Tennessee's 16th State Senate district | |||
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Demographics | 87% White 4% Black 6% Hispanic 1% Asian 3% Multiracial | ||
Population (2022) | 211,347 [1] |
Tennessee's 16th Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Tennessee Senate. It has been represented by Republican Janice Bowling since 2012, succeeding Democrat Eric Stewart. [2]
District 16 is based in the rural areas to the west of Chattanooga, covering all of Coffee, DeKalb, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, and Warren Counties. Communities in the district include Tullahoma, Manchester, McMinnville, Winchester, and Gruetli-Laager. [3]
The district overlaps with Tennessee's 4th and 6th congressional districts. [4] It borders the state of Alabama. [1]
Tennessee senators are elected to staggered four-year terms, with odd-numbered districts conducting elections in midterm years and even-numbered districts conducting elections in years of presidential elections.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Janice Bowling (incumbent) | 62,379 | 76.0 | |
Democratic | Sheila Younglove | 19,687 | 24.0 | |
Total votes | 82,066 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Janice Bowling (incumbent) | 10,235 | 81.7 | |
Republican | Michael Shane Wilcher | 2,287 | 18.3 | |
Total votes | 12,522 | 100 | ||
Democratic | Mike Winton | 3,342 | 70.3 | |
Democratic | Alice Demetreon | 1,414 | 29.7 | |
Total votes | 4,756 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Janice Bowling (incumbent) | 46,846 | 67.8 | |
Democratic | Mike Winton | 22,205 | 32.2 | |
Total votes | 69,051 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jim Lewis | 2,937 | 27.6 | |
Democratic | Steve Roller | 2,902 | 27.3 | |
Democratic | Justin Walling | 2,878 | 27.0 | |
Democratic | Kevin Lawrence | 1,256 | 11.8 | |
Democratic | Jeff Bottoms | 670 | 6.3 | |
Total votes | 10,643 | 100 | ||
Republican | Janice Bowling | 8,162 | 60.1 | |
Republican | Ron Stolzfus | 2,280 | 16.8 | |
Republican | Eric Chance | 2,277 | 16.8 | |
Republican | Rod McClellan | 866 | 6.4 | |
Total votes | 13,585 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Janice Bowling | 40,139 | 62.9 | |
Democratic | Jim Lewis | 23,636 | 37.1 | |
Total votes | 63,775 | 100 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Year | Office | Results [6] [7] |
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2020 | President | Trump 75.1 – 23.1% |
2016 | President | Trump 72.2 – 24.6% |
2012 | President | Romney 63.9 – 34.3% |
Senate | Corker 69.2 – 26.8% |