2012 Tennessee Senate election
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16 of the 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate 17 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results: Republican gain Republican hold Democratic hold No Election Vote Share: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% >90% >90% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Tennessee State Senate election was held on November 6, 2012, to elect 16 of the 33 seats for the Tennessee's State Senate. The elections coincided with the Presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State House elections. The primary elections were held on August 2, 2012.[1]
Republicans gained 6 seats, getting a supermajority in the Senate chamber.[2][3]
Retirements
[edit]Five incumbents (4 Democrats and 1 Republican) did not run for re-election in 2012. Those incumbents are:
Democrats
[edit]- District 10: Andy Berke retired to run for mayor of Chattanooga in 2013.
- District 16: Eric Stewart retired to run for Tennessee's 4th congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
- District 20: Joe M. Haynes retired.
- District 24: Roy Herron retired.
Republicans
[edit]- District 18: Kerry Roberts retired.
Incumbents defeated
[edit]In the primary election
[edit]Democrats
[edit]- District 30: Beverly Marrero lost renomination to Jim Kyle.
In the general election
[edit]Democrats
[edit]- District 22: Tim Barnes lost to Mark Green
Results summary
[edit]Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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No. | % | Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | |||
Republican | 15 | 704,393 | 69.94% | 20 | 9 | 15 | 26 | ![]() | |
Democratic | 10 | 302,714 | 30.06% | 13 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ![]() | |
Total | 1,007,107 | 100.00% | 33 | 16 | 16 | 33 | ![]() | ||
Source: [1] |
Closest races
[edit]Three races were decided by a margin of under 10%:
District | Winner | Margin |
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District 22 | Republican (gain) | 6.16% |
District 20 | Republican (gain) | 8.16% |
District 10 | Republican (gain) | 8.64% |
Detailed results by State Senate District
[edit] District 2 • District 4 • District 6 • District 8 • District 10 • District 12 • District 14 • District 16 • District 18 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 26 • District 28 • District 30 • District 32 |
District 2
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Doug Overbey (incumbent) | 11,334 | 61.0 | |
Republican | Scott Hughes | 7,260 | 39.0 | |
Total votes | 18,594 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Doug Overbey (incumbent) | 60,517 | 100 | |
Total votes | 60,517 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 4
[edit]Republican primary
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ron Ramsey (incumbent) | 12,183 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 12,183 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ron Ramsey (incumbent) | 55,913 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 55,913 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 6
[edit]Republican primary
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Becky Duncan Massey (incumbent) | 7,260 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 7,260 | 100.00% |
Democratic primary
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Evelyn Gill | 1,479 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 1,479 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Becky Duncan Massey (incumbent) | 49,744 | 68.7 | |
Democratic | Evelyn Gill | 22,691 | 31.3 | |
Total votes | 72,435 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 8
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Frank Niceley | 7,021 | 44.6 | |
Republican | Cynthia Bundren Jackson | 5,432 | 34.5 | |
Republican | Jeffrey Brantley | 1,817 | 11.5 | |
Republican | Hobart Rice | 1,483 | 9.4 | |
Total votes | 15,753 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Frank Niceley | 43,687 | 100 | |
Total votes | 43,687 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 10
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Andrae McGary | 4,302 | 61.6 | |
Democratic | David Testerman | 1,705 | 24.4 | |
Democratic | Quenston Coleman | 979 | 14.0 | |
Total votes | 6,986 | 100 | ||
Republican | Todd Gardenhire | 8,022 | 50.1 | |
Republican | Greg Vital | 7,982 | 49.9 | |
Total votes | 16,004 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Todd Gardenhire | 36,557 | 54.32% | |
Democratic | Andrae McGary | 30,745 | 45.68% | |
Total votes | 67,302 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 12
[edit]Republican primary
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ken Yager (incumbent) | 18,037 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 18,037 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ken Yager (incumbent) | 51,076 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 51,076 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 14
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Jim Tracy (incumbent) | 11,174 | 86.7 | |
Republican | Matt Randolph | 1,707 | 13.3 | |
Total votes | 12,881 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Jim Tracy (incumbent) | 50,235 | 100 | |
Total votes | 50,235 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 16
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jim Lewis | 2,937 | 27.60 | |
Democratic | Steve Roller | 2,902 | 27.27 | |
Democratic | Justin Walling | 2,878 | 27.04 | |
Democratic | Kevin Lawrence | 1,256 | 11.80 | |
Democratic | Jeff Bottoms | 670 | 6.30 | |
Total votes | 10,643 | 100.00 | ||
Republican | Janice Bowling | 8,162 | 60.1 | |
Republican | Ron Stolzfus | 2,280 | 16.8 | |
Republican | Eric Chance | 2,277 | 16.8 | |
Republican | Rod McClellan | 866 | 6.4 | |
Total votes | 13,585 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Janice Bowling | 40,139 | 62.9 | |
Democratic | Jim Lewis | 23,636 | 37.1 | |
Total votes | 63,775 | 100 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 18
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Ferrell Haile | 8,627 | 48.2 | |
Republican | Jeff Coker | 7,527 | 42.1 | |
Republican | J. H. Tony Allers | 1,370 | 7.7 | |
Republican | Brock Ewell | 367 | 2.1 | |
Total votes | 17,891 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Ferrell Haile | 49,472 | 69.2 | |
Democratic | Maria Brewer | 21,970 | 30.8 | |
Total votes | 71,442 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 20
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Phillip North | 5,148 | 74.3 | |
Democratic | James Baxter | 1,784 | 25.7 | |
Total votes | 6,932 | 100 | ||
Republican | Steven Dickerson | 5,378 | 48.5 | |
Republican | David Hall | 3,325 | 30.0 | |
Republican | Rob Mortenson | 2,379 | 21.5 | |
Total votes | 11,082 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Steven Dickerson | 46,254 | 54.08% | |
Democratic | Phillip North | 39,280 | 45.92% | |
Total votes | 85,534 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 22
[edit]Democratic primary
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tim Barnes (incumbent) | 3,869 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 3,869 | 100.00% |
Republican primary
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mark Green | 4,849 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 4,849 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Results by county
County | Green | % | Barnes | % | Total |
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Houston | 1,317 | 45.23% | 1,595 | 54.77% | 2,912 |
Montgomery | 28,197 | 53.66% | 24,348 | 46.34% | 52,545 |
Stewart | 2,449 | 51.42% | 2,314 | 48.58% | 4,763 |
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Green: 50–60%
Barnes: 50–60%
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mark Green | 31,963 | 53.08% | |
Democratic | Tim Barnes (incumbent) | 28,257 | 46.92% | |
Total votes | 60,220 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 24
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | John Stevens | 5,419 | 60.9 | |
Republican | Danny Jowers | 3,476 | 39.1 | |
Total votes | 8,895 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | John Stevens | 38,667 | 56.5 | |
Democratic | Brad Thompson | 29,807 | 43.5 | |
Total votes | 68,474 | 100 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 26
[edit]Republican primary
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dolores Gresham (incumbent) | 12,179 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 12,179 | 100.00% |
Democratic primary
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Meryl Rice | 5,073 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 5,073 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dolores Gresham (incumbent) | 42,990 | 60.4 | |
Democratic | Meryl Rice | 28,131 | 39.6 | |
Total votes | 71,121 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 28
[edit]Primary election | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Republican | Joey Hensley | 12,589 | 76.6 | ||
Republican | Dean Dickey | 3,847 | 23.4 | ||
Total votes | 16,436 | 100 | |||
General election | |||||
Republican | Joey Hensley | 37,361 | 55.2 | ||
Democratic | Tyler Cobb | 30,375 | 44.8 | ||
Total votes | 67,736 | 100 | |||
Republican gain from new constituency |
District 30
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jim Kyle (incumbent) | 7,368 | 55.4 | |
Democratic | Beverly Marrero (incumbent) | 5,931 | 44.6 | |
Total votes | 13,299 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Jim Kyle (incumbent) | 47,822 | 100 | |
Total votes | 47,822 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 32
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Mark Norris (incumbent) | 26,592 | 88.9 | |
Republican | Woody Degan | 3,319 | 11.1 | |
Total votes | 29,911 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Mark Norris (incumbent) | 69,818 | 100 | |
Total votes | 69,818 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tennessee State Senate elections, 2012". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ "Republicans Gain Supermajority In Tennessee House & Senate". WREG.com. 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ Potter, Daniel (2012-11-07). "Historic Legislative Majority for Republicans". WPLN News. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 2". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 4". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 6". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 8". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 10". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 12". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 14". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 16". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 18". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 20". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 22". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 24". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 26". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 28". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 30". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 32". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.