The 2014 Tennessee State Senate election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect 18 of the 33 seats for the Tennessee's State Senate. The elections coincided with the Governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State House elections. The primary elections were held on August 7, 2014.[1]
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18 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% 80–90% >90% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Republicans gained 2 seats, expanding their Senate Supermajority.[2]
Retirements edit
Three incumbents (3 Democrats) did not run for re-election in 2014. Those incumbents are:
- District 15: Charlotte Burks retired.
- District 21: Douglas Henry retired.
- District 27: Lowe Finney retired.
Incumbents defeated edit
In the primary election edit
Democrats edit
- District 29: Ophelia Ford lost renomination to Lee Harris.
Republicans edit
- District 7: Stacey Campfield lost renomination to Richard Briggs.
- District 25: Jim Summerville lost renomination to Kerry Roberts
Results summary edit
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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No. | % | Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | |||
Republican | 17 | 463,829 | 71.20% | 26 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 2 | |
Democratic | 9 | 170,534 | 26.18% | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |
Green | 1 | 9,366 | 1.44% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Constitution | 1 | 1,139 | 0.17% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Independent | 4 | 6,558 | 1.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Write-in | 1 | 38 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 651,464 | 100.00% | 33 | 33 | |||||
Source: [1] |
Closest race edit
Many of the senators running in this election ran unopposed or had an uncompetitive election. This race was the closest in the Senate election:
District | Winner | Margin |
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District 27 | Republican | 25.3% |
Detailed results by State Senate District edit
District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 30 (special) • District 31 • District 33 |
Source:[3]
District 1 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Southerland (incumbent) | 19,911 | 100 | |
Total votes | 19,911 | 100 |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Southerland (incumbent) | 29,698 | 100 | |
Total votes | 29,698 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 3 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rusty Crowe (incumbent) | 23,205 | 100 | |
Total votes | 23,205 | 100 |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rusty Crowe (incumbent) | 32,508 | 100 | |
Total votes | 32,508 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 5 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Randy McNally (incumbent) | 19,393 | 100 | |
Total votes | 19,393 | 100 |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Randy McNally (incumbent) | 37,302 | 100 | |
Total votes | 37,302 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 7 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Richard Briggs | 14,056 | 69.8 | |
Republican | Stacey Campfield (incumbent) | 4,864 | 24.2 | |
Republican | Mike Alford | 1,204 | 6.0 | |
Total votes | 20,124 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Richard Briggs | 27,942 | 65.3 | |
Democratic | Cheri Siler | 14,880 | 34.7 | |
Total votes | 42,822 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 9 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Bell (incumbent) | 20,368 | 100 | |
Total votes | 20,368 | 100 |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Bell (incumbent) | 31,748 | 100 | |
Total votes | 31,748 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 11 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bo Watson (incumbent) | 21,336 | 100 | |
Total votes | 21,336 | 100 |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bo Watson (incumbent) | 37,386 | 100 | |
Total votes | 37,386 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 13 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Ketron (incumbent) | 12,495 | 100 | |
Total votes | 12,495 | 100 |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Ketron (incumbent) | 29,489 | 100 | |
Total votes | 29,489 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 15 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Paul Bailey | 13,141 | 48.4 | |
Republican | Matt Swallows | 12,577 | 46.3 | |
Republican | Gary Steakley | 1,453 | 5.3 | |
Total votes | 27,171 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Paul Bailey | 33,674 | 73.3 | |
Democratic | Betty Vaudt | 10,263 | 22.3 | |
Independent | William Draper | 2,022 | 4.4 | |
Total votes | 45,959 | 100 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 17 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Mae Beavers (incumbent) | 16,177 | 59.3 | |
Republican | Clark Boyd | 11,104 | 40.7 | |
Total votes | 27,281 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Mae Beavers (incumbent) | 35,454 | 100 | |
Total votes | 35,454 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 19 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Thelma Harper (incumbent) | 10,520 | 86.2 | |
Democratic | Brandon Puttbrese | 1,685 | 13.8 | |
Total votes | 12,205 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Thelma Harper (incumbent) | 23,235 | 75.3 | |
Republican | Sterlina Inez Brady | 4,701 | 15.2 | |
Independent | George Thomas | 2,899 | 9.4 | |
Write in | Rueben (Dock) Dockery | 38 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 30,873 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 21 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jeff Yarbro | 6,830 | 56.7 | |
Democratic | Mary Mancini | 5,217 | 43.3 | |
Total votes | 12,047 | 100 | ||
Republican | Diana Cuellar | 2,960 | 61.3 | |
Republican | Quincy McKnight | 1,523 | 31.5 | |
Republican | Mwafaq Aljabbary | 346 | 7.2 | |
Total votes | 4,829 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Jeff Yarbro | 25,402 | 66.6 | |
Republican | Diana Cuellar | 12,714 | 33.4 | |
Total votes | 38,116 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 23 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jack Johnson (incumbent) | 18,985 | 100 | |
Total votes | 18,985 | 100 |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jack Johnson (incumbent) | 45,732 | 83.0 | |
Green | Amy Balderrama | 9,366 | 17.0 | |
Total votes | 55,098 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 25 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Kerry Roberts | 9,832 | 42.2 | |
Republican | Joshua Evans | 8,819 | 37.8 | |
Republican | Jim Summerville (incumbent) | 3,701 | 15.9 | |
Republican | Wayne White | 968 | 4.2 | |
Total votes | 23,320 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Kerry Roberts | 29,337 | 70.4 | |
Democratic | Tony Gross | 12,316 | 29.6 | |
Total votes | 41,653 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 27 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Ed Jackson | 11,136 | 58.9 | |
Republican | Brandon Dodds | 7,763 | 41.1 | |
Total votes | 18,899 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Ed Jackson | 23,331 | 60.2 | |
Democratic | Randy Lamb | 13,515 | 34.9 | |
Constitution | Tim York | 1,139 | 2.9 | |
Independent | James Baxter | 779 | 2.0 | |
Total votes | 38,764 | 100 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 29 edit
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Lee Harris | 10,517 | 42.5 | |
Democratic | Ricky Dixon | 6,882 | 27.8 | |
Democratic | Ophelia Ford (incumbent) | 6,756 | 27.3 | |
Democratic | Herman Sawyer | 611 | 2.5 | |
Total votes | 24,766 | 100 | ||
Republican | Jim Finney | 3,111 | 82.0 | |
Republican | Anthony Herron, Jr. | 682 | 18.0 | |
Total votes | 3,793 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Lee Harris | 27,707 | 81.9 | |
Republican | Jim Finney | 6,123 | 18.1 | |
Total votes | 33,830 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 30 (special) edit
A special election was called for November 4, 2014, following the resignation of Jim Kyle, who was elected as a Shelby County Chancery Court judge. Sara Kyle defeated George Flinn Jr. in the election. Kyle was elected to serve the remaining two years of Kyle's four-year term
General special election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sara Kyle | 18,377 | 69.9 | |
Republican | George Shea Finn | 7,044 | 26.8 | |
Independent | David Vinciarelli | 858 | 3.3 | |
Total votes | 26,279 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 31 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Brian Kelsey (incumbent) | 23,703 | 100 | |
Total votes | 23,703 | 100 |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Brian Kelsey (incumbent) | 39,646 | 100 | |
Total votes | 39,646 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 33 edit
Democratic primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Reginald Tate (incumbent) | 16,037 | 100 | |
Total votes | 16,037 | 100 |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Reginald Tate (incumbent) | 24,839 | 100 | |
Total votes | 24,839 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate elections, 2014". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ Garrison, Joey. "Republicans expand supermajorities in TN House, Senate". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ "2014 Tennessee Elections" (PDF).
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 1". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 3". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 5". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 7". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 9". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 11". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 13". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 15". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 17". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 19". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 21". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 23". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 25". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 27". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 29". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 30". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 31". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 33". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.