2014 Tennessee Senate election

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2014 Tennessee Senate election
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18 of the 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey (cropped).jpg 3x4.svg
Leader Ron Ramsey Jim Kyle
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 4th district 30th district
Seats before267
Seats won285
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote463,829170,534
Percentage71.20%26.18%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.26%Decrease2.svg 3.88%
2014 Tennessee Senate election.svg
2014 Tennessee Senate election by partisan lean.svg
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%
Speaker before election

Ron Ramsey
Republican

Elected Speaker

Ron Ramsey
Republican

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]

Contents

Republicans gained 2 seats, expanding their Senate Supermajority. [2]

Retirements

Three incumbents (3 Democrats) did not run for re-election in 2014. Those incumbents are:

  1. District 15: Charlotte Burks retired.
  2. District 21: Douglas Henry retired.
  3. District 27: Lowe Finney retired.

Incumbents defeated

In the primary election

Democrats

  1. District 29: Ophelia Ford lost renomination to Lee Harris.

Republicans

  1. District 7: Stacey Campfield lost renomination to Richard Briggs.
  2. District 25: Jim Summerville lost renomination to Kerry Roberts

Results summary

PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No. %BeforeUpWonAfter+/–
Republican 17463,82971.20%26111328Increase2.svg 2
Democratic 9170,53426.18%7645Decrease2.svg 2
Green 19,3661.44%0000Steady2.svg
Constitution 11,1390.17%0000Steady2.svg
Independent 46,5581.01%0000Steady2.svg
Write-in 1380.01%0000Steady2.svg
Total651,464100.00%3333Steady2.svg
Source:
Popular vote
Republican
 
71.20%
Democratic
 
26.18%
Other
 
2.62%
Senate seats
Republican
 
84.85%
Democratic
 
15.15%

Closest race

Many of the senators running in this election ran unopposed or had an uncompetitive election. This race was the closest in the Senate election:

DistrictWinnerMargin
District 27 Republican25.3%

Detailed results by State Senate District

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

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steve Southerland (incumbent) 19,911 100
Total votes19,911 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 1 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steve Southerland (incumbent) 29,698 100
Total votes29,698 100
Republican hold

District 3

Republican primary

Republican Primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rusty Crowe (incumbent) 23,205 100
Total votes23,205 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 3 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rusty Crowe (incumbent) 32,508 100
Total votes32,508 100
Republican hold

District 5

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Randy McNally (incumbent) 19,393 100
Total votes19,393 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 5 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Randy McNally (incumbent) 37,302 100
Total votes37,302 100
Republican hold

District 7

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 7 [7]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Richard Briggs 14,056 69.8
Republican Stacey Campfield (incumbent)4,86424.2
Republican Mike Alford1,2046.0
Total votes20,124 100
General election
Republican Richard Briggs 27,942 65.3
Democratic Cheri Siler14,88034.7
Total votes42,822 100
Republican hold

District 9

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Bell (incumbent) 20,368 100
Total votes20,368 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 9 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Bell (incumbent) 31,748 100
Total votes31,748 100
Republican hold

District 11

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bo Watson (incumbent) 21,336 100
Total votes21,336 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 11 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bo Watson (incumbent) 37,386 100
Total votes37,386 100
Republican hold

District 13

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Ketron (incumbent) 12,495 100
Total votes12,495 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 13 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Ketron (incumbent) 29,489 100
Total votes29,489 100
Republican hold

District 15

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 15 [11]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul Bailey 13,141 48.4
Republican Matt Swallows12,57746.3
Republican Gary Steakley1,4535.3
Total votes27,171 100
General election
Republican Paul Bailey 33,674 73.3
Democratic Betty Vaudt10,26322.3
Independent William Draper2,0224.4
Total votes45,959 100
Republican gain from Democratic

District 17

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 17 [12]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mae Beavers (incumbent) 16,177 59.3
Republican Clark Boyd 11,10440.7
Total votes27,281 100
General election
Republican Mae Beavers (incumbent) 35,454 100
Total votes35,454 100
Republican hold

District 19

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 19 [13]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Thelma Harper (incumbent) 10,520 86.2
Democratic Brandon Puttbrese1,68513.8
Total votes12,205 100
General election
Democratic Thelma Harper (incumbent) 23,235 75.3
Republican Sterlina Inez Brady4,70115.2
Independent George Thomas2,8999.4
Write in Rueben (Dock) Dockery380.1
Total votes30,873 100
Democratic hold

District 21

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 21 [14]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jeff Yarbro 6,830 56.7
Democratic Mary Mancini 5,21743.3
Total votes12,047 100
Republican Diana Cuellar 2,960 61.3
Republican Quincy McKnight1,52331.5
Republican Mwafaq Aljabbary3467.2
Total votes4,829 100
General election
Democratic Jeff Yarbro 25,402 66.6
Republican Diana Cuellar12,71433.4
Total votes38,116 100
Democratic hold

District 23

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jack Johnson (incumbent) 18,985 100
Total votes18,985 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 23 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jack Johnson (incumbent) 45,732 83.0
Green Amy Balderrama9,36617.0
Total votes55,098 100
Republican hold

District 25

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 25 [16]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kerry Roberts 9,832 42.2
Republican Joshua Evans 8,81937.8
Republican Jim Summerville (incumbent)3,70115.9
Republican Wayne White9684.2
Total votes23,320 100
General election
Republican Kerry Roberts 29,337 70.4
Democratic Tony Gross12,31629.6
Total votes41,653 100
Republican hold

District 27

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 27 [17]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ed Jackson 11,136 58.9
Republican Brandon Dodds7,76341.1
Total votes18,899 100
General election
Republican Ed Jackson 23,331 60.2
Democratic Randy Lamb13,51534.9
Constitution Tim York1,1392.9
Independent James Baxter7792.0
Total votes38,764 100
Republican gain from Democratic

District 29

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 29 [18]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lee Harris 10,517 42.5
Democratic Ricky Dixon6,88227.8
Democratic Ophelia Ford (incumbent)6,75627.3
Democratic Herman Sawyer6112.5
Total votes24,766 100
Republican Jim Finney 3,111 82.0
Republican Anthony Herron, Jr.68218.0
Total votes3,793 100
General election
Democratic Lee Harris 27,707 81.9
Republican Jim Finney6,12318.1
Total votes33,830 100
Democratic hold

District 30 (special)

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

2014 Tennessee Senate special election, District 30 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sara Kyle 18,377 69.9
Republican George Shea Finn7,04426.8
Independent David Vinciarelli8583.3
Total votes26,279 100
Democratic hold

District 31

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Kelsey (incumbent) 23,703 100
Total votes23,703 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 31 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Kelsey (incumbent) 39,646 100
Total votes39,646 100
Republican hold

District 33

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Reginald Tate (incumbent) 16,037 100
Total votes16,037 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 33 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Reginald Tate (incumbent) 24,839 100
Total votes24,839 100
Democratic hold

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  5. ↑ "Tennessee State Senate District 3". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
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  7. ↑ "Tennessee State Senate District 7". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
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  9. ↑ "Tennessee State Senate District 11". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  10. ↑ "Tennessee State Senate District 13". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  11. ↑ "Tennessee State Senate District 15". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  12. ↑ "Tennessee State Senate District 17". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  13. ↑ "Tennessee State Senate District 19". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  14. ↑ "Tennessee State Senate District 21". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  15. ↑ "Tennessee State Senate District 23". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  16. ↑ "Tennessee State Senate District 25". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Tennessee State Senate District 27". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  18. ↑ "Tennessee State Senate District 29". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  19. ↑ "Tennessee State Senate District 30". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  20. ↑ "Tennessee State Senate District 31". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  21. ↑ "Tennessee State Senate District 33". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
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