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]
Quick Facts 18 of the 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate 17 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...
2014 Tennessee Senate election|
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Results by gains and holds
Results by winning party vote share 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% |
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Republicans gained 2 seats, expanding their Senate Supermajority.[2]
Three incumbents (3 Democrats) did not run for re-election in 2014. Those incumbents are:
- District 15: Charlotte Burks retired.
- District 21: Douglas Henry retired.
- District 27: Lowe Finney retired.
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Republican |
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71.20% |
Democratic |
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26.18% |
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2.62% |
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Republican |
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84.85% |
Democratic |
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15.15% |
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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:
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District 1
Republican primary
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District 3
Republican primary
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District 5
Republican primary
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District 7
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District 9
Republican primary
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District 11
Republican primary
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District 13
Republican primary
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District 15
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District 17
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District 19
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District 21
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2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 21[14]
Primary election |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Democratic |
Jeff Yarbro |
6,830 |
56.7 |
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Democratic |
Mary Mancini |
5,217 |
43.3 |
Total votes |
12,047 |
100 |
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Republican |
Diana Cuellar |
2,960 |
61.3 |
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Republican |
Quincy McKnight |
1,523 |
31.5 |
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Republican |
Mwafaq Aljabbary |
346 |
7.2 |
Total votes |
4,829 |
100 |
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Democratic |
Jeff Yarbro |
25,402 |
66.6 |
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Republican |
Diana Cuellar |
12,714 |
33.4 |
Total votes |
38,116 |
100 |
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Democratic hold |
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District 23
Republican primary
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District 25
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District 27
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District 29
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2014 Tennessee Senate election, District 29[18]
Primary election |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Democratic |
Lee Harris |
10,517 |
42.5 |
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Democratic |
Ricky Dixon |
6,882 |
27.8 |
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Democratic |
Ophelia Ford (incumbent) |
6,756 |
27.3 |
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Democratic |
Herman Sawyer |
611 |
2.5 |
Total votes |
24,766 |
100 |
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Republican |
Jim Finney |
3,111 |
82.0 |
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Republican |
Anthony Herron, Jr. |
682 |
18.0 |
Total votes |
3,793 |
100 |
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Democratic |
Lee Harris |
27,707 |
81.9 |
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Republican |
Jim Finney |
6,123 |
18.1 |
Total votes |
33,830 |
100 |
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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
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District 31
Republican primary
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District 33
Democratic primary
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