2012 Tennessee Senate election
Results by gains and holds
Results by winning party vote share Results: Republican gain Republican hold Democratic hold No Election Vote Share: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% >90% >90%
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
Five incumbents (4 Democrats and 1 Republican ) did not run for re-election in 2012. Those incumbents are:
Democrats
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
District 18 : Kerry Roberts retired.
Results summary
Party
Candidates
Votes
Seats
No.
%
Before
Up
Won
After
+/–
Republican
15
704,393
69.94%
20
9
15
26
6
Democratic
10
302,714
30.06%
13
7
1
7
6
Total
1,007,107
100.00%
33
16
16
33
Source: [1]
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%:
Detailed results by State Senate District
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District 2
District 4
General election
District 6
General election
District 8
District 10
2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 10[8]
Primary election
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
District 14
District 16
2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 16[11]
Primary election
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
District 20
2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 20[13]
Primary election
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
Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Results by county
County
Green
%
Barnes
%
Total
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
County resultsGreen: 50–60% Barnes: 50–60%
District 24
District 26
General election
District 28
District 30
District 32