 , to elect the next Governor of Tennessee , concurrently with the election of Tennessee 's Class I U.S. Senate seat , as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various statewide and local elections . The primaries took place on August 2 , with Republican Bill Lee and Democrat Karl Dean winning their respective party nominations . </P>
who 's running for governor in the state of tennessee
Republican Bill Lee Democrat Karl Dean