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]

For related races, see 2010 United States state legislative elections.
2010 Tennessee Senate election
November 2, 2010
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 1 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
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:
Popular vote
Republican
 
 %
Democratic
 
 %
Other
 
 %
Senate seats
Republican
 
 60.61%
Democratic
 
 39.39%

See also

References
  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.
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