2012 Tennessee Senate election

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2012 Tennessee Senate election
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16 of the 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey (cropped).jpg 3x4.svg
Leader Ron Ramsey Jim Kyle
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 4th district 28th district
Seats before2013
Seats won267
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 6Decrease2.svg 6
Popular vote704,393302,714
Percentage69.94%30.06%
2012 Tennessee Senate election.svg
2012 Tennessee Senate election by partisan lean.svg
Results:
     Republican gain
     Republican hold     Democratic hold
     No Election
Vote Share:
     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     >90%
     >90%
Speaker before election

Ron Ramsey
Republican

Elected Speaker

Ron Ramsey
Republican

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]

Contents

Republicans gained 6 seats, getting a supermajority in the Senate chamber. [2] [3]

Retirements

Five incumbents (4 Democrats and 1 Republican) did not run for re-election in 2012. Those incumbents are:

Democrats

  1. District 10: Andy Berke retired to run for mayor of Chattanooga in 2013.
  2. District 16: Eric Stewart retired to run for Tennessee's 4th congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
  3. District 20: Joe M. Haynes retired.
  4. District 24: Roy Herron retired.

Republicans

  1. District 18: Kerry Roberts retired.

Incumbents defeated

In the primary election

Democrats

  1. District 30: Beverly Marrero lost renomination to Jim Kyle.

In the general election

Democrats

  1. District 22: Tim Barnes lost to Mark Green

Results summary

PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No. %BeforeUpWonAfter+/–
Republican 15704,39369.94%2091526Increase2.svg 6
Democratic 10302,71430.06%13717Decrease2.svg 6
Total1,007,107100.00%33161633Steady2.svg
Source:
Popular vote
Republican
 
69.94%
Democratic
 
30.06%
Senate seats
Republican
 
78.79%
Democratic
 
21.21%

Closest races

Three races were decided by a margin of under 10%:

DistrictWinnerMargin
District 22 Republican (gain)6.16%
District 20 Republican (gain)8.16%
District 10 Republican (gain)8.64%

Detailed results by State Senate District

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

2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 2 [4]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Doug Overbey (incumbent) 11,334 61.0
Republican Scott Hughes7,26039.0
Total votes18,594 100
General election
Republican Doug Overbey (incumbent) 60,517 100
Total votes60,517 100
Republican hold

District 4

General election

2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 4 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ron Ramsey (incumbent) 55,913 100
Total votes55,913 100
Republican hold

District 6

General election

2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 6 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Becky Duncan Massey (incumbent) 49,744 68.7
Democratic Evelyn Gill22,69131.3
Total votes72,435 100
Republican hold

District 8

2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 8 [7]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Frank Niceley 7,021 44.6
Republican Cynthia Bundren Jackson5,43234.5
Republican Jeffrey Brantley1,81711.5
Republican Hobart Rice1,4839.4
Total votes15,753 100
General election
Republican Frank Niceley 43,687 100
Total votes43,687 100
Republican hold

District 10

2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 10 [8]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Andrae McGary 4,302 61.6
Democratic David Testerman1,70524.4
Democratic Quenston Coleman97914.0
Total votes6,986 100
Republican Todd Gardenhire 8,022 50.1
Republican Greg Vital7,98249.9
Total votes16,004 100
General election
Republican Todd Gardenhire 36,557 54.32%
Democratic Andrae McGary30,74545.68%
Total votes67,302 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 12

2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 12 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ken Yager (incumbent) 51,076 100
Total votes51,076 100
Republican hold

District 14

2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 14 [10]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Tracy (incumbent) 11,174 86.7
Republican Matt Randolph1,70713.3
Total votes12,881 100
General election
Republican Jim Tracy (incumbent) 50,235 100
Total votes50,235 100
Republican hold

District 16

2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 16 [11]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Lewis 2,937 27.60
Democratic Steve Roller2,90227.27
Democratic Justin Walling2,87827.04
Democratic Kevin Lawrence1,25611.80
Democratic Jeff Bottoms6706.30
Total votes10,643 100.00
Republican Janice Bowling 8,162 60.1
Republican Ron Stolzfus2,28016.8
Republican Eric Chance2,27716.8
Republican Rod McClellan8666.4
Total votes13,585 100
General election
Republican Janice Bowling 40,139 62.9
Democratic Jim Lewis23,63637.1
Total votes63,775 100
Republican gain from Democratic

District 18

2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 18 [12]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ferrell Haile 8,627 48.2
Republican Jeff Coker7,52742.1
Republican J. H. Tony Allers1,3707.7
Republican Brock Ewell3672.1
Total votes17,891 100
General election
Republican Ferrell Haile 49,472 69.2
Democratic Maria Brewer21,97030.8
Total votes71,442 100
Republican hold

District 20

2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 20 [13]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Phillip North 5,148 74.3
Democratic James Baxter1,78425.7
Total votes6,932 100
Republican Steven Dickerson 5,378 48.5
Republican David Hall3,32530.0
Republican Rob Mortenson2,37921.5
Total votes11,082 100
General election
Republican Steven Dickerson 46,254 54.08%
Democratic Phillip North39,28045.92%
Total votes85,534 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 22

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tim Barnes (incumbent) 3,869 100.00%
Total votes3,869 100.00%

Republican primary

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Green 4,849 100.00%
Total votes4,849 100.00%

General election

Results by county

CountyGreen%Barnes%Total
Houston 1,31745.23%1,59554.77%2,912
Montgomery 28,19753.66%24,34846.34%52,545
Stewart 2,44951.42%2,31448.58%4,763
County results Green: 50-60% Barnes: 50-60% 2012 TN Senate District 22 election results.svg
County results
Green:     50–60%
Barnes:     50–60%
2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 22 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Green 31,963 53.08%
Democratic Tim Barnes (incumbent)28,25746.92%
Total votes60,220 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 24

2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 24 [15]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Stevens 5,419 60.9
Republican Danny Jowers3,47639.1
Total votes8,895 100
General election
Republican John Stevens 38,667 56.5
Democratic Brad Thompson29,80743.5
Total votes68,474 100
Republican gain from Democratic

District 26

General election

2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 26 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dolores Gresham (incumbent) 42,990 60.4
Democratic Meryl Rice28,13139.6
Total votes71,121 100
Republican hold

District 28

2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 28 [17]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joey Hensley 12,589 76.6
Republican Dean Dickey3,84723.4
Total votes16,436 100
General election
Republican Joey Hensley 37,361 55.2
Democratic Tyler Cobb30,37544.8
Total votes67,736 100
Republican gain from new constituency

District 30

2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 30 [18]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Kyle (incumbent) 7,368 55.4
Democratic Beverly Marrero (incumbent)5,93144.6
Total votes13,299 100
General election
Democratic Jim Kyle (incumbent) 47,822 100
Total votes47,822 100
Democratic hold

District 32

2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 32 [19]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Norris (incumbent) 26,592 88.9
Republican Woody Degan3,31911.1
Total votes29,911 100
General election
Republican Mark Norris (incumbent) 69,818 100
Total votes69,818 100
Republican hold

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