2010 Tennessee House of Representatives election

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2010 Tennessee House of Representatives election
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  2008 November 2, 2010 2012  

99 Seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives
50 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Kent Williams (13785682755) (cropped).jpg 3x4.svg Gary Odom (13785679745) (1).jpg
Leader Kent Williams
(retired as Speaker)
Jason Mumpower
(retired)
Gary Odom
(lost renomination as leader)
Party Carter County Republican [1] Republican Democratic
Leader's seat4th: Elizabethton 3rd: Bristol 55th: Nashville
Last election0 seats50 seats49 seats
Seats before15048
Seats won16434
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 14Decrease2.svg 14
Popular vote22,235 [2] 899,014491,314
Percentage1.57%63.64%34.78%

2010 Tennessee House of Representatives election map.svg
2010 Tennessee House of Representatives election vote share map.svg
Results:
     Republican gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
     Independent Republican hold
Vote Share:
     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
     50–60%

Speaker of the House before election

Kent Williams
Carter County Republican

Elected Speaker of the House

Beth Harwell
Republican

The 2010 Tennessee House of Representatives election was held on November 2, 2010, to elect 99 seats for the Tennessee House of Representatives. The elections coincided with the Governor, U.S. House, and State Senate elections. The primary elections were held on August 5, 2010. [3]

Contents

Republicans gained 14 seats, expanding their House majority. [4] With Bill Haslam flipping the governorship to the Republicans, and with the state legislature also under Republican control, the party secured its first government trifecta in Tennessee since 1869. [5] Following this election, Republicans have continuously maintained their trifecta.

Background

In 2008 Republicans won the majority of the state House, winning 50 of the 99 seats, with the Democrats holding 49. This was the first time the GOP has had a majority in the Tennessee House since 1971, and the first time both House and Senate have had Republican majorities since Reconstruction. This ended Democrat Jimmy Naifeh's long term as Speaker, but the Republicans' narrow majority in the House did not allow them to elect their preferred Speaker. While 49 Republicans voted for Jason Mumpower, the 49 Democrats and Republican Representative Kent Williams voted for Williams to succeed Naifeh as Speaker. [6]

Naifeh, who was chairing the House for the last time, helped to engineer Williams' election by instructing the House clerk to depart from the normal practice of conducting a roll call of the members in alphabetical order, instead calling first on the Democrats, then on the Republicans. This allowed Williams to vote last, so that before he voted he knew that his vote for himself would be the deciding vote. [7] Williams become the first Republican Speaker of the House since 1969. [8]

The Tennessee Republican Party State Executive Committee, still stinging over the unanticipated election defeat of Rep. Jason Mumpower as the next Speaker of the House, voted to eject Williams as a bona fide member of the Tennessee Republican Party. [9] In response, Speaker Williams then chose "Carter County Republican" as his new party designation.

Aftermath

Kent Williams ran for re-election to the House as an independent, but did not stand for re-election to the Speakership. Republicans selected Beth Harwell as the new Speaker, the first woman to be elected to that office. [10]

Democratic minority leader Gary Odom didn’t expect members of the House Democratic Caucus to hold him responsible for the party’s losses following the elections. Odom sought re-election to another term as his party’s floor leader but he lost the position to Craig Fitzhugh. [11]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [12] Likely RNovember 1, 2010

Results summary

Summary of the November 2, 2010 Tennessee House election results
PartyVotesSeats
No.%No.+/–
Republican 899,01463.64%64Increase2.svg 14
Democratic 492,31434.78%34Decrease2.svg 15
Independent 22,2351.57%1Steady2.svg 1
Total100.00%99Steady2.svg
Source:
Popular vote
Republican
63.64%
Democratic
34.78%
Independent
1.57%
Write-ins
0.006%
House seats
Republican
64.65%
Democratic
34.34%
Independent
1.01%

Close races

District 1

Republican primary

PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jon Lundberg (incumbent) 5,094 100%
Total votes5,094 100%

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jon Lundberg (incumbent) 10,115 100%
Total votes10,115 100%

District 2

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticNathan Vaughn1,009Nominee
RepublicanTony Shipley5,528Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticNathan Vaughn6,262
RepublicanTony Shipley10,183

District 3

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJoe Mike Akard1,561Nominee
RepublicanScotty Campbell3,711Nominee
RepublicanTimothy Hill2,534
RepublicanSherry Greene Grubb2,048
RepublicanMarvin Gurley1,402
RepublicanRichard Armstrong, III354
RepublicanCarl Michael Howard131
RepublicanNick Collette51

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJoe Mike Akard3,833
RepublicanScotty Campbell10,782
IndependentThomas White307
IndependentParke S. Morris123

District 4

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanJerome Cochran5,793Nominee
RepublicanPricilla Steele2,266

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanJerome Cochran5,89942.64%
Independent Kent Williams 7,93757.36%

District 5

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanDavid Hawk6,855Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanDavid Hawk10,838
IndependentKaren Sherry Brackett2,071

District 6

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanDale Ford6,291Nominee
RepublicanKevin Flanary1,773

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanDale Ford14,531

District 7

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticTodd Mrozek438Nominee
RepublicanMatthew Hill4,567Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticTodd Mrozek4,122
RepublicanMatthew Hill8,320
IndependentJesse Overbey416

District 8

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticMarvin Pratt570Nominee
RepublicanArt Swann3,071Nominee
RepublicanScott A. Hughes2,577
RepublicanJoe McCulley1,686
RepublicanGeoff King382

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticMarvin Pratt2,862
RepublicanArt Swann12,620

District 9

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanMike Harrison7,109Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanMike Harrison10,172

District 10

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticLarry D. Mullins1,600Nominee
DemocraticVickey L. Gilbert444
RepublicanDon Miller6,161Nominee
RepublicanSonny K. Moore1,105

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticLarry D. Mullins4,409
RepublicanDon Miller9,035

District 11

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticEddie Yokley1,527Nominee
RepublicanJeremy Faison4,199Nominee
RepublicanDavid Zellers3,621

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticEddie Yokley6,636
RepublicanJeremy Faison8,178

District 12

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticGary T. Eichmann269Nominee
RepublicanRichard Montgomery4,616Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticGary T. Eichmann2,112
RepublicanRichard Montgomery13,605

District 13

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticHarry Tindell856Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticHarry Tindell6,853

District 14

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanRyan Haynes11,434Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanRyan Haynes21,786

District 15

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJoe Armstrong897Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJoe Armstrong5,153

District 16

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanBill Dunn9,519Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanBill Dunn16,846

District 17

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticMike Dockery747Nominee
RepublicanFrank Niceley8,368Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticMike Dockery4,233
RepublicanFrank Niceley12,638

District 18

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticSam Alexander673Nominee
RepublicanSteve Hall6,012Nominee
RepublicanGary Loe2,516
RepublicanJonathan Katsiros393

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticSam Alexander4,719
RepublicanSteve Hall11,425

District 19

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanHarry Brooks7,599Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanHarry Brooks12,976

District 20

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanRobert Ramsey7,944Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanRobert Ramsey14,071

District 21

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanJimmy Matlock12,189Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanJimmy Matlock17,839

District 22

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanEric Watson8,749Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanEric Watson11,714

District 23

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanJohn W. Forgety9,834Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanJohn W. Forgety12,231

District 24

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanKevin Brooks8,158Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanKevin Brooks10,647

District 25

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticCharles Ray Rains3,008Nominee
RepublicanCameron Sexton8,798Nominee
RepublicanEric Swafford5,219

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticCharles Ray Rains7,117
RepublicanCameron Sexton15,434
IndependentKevin Klingberg432

District 26

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanGerald McCormick7,275Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanGerald McCormick14,328

District 27

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanRichard Floyd7,916Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanRichard Floyd13,905

District 28

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticTommie Brown2,194Nominee
RepublicanTeresa Wood1,338Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticTommie Brown7,249
RepublicanTeresa Wood2,869

District 29

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJoAnne Favors2,294Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJoAnne Favors8,793

District 30

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanVince Dean6,364Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanVince Dean13,555

District 31

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanJim Cobb9,092Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanJim Cobb13,789

District 32

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticDennis Ferguson2,614Nominee
DemocraticJames E. Tapp436
RepublicanJulia Cheyanne Hurley4,443Nominee
RepublicanJason J. Bagnell3,391

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticDennis Ferguson7,836
RepublicanJulia Cheyanne Hurley8,833

District 33

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJim Hackworth2,432Nominee
RepublicanJohn Ragan3,870Nominee
RepublicanJohnny Cupp1,623

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJim Hackworth7,270
RepublicanJohn Ragan8,569

District 34

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticBill Shacklett1,309Nominee
DemocraticMike Williams871
RepublicanRichard B. Womick7,250Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticBill Shacklett7,736
RepublicanRichard B. Womick16,390

District 35

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanDennis Roach6,607Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanDennis Roach9,981

District 36

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticKeith Clotfelter2,717Nominee
DemocraticJ. C. White702
DemocraticBrian Whitson340
RepublicanChad Faulkner4,238
RepublicanDennis Powers4,457Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticKeith Clotfelter4,838
RepublicanDennis Powers7,016

District 37

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticBill Harmon5,361Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticBill Harmon9,808

District 38

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticLeslie Winningham5,383Nominee
RepublicanKelly Keisling5,537Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticLeslie Winningham6,141
RepublicanKelly Keisling7,965

District 39

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticGeorge Fraley3,685Nominee
RepublicanDavid Alexander5,404Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticGeorge Fraley6,045
RepublicanDavid Alexander11,566

District 40

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJames Hale3,286Nominee
DemocraticJamie Winkler3,229
RepublicanTerri Lynn Weaver6,378Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJames Hale6,680
RepublicanTerri Lynn Weaver8,370
IndependentPleas Ford221

District 41

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJohn Windle5,873Nominee
RepublicanPatrick McCurdy5,223Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJohn Windle8,701
RepublicanPatrick McCurdy4,864

District 42

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticHenry Fincher3,189Nominee
RepublicanRyan Williams3,941Nominee
RepublicanBill Cody1,611

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticHenry Fincher7,456
RepublicanRyan Williams9,222

District 43

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticCharles Curtiss3,892Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticCharles Curtiss9,141

District 44

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticMichael McDonald1,694Nominee
RepublicanMatt Wynne1,656
RepublicanTerry David Johnson1,566
RepublicanJack Roek1,305

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticMichael McDonald8,594
RepublicanMatt Wynne8,123

District 45

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticCharles Ihrig1,081Nominee
RepublicanDebra Maggart7,293Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticCharles Ihrig5,154
RepublicanDebra Maggart15,181
IndependentJay Kalbes424

District 46

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticStratton Bone, Jr.5,862Nominee
RepublicanMark Pody5,633Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticStratton Bone, Jr.8,181
RepublicanMark Pody9,270

District 47

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJudd Matheny2,713Nominee
RepublicanDavid Clark5,880Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJudd Matheny11,723
RepublicanDavid Clark4,888

District 48

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticDavid B. LaRoche1,973Nominee
RepublicanJoe Carr5,844Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticDavid B. LaRoche6,140
RepublicanJoe Carr10,143

District 49

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticKent Coleman1,845Nominee
RepublicanMike Sparks5,064Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticKent Coleman7,728
RepublicanMike Sparks10,668

District 50

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticGary Moore, Sr.2,650Nominee
RepublicanDave Hall (Tennessee)3,339Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticGary Moore, Sr.8,753
RepublicanDave Hall (Tennessee)6,860
IndependentNina Ground173
IndependentDave Rosenberg342

District 51

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticMichael Turner2,301Nominee
RepublicanCharles Williamson3,122Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticMichael Turner7,990
RepublicanCharles Williamson7,268

District 52

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticMike Stewart2,177Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticMike Stewart8,326

District 53

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJanis Baird Sontany1,977Nominee
RepublicanTonya Miller1,824Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJanis Baird Sontany6,698
RepublicanTonya Miller3,946
IndependentDaniel Lewis425

District 54

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticBrenda Gilmore3,590Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticBrenda Gilmore11,256

District 55

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticGary Odom3,428Nominee
RepublicanTimothy Lee2,437Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticGary Odom8,624
RepublicanTimothy Lee6,349

District 56

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticMatthew Kenigson3,143Nominee
RepublicanBeth Harwell7,984Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticMatthew Kenigson9,053
RepublicanBeth Harwell18,831

District 57

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticAllen Barry2,238Nominee
RepublicanLinda Elam4,623Nominee
RepublicanRobert C. Fields4,249
RepublicanAdam Futrell3,318

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticAllen Barry5,506
RepublicanLinda Elam17,269
IndependentLuther C. Lenning2,234
IndependentHeather Scott2,451

District 58

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticMary Pruitt1,334Nominee
DemocraticSteven Turner1,167

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticMary Pruitt7,653

District 59

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticSherry Jones1,424Nominee
RepublicanDuane Dominy1,389Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticSherry Jones6,023
RepublicanDuane Dominy3,586

District 60

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticSam Coleman840Nominee
DemocraticTommy Bradley765
DemocraticLarry Crim361
DemocraticCharles Hager179
DemocraticChris Tobe178
RepublicanJim Gotto3,563Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticSam Coleman8,322
RepublicanJim Gotto8,795

District 61

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanCharles Sargent, Jr.8,122Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanCharles Sargent, Jr.22,498

District 62

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJenny W. Hunt1,305Nominee
DemocraticMike Winton1,035
RepublicanPat Marsh6,087Nominee
RepublicanJoseph C. Byrd888

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJenny W. Hunt4,021
RepublicanPat Marsh11,931

District 63

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanGlen Casada8,963Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanGlen Casada26,163

District 64

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticTy Cobb3,608Nominee
RepublicanSheila Butt6,011Nominee
RepublicanGary Carbaugh2,186

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticTy Cobb8,649
RepublicanSheila Butt10,790
IndependentRicky Martin359

District 65

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticEddie Bass3,997Nominee
RepublicanBilly Spivey4,543Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticEddie Bass8,099
RepublicanBilly Spivey7,131
IndependentTed Roop326

District 66

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticBilly Carneal3,395Nominee
RepublicanJoshua Evans7,039Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticBilly Carneal6,794
RepublicanJoshua Evans10,941

District 67

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJoe Pitts5,438Nominee
RepublicanNeil Revlett1,746Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJoe Pitts5,387
RepublicanNeil Revlett4,750

District 68

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticBrett Ramsey2,309Nominee
RepublicanCurtis Johnson5,545Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticBrett Ramsey5,891
RepublicanCurtis Johnson10,804

District 69

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticDavid Shepard4,764Nominee
RepublicanWayne White5,438Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticDavid Shepard7,815
RepublicanWayne White6,663

District 70

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticCalvin Moore3,741Nominee
RepublicanJoey Hensley7,346Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticCalvin Moore5,614
RepublicanJoey Hensley10,026

District 71

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanVance Dennis7,307Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanVance Dennis10,742

District 72

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanSteve McDaniel7,358Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanSteve McDaniel12,071

District 73

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanJimmy Eldridge8,038Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanJimmy Eldridge14,065

District 74

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJohn Tidwell5,776Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJohn Tidwell9,650

District 75

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticWillie Borchert5,554Nominee
RepublicanTim Wirgau5,201Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticWillie Borchert7,724
RepublicanTim Wirgau10,122

District 76

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticMark Maddox2,931Nominee
RepublicanAndrew H. Holt3,675Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticMark Maddox6,695
RepublicanAndrew H. Holt8,339

District 77

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJudy Barker4,295Nominee
RepublicanBill Sanderson5,691Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJudy Barker7,939
RepublicanBill Sanderson8,225

District 78

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticDanny R. Twork2,460Nominee
RepublicanPhillip Johnson6,249Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticDanny R. Twork4,307
RepublicanPhillip Johnson10,697

District 79

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJoe M. Shepard2,718Nominee
RepublicanCurtis Halford6,536Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJoe M. Shepard5,315
RepublicanCurtis Halford11,207

District 80

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJohnny Shaw4,793Nominee
RepublicanMark Johnstone3,333Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJohnny Shaw7,638
RepublicanMark Johnstone5,865

District 81

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
Democratic Jimmy Naifeh 3,867Nominee
RepublicanJim Hardin4,075Nominee
RepublicanRory Bricco2,161

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJames Naifeh7,730
RepublicanJim Hardin7,293

District 82

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticCraig Fitzhugh4,235Nominee
RepublicanJohnny Edwards5,468Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticCraig Fitzhugh6,964
RepublicanJohnny Edwards6,680

District 83

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanMark White9,388Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanMark White15,925

District 84

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJoe Towns, Jr.6,376Nominee
DemocraticMitzi Turnage1,049

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJoe Towns, Jr.10,596

District 85

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJohnnie Turner6,790Nominee
DemocraticEddie Jones3,722
RepublicanEdgar A. Babian884Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJohnnie Turner14,674
RepublicanEdgar A. Babian2,072

District 86

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticBarbara Cooper4,840Nominee
RepublicanHarold M. Baker1,333Nominee
RepublicanGeorge T. Edwards545

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticBarbara Cooper7,293
RepublicanHarold M. Baker3,326

District 87

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticKaren Camper3,056Nominee
DemocraticJustin H. Settles985

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticKaren Camper6,111

District 88

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticLarry Miller4,176Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticLarry Miller7,109

District 89

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJeanne Richardson3,867Nominee
RepublicanClay Shelton1,574Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJeanne Richardson5,373
RepublicanClay Shelton3,510

District 90

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticJohn Deberry, Jr.6,170Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticJohn Deberry, Jr.8,543

District 91

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticLois DeBerry5,563Nominee
RepublicanArnold Weiner1,051Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticLois DeBerry7,588
RepublicanArnold Weiner1,955

District 92

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticG.A. Hardaway5,571Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticG.A. Hardaway8,254

District 93

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticMike Kernell4,592Nominee
RepublicanTim Cook2,654Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticMike Kernell6,482
RepublicanTim Cook4,518

District 94

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticStephanie Nails-Colbeck2,619Nominee
RepublicanBarrett Rich9,401Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticStephanie Nails-Colbeck4,508
RepublicanBarrett Rich14,984

District 95

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanCurry Todd14,254Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanCurry Todd22,611
IndependentChristian R. Johnson4,419

District 96

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanStephen McManus7,901Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanStephen McManus13,202

District 97

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanJim Coley7,210Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanJim Coley11,776

District 98

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
DemocraticUlysses Jones, Jr.5,766Nominee

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
DemocraticUlysses Jones, Jr.8,377

District 99

Primaries

PartyCandidateVotesResult
RepublicanRon Lollar9,640Nominee
RepublicanTom Stephens2,246

General election

PartyCandidateVotes%Result
RepublicanRon Lollar18,438

See also

References

  1. On February 10, 2009, the executive committee of the Tennessee Republican Party voted to strip Speaker of the House Kent Williams of his party affiliation after he colluded with Democrats to be elected speaker. Williams chose "Carter County Republican" as his new party designation.
  2. All the votes for Independent candidates tallied up
  3. "Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2010". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  4. "2010 Tennessee State House election results" (PDF).
  5. "Tennessee - Election Results 2010 - The New York Times". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  6. Williams upsets House Speaker race, The Tennessean , January 13, 2009
  7. "Kent who? Dazzling maneuver makes backbencher speaker," The Tennessee Journal Vol. 35, No. 3, January 16, 2009
  8. Whitehouse, Ken (January 13, 2009). "Republican is House Speaker, but it's not the one you think". NashvillePost.com. Archived from the original on January 20, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2009.
  9. Emery, Theo (February 10, 2009). "Republicans kick Williams out of party: Tennessee House Speaker vote spurs action". The Tennessean.
  10. "Meet Beth". Beth Harwell. Archived from the original on June 29, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  11. "Gary Odom". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
  12. Jacobson, Louis (November 1, 2010). "Update: 2010 State Legislatures: A Challenging Environment for Democrats". Governing. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2024.