2010 Tennessee House of Representatives election

For related races, see 2010 United States state legislative elections.

Not to be confused with 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee.

2010 Tennessee House of Representatives election

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99 Seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives 50 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Kent Williams (retired as Speaker) Jason Mumpower (retired) Gary Odom (lost renomination as leader) Party Carter County Republican [1] Republican Democratic Leader's seat 4th: Elizabethton 3rd: Bristol 55th: Nashville Last election 0 seats 50 seats 49 seats Seats before 1 50 48 Seats won 1 64 34 Seat change 14 14 Popular vote 22,235 [2] 899,014 491,314 Percentage 1.57% 63.64% 34.78%
Results by gains and holds Results by winning party vote share 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]

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.

In 2009, District 62 Democratic representative Curt Cobb resigned from his House seat, in his fourth term, to serve as Bedford County Clerk and Master (court clerk). ^{[10] [11]}

On October 13th, 2009 there was a special election to replace Cobb. Republican candidate Pat Marsh won the special election, flipping the seat. This put House Republicans back at 50 seats making it easier to pass legislation without Kent William's support. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

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. ^[15]

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. ^[16]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing [17]	Likely R	November 1, 2010

Results summary

Summary of the November 2, 2010 Tennessee House election results

Party		Votes		Seats
		No.	%	No.	+/–
	Republican	899,014	63.64%	64	14
	Democratic	492,314	34.78%	34	15
	Independent	22,235	1.57%	1	1
Total			100.00%	99
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%

District 1

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jon Lundberg (incumbent)	5,094	100%
Total votes			5,094	100%

General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jon Lundberg (incumbent)	10,115	100%
Total votes			10,115	100%

District 2

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Nathan Vaughn	1,009	Nominee
Republican	Tony Shipley	5,528	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Nathan Vaughn	6,262
Republican	Tony Shipley	10,183		✔

District 3

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Joe Mike Akard	1,561	Nominee
Republican	Scotty Campbell	3,711	Nominee
Republican	Timothy Hill	2,534
Republican	Sherry Greene Grubb	2,048
Republican	Marvin Gurley	1,402
Republican	Richard Armstrong, III	354
Republican	Carl Michael Howard	131
Republican	Nick Collette	51

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Joe Mike Akard	3,833
Republican	Scotty Campbell	10,782		✔
Independent	Thomas White	307
Independent	Parke S. Morris	123

District 4

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Jerome Cochran	5,793	Nominee
Republican	Pricilla Steele	2,266

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Jerome Cochran	5,899	42.64%
Independent	Kent Williams	7,937	57.36%	✔

District 5

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	David Hawk	6,855	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	David Hawk	10,838		✔
Independent	Karen Sherry Brackett	2,071

District 6

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Dale Ford	6,291	Nominee
Republican	Kevin Flanary	1,773

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Dale Ford	14,531		✔

District 7

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Todd Mrozek	438	Nominee
Republican	Matthew Hill	4,567	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Todd Mrozek	4,122
Republican	Matthew Hill	8,320		✔
Independent	Jesse Overbey	416

District 8

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Marvin Pratt	570	Nominee
Republican	Art Swann	3,071	Nominee
Republican	Scott A. Hughes	2,577
Republican	Joe McCulley	1,686
Republican	Geoff King	382

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Marvin Pratt	2,862
Republican	Art Swann	12,620		✔

District 9

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Mike Harrison	7,109	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Mike Harrison	10,172		✔

District 10

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Larry D. Mullins	1,600	Nominee
Democratic	Vickey L. Gilbert	444
Republican	Don Miller	6,161	Nominee
Republican	Sonny K. Moore	1,105

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Larry D. Mullins	4,409
Republican	Don Miller	9,035		✔

District 11

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Eddie Yokley	1,527	Nominee
Republican	Jeremy Faison	4,199	Nominee
Republican	David Zellers	3,621

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Eddie Yokley	6,636
Republican	Jeremy Faison	8,178		✔

District 12

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Gary T. Eichmann	269	Nominee
Republican	Richard Montgomery	4,616	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Gary T. Eichmann	2,112
Republican	Richard Montgomery	13,605		✔

District 13

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Harry Tindell	856	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Harry Tindell	6,853		✔

District 14

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Ryan Haynes	11,434	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Ryan Haynes	21,786		✔

District 15

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Joe Armstrong	897	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Joe Armstrong	5,153		✔

District 16

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Bill Dunn	9,519	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Bill Dunn	16,846		✔

District 17

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Mike Dockery	747	Nominee
Republican	Frank Niceley	8,368	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Mike Dockery	4,233
Republican	Frank Niceley	12,638		✔

District 18

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Sam Alexander	673	Nominee
Republican	Steve Hall	6,012	Nominee
Republican	Gary Loe	2,516
Republican	Jonathan Katsiros	393

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Sam Alexander	4,719
Republican	Steve Hall	11,425		✔

District 19

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Harry Brooks	7,599	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Harry Brooks	12,976		✔

District 20

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Robert Ramsey	7,944	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Robert Ramsey	14,071		✔

District 21

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Jimmy Matlock	12,189	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Jimmy Matlock	17,839		✔

District 22

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Eric Watson	8,749	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Eric Watson	11,714		✔

District 23

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	John W. Forgety	9,834	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	John W. Forgety	12,231		✔

District 24

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Kevin Brooks	8,158	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Kevin Brooks	10,647		✔

District 25

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Charles Ray Rains	3,008	Nominee
Republican	Cameron Sexton	8,798	Nominee
Republican	Eric Swafford	5,219

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Charles Ray Rains	7,117
Republican	Cameron Sexton	15,434		✔
Independent	Kevin Klingberg	432

District 26

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Gerald McCormick	7,275	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Gerald McCormick	14,328		✔

District 27

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Richard Floyd	7,916	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Richard Floyd	13,905		✔

District 28

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Tommie Brown	2,194	Nominee
Republican	Teresa Wood	1,338	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Tommie Brown	7,249		✔
Republican	Teresa Wood	2,869

District 29

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	JoAnne Favors	2,294	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	JoAnne Favors	8,793		✔

District 30

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Vince Dean	6,364	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Vince Dean	13,555		✔

District 31

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Jim Cobb	9,092	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Jim Cobb	13,789		✔

District 32

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Dennis Ferguson	2,614	Nominee
Democratic	James E. Tapp	436
Republican	Julia Cheyanne Hurley	4,443	Nominee
Republican	Jason J. Bagnell	3,391

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Dennis Ferguson	7,836
Republican	Julia Cheyanne Hurley	8,833		✔

District 33

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Jim Hackworth	2,432	Nominee
Republican	John Ragan	3,870	Nominee
Republican	Johnny Cupp	1,623

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Jim Hackworth	7,270
Republican	John Ragan	8,569		✔

District 34

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Bill Shacklett	1,309	Nominee
Democratic	Mike Williams	871
Republican	Richard B. Womick	7,250	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Bill Shacklett	7,736
Republican	Richard B. Womick	16,390		✔

District 35

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Dennis Roach	6,607	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Dennis Roach	9,981		✔

District 36

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Keith Clotfelter	2,717	Nominee
Democratic	J. C. White	702
Democratic	Brian Whitson	340
Republican	Chad Faulkner	4,238
Republican	Dennis Powers	4,457	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Keith Clotfelter	4,838
Republican	Dennis Powers	7,016		✔

District 37

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Bill Harmon	5,361	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Bill Harmon	9,808		✔

District 38

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Leslie Winningham	5,383	Nominee
Republican	Kelly Keisling	5,537	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Leslie Winningham	6,141
Republican	Kelly Keisling	7,965		✔

District 39

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	George Fraley	3,685	Nominee
Republican	David Alexander	5,404	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	George Fraley	6,045
Republican	David Alexander	11,566		✔

District 40

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	James Hale	3,286	Nominee
Democratic	Jamie Winkler	3,229
Republican	Terri Lynn Weaver	6,378	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	James Hale	6,680
Republican	Terri Lynn Weaver	8,370		✔
Independent	Pleas Ford	221

District 41

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	John Windle	5,873	Nominee
Republican	Patrick McCurdy	5,223	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	John Windle	8,701		✔
Republican	Patrick McCurdy	4,864

District 42

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Henry Fincher	3,189	Nominee
Republican	Ryan Williams	3,941	Nominee
Republican	Bill Cody	1,611

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Henry Fincher	7,456
Republican	Ryan Williams	9,222		✔

District 43

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Charles Curtiss	3,892	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Charles Curtiss	9,141		✔

District 44

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Michael McDonald	1,694	Nominee
Republican	Matt Wynne	1,656
Republican	Terry David Johnson	1,566
Republican	Jack Roek	1,305

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Michael McDonald	8,594		✔
Republican	Matt Wynne	8,123

District 45

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Charles Ihrig	1,081	Nominee
Republican	Debra Maggart	7,293	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Charles Ihrig	5,154
Republican	Debra Maggart	15,181		✔
Independent	Jay Kalbes	424

District 46

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Stratton Bone, Jr.	5,862	Nominee
Republican	Mark Pody	5,633	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Stratton Bone, Jr.	8,181
Republican	Mark Pody	9,270		✔

District 47

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Judd Matheny	2,713	Nominee
Republican	David Clark	5,880	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Judd Matheny	11,723		✔
Republican	David Clark	4,888

District 48

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	David B. LaRoche	1,973	Nominee
Republican	Joe Carr	5,844	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	David B. LaRoche	6,140
Republican	Joe Carr	10,143		✔

District 49

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Kent Coleman	1,845	Nominee
Republican	Mike Sparks	5,064	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Kent Coleman	7,728
Republican	Mike Sparks	10,668		✔

District 50

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Gary Moore, Sr.	2,650	Nominee
Republican	Dave Hall (Tennessee)	3,339	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Gary Moore, Sr.	8,753		✔
Republican	Dave Hall (Tennessee)	6,860
Independent	Nina Ground	173
Independent	Dave Rosenberg	342

District 51

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Michael Turner	2,301	Nominee
Republican	Charles Williamson	3,122	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Michael Turner	7,990		✔
Republican	Charles Williamson	7,268

District 52

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Mike Stewart	2,177	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Mike Stewart	8,326		✔

District 53

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Janis Baird Sontany	1,977	Nominee
Republican	Tonya Miller	1,824	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Janis Baird Sontany	6,698		✔
Republican	Tonya Miller	3,946
Independent	Daniel Lewis	425

District 54

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Brenda Gilmore	3,590	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Brenda Gilmore	11,256		✔

District 55

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Gary Odom	3,428	Nominee
Republican	Timothy Lee	2,437	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Gary Odom	8,624		✔
Republican	Timothy Lee	6,349

District 56

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Matthew Kenigson	3,143	Nominee
Republican	Beth Harwell	7,984	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Matthew Kenigson	9,053
Republican	Beth Harwell	18,831		✔

District 57

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Allen Barry	2,238	Nominee
Republican	Linda Elam	4,623	Nominee
Republican	Robert C. Fields	4,249
Republican	Adam Futrell	3,318

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Allen Barry	5,506
Republican	Linda Elam	17,269		✔
Independent	Luther C. Lenning	2,234
Independent	Heather Scott	2,451

District 58

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Mary Pruitt	1,334	Nominee
Democratic	Steven Turner	1,167

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Mary Pruitt	7,653		✔

District 59

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Sherry Jones	1,424	Nominee
Republican	Duane Dominy	1,389	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Sherry Jones	6,023		✔
Republican	Duane Dominy	3,586

District 60

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Sam Coleman	840	Nominee
Democratic	Tommy Bradley	765
Democratic	Larry Crim	361
Democratic	Charles Hager	179
Democratic	Chris Tobe	178
Republican	Jim Gotto	3,563	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Sam Coleman	8,322
Republican	Jim Gotto	8,795		✔

District 61

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Charles Sargent, Jr.	8,122	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Charles Sargent, Jr.	22,498		✔

District 62

2009 special election ^[12]

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Ty Cobb	557	100.00%	Nominee
Republican	Bobby Scott	397	15.16%
Republican	Casey Walters	348	13.29%
Republican	Joseph C Byrd	48	1.83%
Republican	Pat Marsh	1,154	69.72%	Nominee
Independent	Christopher T. Brown			Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Pat Marsh	4,931	55.72%	✔ R gain
Democratic	Ty Cobb II	3,663	41.39%
Independent	Christopher T. Brown	255	2.88%

2010 general election

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Jenny W. Hunt	1,305	Nominee
Democratic	Mike Winton	1,035
Republican	Pat Marsh	6,087	Nominee
Republican	Joseph C. Byrd	888

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Jenny W. Hunt	4,021	25.21%
Republican	Pat Marsh	11,931	74.79%	✔

District 63

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Glen Casada	8,963	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Glen Casada	26,163		✔

District 64

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Ty Cobb	3,608	Nominee
Republican	Sheila Butt	6,011	Nominee
Republican	Gary Carbaugh	2,186

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Ty Cobb	8,649	43.69%
Republican	Sheila Butt	10,790	54.50%	✔
Independent	Ricky Martin	359	1.81%

District 65

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Eddie Bass	3,997	Nominee
Republican	Billy Spivey	4,543	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Eddie Bass	8,099		✔
Republican	Billy Spivey	7,131
Independent	Ted Roop	326

District 66

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Billy Carneal	3,395	Nominee
Republican	Joshua Evans	7,039	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Billy Carneal	6,794
Republican	Joshua Evans	10,941		✔

District 67

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Joe Pitts	5,438	Nominee
Republican	Neil Revlett	1,746	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Joe Pitts	5,387		✔
Republican	Neil Revlett	4,750

District 68

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Brett Ramsey	2,309	Nominee
Republican	Curtis Johnson	5,545	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Brett Ramsey	5,891
Republican	Curtis Johnson	10,804		✔

District 69

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	David Shepard	4,764	Nominee
Republican	Wayne White	5,438	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	David Shepard	7,815		✔
Republican	Wayne White	6,663

District 70

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Calvin Moore	3,741	Nominee
Republican	Joey Hensley	7,346	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Calvin Moore	5,614
Republican	Joey Hensley	10,026		✔

District 71

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Vance Dennis	7,307	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Vance Dennis	10,742		✔

District 72

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Steve McDaniel	7,358	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Steve McDaniel	12,071		✔

District 73

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Jimmy Eldridge	8,038	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Jimmy Eldridge	14,065		✔

District 74

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	John Tidwell	5,776	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	John Tidwell	9,650		✔

District 75

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Willie Borchert	5,554	Nominee
Republican	Tim Wirgau	5,201	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Willie Borchert	7,724
Republican	Tim Wirgau	10,122		✔

District 76

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Mark Maddox	2,931	Nominee
Republican	Andrew H. Holt	3,675	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Mark Maddox	6,695
Republican	Andrew H. Holt	8,339		✔

District 77

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Judy Barker	4,295	Nominee
Republican	Bill Sanderson	5,691	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Judy Barker	7,939
Republican	Bill Sanderson	8,225		✔

District 78

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Danny R. Twork	2,460	Nominee
Republican	Phillip Johnson	6,249	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Danny R. Twork	4,307
Republican	Phillip Johnson	10,697		✔

District 79

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Joe M. Shepard	2,718	Nominee
Republican	Curtis Halford	6,536	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Joe M. Shepard	5,315
Republican	Curtis Halford	11,207		✔

District 80

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Johnny Shaw	4,793	Nominee
Republican	Mark Johnstone	3,333	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Johnny Shaw	7,638		✔
Republican	Mark Johnstone	5,865

District 81

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Jimmy Naifeh	3,867	Nominee
Republican	Jim Hardin	4,075	Nominee
Republican	Rory Bricco	2,161

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	James Naifeh	7,730		✔
Republican	Jim Hardin	7,293

District 82

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Craig Fitzhugh	4,235	Nominee
Republican	Johnny Edwards	5,468	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Craig Fitzhugh	6,964		✔
Republican	Johnny Edwards	6,680

District 83

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Mark White	9,388	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Mark White	15,925		✔

District 84

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Joe Towns, Jr.	6,376	Nominee
Democratic	Mitzi Turnage	1,049

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Joe Towns, Jr.	10,596		✔

District 85

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Johnnie Turner	6,790	Nominee
Democratic	Eddie Jones	3,722
Republican	Edgar A. Babian	884	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Johnnie Turner	14,674		✔
Republican	Edgar A. Babian	2,072

District 86

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Barbara Cooper	4,840	Nominee
Republican	Harold M. Baker	1,333	Nominee
Republican	George T. Edwards	545

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Barbara Cooper	7,293		✔
Republican	Harold M. Baker	3,326

District 87

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Karen Camper	3,056	Nominee
Democratic	Justin H. Settles	985

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Karen Camper	6,111		✔

District 88

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Larry Miller	4,176	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Larry Miller	7,109		✔

District 89

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Jeanne Richardson	3,867	Nominee
Republican	Clay Shelton	1,574	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Jeanne Richardson	5,373		✔
Republican	Clay Shelton	3,510

District 90

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	John Deberry, Jr.	6,170	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	John Deberry, Jr.	8,543		✔

District 91

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Lois DeBerry	5,563	Nominee
Republican	Arnold Weiner	1,051	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Lois DeBerry	7,588		✔
Republican	Arnold Weiner	1,955

District 92

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	G.A. Hardaway	5,571	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	G.A. Hardaway	8,254		✔

District 93

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Mike Kernell	4,592	Nominee
Republican	Tim Cook	2,654	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Mike Kernell	6,482		✔
Republican	Tim Cook	4,518

District 94

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Stephanie Nails-Colbeck	2,619	Nominee
Republican	Barrett Rich	9,401	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Stephanie Nails-Colbeck	4,508
Republican	Barrett Rich	14,984		✔

District 95

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Curry Todd	14,254	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Curry Todd	22,611		✔
Independent	Christian R. Johnson	4,419

District 96

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Stephen McManus	7,901	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Stephen McManus	13,202		✔

District 97

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Jim Coley	7,210	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Jim Coley	11,776		✔

District 98

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Ulysses Jones, Jr.	5,766	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Ulysses Jones, Jr.	8,377		✔

District 99

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Ron Lollar	9,640	Nominee
Republican	Tom Stephens	2,246

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Ron Lollar	18,438		✔

See also

• 2010 Tennessee elections
• 2010 Tennessee Senate election

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