2022 Tennessee State Senate election

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17 of the 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate 17 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Randy McNally Jeff Yarbro Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 5th district 21st district Last election 27 seats 6 seats Seats before 27 6 Seats won 27 6 Seat change Popular vote 546,264 207,273 Percentage 70.64% 26.81% Swing 0.77% 2.38%
Speaker before election Randy McNally Republican Elected Speaker Randy McNally Republican

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The 2022 Tennessee State Senate election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect 17 of the 33 seats for the Tennessee's State Senate. The elections coincided with the Governor, U.S. House, and State House elections. The primary elections were held on August 4, 2022.^[1]

Following the 2022 elections, no seats changed hands, leaving Tennessee's State Senate delegation at a 27–6 Republican supermajority.

Retirements

Republicans

• District 9: Mike Bell retired.^[2]
• District 31: Brian Kelsey retired.^[3]

Democrats

• District 19: Brenda Gilmore retired.^[4]

Predictions

Results summary

Summary of the November 8, 2022 Tennessee Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republican	15	546,264	70.64	27	13	13	27
	Democratic	10	207,273	26.81	6	4	4	6
	Independent	3	19,716	2.55	0	0	0	0
Total			773,253	100.00	33	17	17	33
Source: [1]

Overview

District 1

The incumbent is Republican Mike Bell, who was redistricted from the 9th district, where he won with 77.7% of the vote against Democrat, Carl Lansden. Bell announced his retirement from the Senate.^[2]

2022 Tennessee's 1st Senate district election

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Nominee Adam Lowe Patricia Waters Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 38,381 7,828 Percentage 83.06% 16.94%

Results by county Lowe:      80–90%

Senator before election Mike Bell Republican Elected Senator Adam Lowe Republican

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Patricia Waters

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Mark Hall, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 24th district.
• J. Adam Lowe, Conservative talk radio host, candidate for Tennessee Senate in 2014, candidate for Tennessee House of Representatives in 2014, Vice Chairman of the Bradley County Commission.

General election

District 3

The incumbent is Republican Rusty Crowe, who was re-elected with 100% of the vote in 2018 with no opposition. He is running for re-election.

2022 Tennessee's 3rd Senate district election

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Nominee Rusty Crowe Kate Craig Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 39,237 13,099 Percentage 74.97% 25.03%

Results by county Crowe:      70–80%     80–90%

Senator before election Rusty Crowe Republican Elected Senator Rusty Crowe Republican

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Kate Craig, First Congressional District Chair for the Tennessee Democratic County Chairs Association (May 2019 – present), former chair of the Washington County Democratic Party (May 2017 - May 2021), and former candidate for Chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Rusty Crowe, incumbent senator (1990–present) ^[7]

General election

District 5

The incumbent is Republican Randy McNally, who was re-elected with 71.8% of the vote in 2018. He is running for re-election.

2022 Tennessee's 5th Senate district election

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Nominee Randy McNally Party Republican Popular vote 43,402 Percentage 99.99%

Senator before election Randy McNally Republican Elected Senator Randy McNally Republican

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Randy McNally, incumbent senator (1987–present)
• Earle Segrest

General election

District 7

2022 Tennessee's 7th Senate district election

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Nominee Richard Briggs Bryan Langan Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 32,925 19,894 Percentage 62.34% 37.66%

Results by precinct Briggs:      50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90% Langan:      50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%

Senator before election Rusty Crowe Republican Elected Senator Rusty Crowe Republican

The incumbent is Republican Richard Briggs, who was re-elected with 55.6% of the vote in 2018. He is running for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Bryan Langan

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Richard Briggs, incumbent senator (2015–present)
• Kent A. Morrell

General election

District 9

The incumbent is Republican Steve Southerland, who was redistricted from the 2nd district to the 9th district. H

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Steve Southerland, incumbent senator

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Sara Thompson

District 11

District 13

District 15

District 17

District 19

District 21

District 23

District 25

District 27

District 29

District 31

District 33