2012 Tennessee Senate election

For related races, see 2012 United States state legislative elections.

Not to be confused with 2012 United States Senate election in Tennessee.

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.

2012 Tennessee Senate election

November 6, 2012
16 of the 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate 17 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Ron Ramsey Jim Kyle Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 4th district 28th district Seats before 20 13 Seats won 26 7 Seat change 6 6
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

Republicans gained 6 seats, getting a supermajority in the Senate chamber.

Results summary

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republican				20			26	6
	Democratic				13			7	6
	Independent				0			0
	Write-in				0			0
Total					33			33
Source: [1]

Popular vote Republican   % Democratic   % Other   %

Senate seats Republican   78.79% Democratic   21.21%

See also

• 2012 Tennessee elections
• 2012 Tennessee House of Representatives election