2010 Tennessee Senate election

The 2010 Tennessee State Senate election was held on November 2, 2010, to elect 17 of the 33 seats for the Tennessee's State Senate. The elections coincided with the Governor, U.S. House, and State House elections. The primary elections were held on August 5, 2010.[1][2][3]

2010 Tennessee Senate election

← 2008 November 2, 2010 2012 →

17 of the 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Ron Ramsey Jim Kyle
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 4th district 28th district
Seats before 19 14
Seats won 20 13
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1

Results:
     Republican gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold
     No Election
Vote Share:
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      >90%

Speaker before election

Ron Ramsey
Republican

Elected Speaker

Ron Ramsey
Republican

Republicans gained 1 seat, expanding their Senate majority.

Results summary

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Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % Before Up Won After +/–
Republican 19 20   1
Democratic 14 13   1
Independent 0 0  
Write-in 0 0  
Total 33 33  
Source: [1]
Popular vote
Republican
%
Democratic
%
Other
%
Senate seats
Republican
60.61%
Democratic
39.39%

Closest races

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Results

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2010 Tennessee Senate election results" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Tennessee - Election Results 2010 - The New York Times". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  3. ^ "Tennessee State Senate elections, 2010". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-02-15.