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2014 Tennessee Senate election

For related races, see 2014 United States state legislative elections.
Not to be confused with 2014 United States Senate election in Tennessee.

2014 Tennessee Senate election
← 2012 November 4, 2014 2016 →
18 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 30th district
Seats before 26 7
Seats won 28 5
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 463,829 170,534
Percentage 71.20% 26.18%
Swing Increase 1.26% Decrease 3.88%
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]

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

Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % Before Up Won After +/–
Republican 17 463,829 71.20% 26 11 13 28 Increase 2
Democratic 9 170,534 26.18% 7 6 4 5 Decrease 2
Green 1 9,366 1.44% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Constitution 1 1,139 0.17% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Independent 4 6,558 1.01% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Write-in 1 38 0.01% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Total 651,464 100.00% 33 33 Steady
Source: [1]
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:

District Winner Margin
District 27 Republican 25.3%

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
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Southerland (incumbent) 19,911 100
Total votes 19,911 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 1[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Southerland (incumbent) 29,698 100
Total votes 29,698 100
Republican hold

District 3

Republican primary

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rusty Crowe (incumbent) 23,205 100
Total votes 23,205 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 3[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rusty Crowe (incumbent) 32,508 100
Total votes 32,508 100
Republican hold

District 5

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy McNally (incumbent) 19,393 100
Total votes 19,393 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 5[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy McNally (incumbent) 37,302 100
Total votes 37,302 100
Republican hold

District 7

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 7[7]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Briggs 14,056 69.8
Republican Stacey Campfield (incumbent) 4,864 24.2
Republican Mike Alford 1,204 6.0
Total votes 20,124 100
General election
Republican Richard Briggs 27,942 65.3
Democratic Cheri Siler 14,880 34.7
Total votes 42,822 100
Republican hold

District 9

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Bell (incumbent) 20,368 100
Total votes 20,368 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 9[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Bell (incumbent) 31,748 100
Total votes 31,748 100
Republican hold

District 11

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bo Watson (incumbent) 21,336 100
Total votes 21,336 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 11[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bo Watson (incumbent) 37,386 100
Total votes 37,386 100
Republican hold

District 13

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Ketron (incumbent) 12,495 100
Total votes 12,495 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 13[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Ketron (incumbent) 29,489 100
Total votes 29,489 100
Republican hold

District 15

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 15[11]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Bailey 13,141 48.4
Republican Matt Swallows 12,577 46.3
Republican Gary Steakley 1,453 5.3
Total votes 27,171 100
General election
Republican Paul Bailey 33,674 73.3
Democratic Betty Vaudt 10,263 22.3
Independent William Draper 2,022 4.4
Total votes 45,959 100
Republican gain from Democratic

District 17

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 17[12]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mae Beavers (incumbent) 16,177 59.3
Republican Clark Boyd 11,104 40.7
Total votes 27,281 100
General election
Republican Mae Beavers (incumbent) 35,454 100
Total votes 35,454 100
Republican hold

District 19

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 19[13]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thelma Harper (incumbent) 10,520 86.2
Democratic Brandon Puttbrese 1,685 13.8
Total votes 12,205 100
General election
Democratic Thelma Harper (incumbent) 23,235 75.3
Republican Sterlina Inez Brady 4,701 15.2
Independent George Thomas 2,899 9.4
Write in Rueben (Dock) Dockery 38 0.1
Total votes 30,873 100
Democratic hold

District 21

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 21[14]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff Yarbro 6,830 56.7
Democratic Mary Mancini 5,217 43.3
Total votes 12,047 100
Republican Diana Cuellar 2,960 61.3
Republican Quincy McKnight 1,523 31.5
Republican Mwafaq Aljabbary 346 7.2
Total votes 4,829 100
General election
Democratic Jeff Yarbro 25,402 66.6
Republican Diana Cuellar 12,714 33.4
Total votes 38,116 100
Democratic hold

District 23

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Johnson (incumbent) 18,985 100
Total votes 18,985 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 23[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Johnson (incumbent) 45,732 83.0
Green Amy Balderrama 9,366 17.0
Total votes 55,098 100
Republican hold

District 25

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 25[16]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kerry Roberts 9,832 42.2
Republican Joshua Evans 8,819 37.8
Republican Jim Summerville (incumbent) 3,701 15.9
Republican Wayne White 968 4.2
Total votes 23,320 100
General election
Republican Kerry Roberts 29,337 70.4
Democratic Tony Gross 12,316 29.6
Total votes 41,653 100
Republican hold

District 27

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 27[17]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ed Jackson 11,136 58.9
Republican Brandon Dodds 7,763 41.1
Total votes 18,899 100
General election
Republican Ed Jackson 23,331 60.2
Democratic Randy Lamb 13,515 34.9
Constitution Tim York 1,139 2.9
Independent James Baxter 779 2.0
Total votes 38,764 100
Republican gain from Democratic

District 29

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 29[18]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lee Harris 10,517 42.5
Democratic Ricky Dixon 6,882 27.8
Democratic Ophelia Ford (incumbent) 6,756 27.3
Democratic Herman Sawyer 611 2.5
Total votes 24,766 100
Republican Jim Finney 3,111 82.0
Republican Anthony Herron, Jr. 682 18.0
Total votes 3,793 100
General election
Democratic Lee Harris 27,707 81.9
Republican Jim Finney 6,123 18.1
Total votes 33,830 100
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]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sara Kyle 18,377 69.9
Republican George Shea Finn 7,044 26.8
Independent David Vinciarelli 858 3.3
Total votes 26,279 100
Democratic hold

District 31

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Kelsey (incumbent) 23,703 100
Total votes 23,703 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 31[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Kelsey (incumbent) 39,646 100
Total votes 39,646 100
Republican hold

District 33

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Reginald Tate (incumbent) 16,037 100
Total votes 16,037 100

General election

2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 33[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Reginald Tate (incumbent) 24,839 100
Total votes 24,839 100
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tennessee State Senate elections, 2014". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  2. ^ Garrison, Joey. "Republicans expand supermajorities in TN House, Senate". The Tennessean. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  3. ^ "2014 Tennessee Elections" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 1". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  5. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 3". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  6. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 5". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  7. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 7". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  8. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 9". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  9. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 11". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  10. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 13". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  11. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 15". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  12. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 17". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  13. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 19". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  14. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 21". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  15. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 23". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  16. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 25". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  17. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 27". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  18. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 29". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  19. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 30". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  20. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 31". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  21. ^ "Tennessee State Senate District 33". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
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