2016 Tennessee Senate election
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The 2016 Tennessee State Senate election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect 16 of the 33 seats for the Tennessee's State Senate. The elections coincided with the Presidential, U.S. House, and State House elections. The primary elections were held on August 4, 2016.[1][2]
Retirements
[edit]Republicans
[edit]- District 4: Ron Ramsey, lieutenant governor of Tennessee.[3]
Predictions
[edit]Source | Ranking | As of |
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Governing[4] | Safe R | May 18, 2016 |
Results summary
[edit]Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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No. | % | Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | |||
Republican | 15 | 802,362 | 80.82 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 28 | ![]() | |
Democratic | 6 | 172,753 | 17.40 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ![]() | |
Independent | 1 | 17,640 | 1.78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
Write-in | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
Total | 992,756 | 100 | 33 | 18 | 18 | 33 | ![]() | ||
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Closest race
[edit]Many of the senators running in this election ran unopposed. However, this race was the closest in the Senate election:
District | Winner | Margin |
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District 10 | Republican | 11.74% |
District 2
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Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Overbey (incumbent) | 8,126 | 61.19% | |
Republican | Scott Williams | 5,155 | 38.81% | |
Total votes | 13,281 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Overbey (incumbent) | 66,262 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 66,262 | 100.00% |
District 4
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Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- John Paul Blevins[2]
- Neal Kerney, veteran and small business owner[5]
- Jon Lundberg, state representative for the 1st district[1]
- Tony Shipley, state representative for the 2nd district[2]
Declined
[edit]- Ron Ramsey, incumbent senator and Speaker of the Senate (retiring)[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jon Lundberg | 7,019 | 55.21% | |
Republican | Tony Shipley | 2,684 | 21.11% | |
Republican | Neal Kerney | 2,629 | 20.68% | |
Republican | John Paul Blevins | 381 | 3.00% | |
Total votes | 12,713 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jon Lundberg | 60,516 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 60,516 | 100.00% |
District 6
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Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Becky Duncan Massey, incumbent senator[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Becky Duncan Massey (incumbent) | 5,563 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 5,563 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Becky Duncan Massey (incumbent) | 62,688 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 62,688 | 100.00% |
District 8
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Republican primary
[edit]- Frank Niceley, incumbent senator[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank Niceley (incumbent) | 11,114 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 11,114 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank Niceley (incumbent) | 49,440 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 49,440 | 100.00% |
District 10
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Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Todd Gardenhire, incumbent senator
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Todd Gardenhire (incumbent) | 6,058 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 6,058 | 100.00% |
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Ty O'Grady, entrepreneur and college professor[6]
- Khristy Wilkinson[7]
- Nick Wilkinson, director of the Chattanooga Office of Economic Development[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Khristy Wilkinson | 2,662 | 43.58% | |
Democratic | Nick Wilkinson | 2,111 | 34.56% | |
Democratic | Ty O'Grady | 1,335 | 21.86% | |
Total votes | 6,108 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Todd Gardenhire (incumbent) | 39,308 | 55.87% | |
Democratic | Khristy Wilkinson | 31,043 | 44.13% | |
Total votes | 70,351 | 100.00% |
District 12
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Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ken Yager (incumbent) | 12,860 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 12,860 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ken Yager (incumbent) | 55,219 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 55,219 | 100.00% |
District 14
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Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Tracy (incumbent) | 10,817 | 81.63% | |
Republican | Steve Lane | 1,681 | 12.68% | |
Republican | Matt Randolph | 754 | 5.69% | |
Total votes | 13,252 | 100.00% |
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Gayle Jordan, attorney
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gayle Jordan | 2,767 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 2,767 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Tracy (incumbent) | 53,082 | 74.41% | |
Democratic | Gayle Jordan | 18,259 | 25.59% | |
Total votes | 71,341 | 100.00% |
District 16
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Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Janice Bowling, incumbent senator[2]
- Michael Shane Wilcher, member of the Warren County Commission from the 3rd district[10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Janice Bowling (incumbent) | 10,235 | 81.74% | |
Republican | Scott Williams | 2,287 | 18.26% | |
Total votes | 12,522 | 100.00% |
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mike Winton | 3,342 | 70.27% | |
Democratic | Alice Demetreon | 1,414 | 29.73% | |
Total votes | 4,756 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Janice Bowling (incumbent) | 46,846 | 67.84% | |
Democratic | Mike Winton | 22,205 | 32.16% | |
Total votes | 69,051 | 100.00% |
District 18
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Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Ferrell Haile, incumbent senator[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ferrell Haile (incumbent) | 10,326 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 10,326 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ferrell Haile (incumbent) | 64,220 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 64,220 | 100.00% |
District 20
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Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Steven Dickerson, incumbent senator[2]
- Ron McDow, Tennessee delegate at the 2016 Republican National Convention[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steven Dickerson (incumbent) | 5,222 | 59.94% | |
Republican | Ron McDow | 3,490 | 40.06% | |
Total votes | 8,712 | 100.00% |
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Erin Coleman, attorney[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Erin Coleman | 8,788 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 8,788 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steven Dickerson (incumbent) | 52,966 | 56.26% | |
Democratic | Erin Coleman | 41,172 | 43.74% | |
Write-in | Joseph H. Johnston (write-in) | 1 | 0.00% | |
Total votes | 54,287 | 100.00% |
District 22
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Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Mark Green, incumbent senator[13]
- Lori L. Smith, small business owner, Clarksville fencing[14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mark Green (incumbent) | 6,183 | 84.17% | |
Republican | Lori L. Smith | 1,163 | 15.83% | |
Total votes | 7,346 | 100.00% |
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- David L. Cutting, retired architectural engineer and small business owner[15]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | David L. Cutting | 2,692 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 2,692 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mark Green (incumbent) | 41,497 | 67.04% | |
Democratic | Mike Winton | 20,406 | 32.96% | |
Total votes | 61,903 | 100.00% |
District 24
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Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- John Stevens, incumbent senator[16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Stevens (incumbent) | 9,474 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 9,474 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Stevens (incumbent) | 46,945 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 46,945 | 100.00% |
District 26
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Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Dolores Gresham, incumbent senator[17]
- Bob Shutt, mayor of Savannah, Tennessee[18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dolores Gresham (incumbent) | 9,938 | 52.79% | |
Republican | Bob Shutt | 8,889 | 47.21% | |
Total votes | 18,827 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dolores Gresham (incumbent) | 54,210 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 54,210 | 100.00% |
District 28
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Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Joey Hensley, incumbent senator[19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joey Hensley (incumbent) | 9,260 | 100% | |
Total votes | 9,260 | 100% |
Independent candidate
[edit]- Joey Norman, firefighter[20]
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joey Hensley (incumbent) | 51,251 | 74.59% | |
Independent | Joey Norman | 17,460 | 25.41% | |
Total votes | 68,711 | 100.00% |
District 30
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Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Sara Kyle, incumbent senator[21]
- Beverly Marrero, former 30th district senator[22]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sara Kyle | 7,607 | 75.42% | |
Democratic | Beverly Marrero | 2,479 | 24.58% | |
Total votes | 10,086 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sara Kyle (incumbent) | 39,668 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 39,668 | 100.00% |
District 32
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Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Mark Norris, incumbent senator[23]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mark Norris (incumbent) | 15,273 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 15,273 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mark Norris (incumbent) | 57,912 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 57,912 | 100.00% |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "2016 Primary election unofficial results". TSEA. 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Tennessee State Senate elections, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ^ a b Sisk, Chas; Farmer, Blake (2016-03-16). "Ron Ramsey, Powerful Figure In Tennessee Politics For Two Decades, Ready To Just Be Granddad". WPLN News. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ "Handicapping the 2016 State Legislative Races". Governing. 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
- ^ "Neal Kerney for Tennessee State Representative District 3 – Conservative leadership for serious times". 2021-04-11. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ "OGrady2016 – OGrady for State Senate". 2016-08-03. Archived from the original on 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ "About - Friends of Khristy Wilkinson". 2016-12-03. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ "About - Nick Wilkinson for State Senate". 2016-09-07. Archived from the original on 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ "Steve Lane". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "Michael Shane Wilcher". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "About – Mike Winton for State House 47". 2018-11-02. Archived from the original on 2018-11-02. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "Ron McDow". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate elections, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ^ "Lori Smith: State Senate District 22 candidate". The Leaf-Chronicle. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
- ^ "David Cutting: Candidate for State Senate District 22". The Leaf-Chronicle. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate elections, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate elections, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ^ "Bob Shutt to challenge Gresham for senate seat". 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate elections, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ^ "Joey Norman is your State Senate Choice in the General Election in November". www.lawrenceburgnow.com. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate elections, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ^ Poe, Ryan. "Cash flows to Memphis incumbents in state Senate, House races". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
- ^ "Tennessee State Senate elections, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-01-18.