2014 Tennessee Senate election

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2014 Tennessee Senate election

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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 30th district
Seats before 26 7
Seats won 28 5
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2

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 17 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]

Results summary[edit]

Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % Before Up Won After +/–
Republican 26 28 Increase 2
Democratic 7 5 Decrease 2
Independent 0 0 Steady
Write-in 0 0 Steady
Total 33 33 Steady
Source: [1]
Popular vote
Republican
%
Democratic
%
Other
%
Senate seats
Republican
84.85%
Democratic
15.15%

Closest races[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tennessee State Senate elections, 2014". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  2. ^ Garrison, Joey. "Republicans expand supermajorities in TN House, Senate". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2024-02-15.