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The 2012 Tennessee State Senate election was held on November 6, 2012, to elect 16 of the 33 seats for the Tennessee's State Senate. The elections coincided with the
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elections. The primary elections were held on August 2, 2012.
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gained 6 seats, getting a supermajority
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in the Senate chamber.
Retirements
Five incumbents (4 Democrats and 1 Republican) did not run for re-election in 2012. Those incumbents are:Democrats
# District 10: Andy Berke retired to run for mayor ofChattanooga
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in 2013
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# District 16: Eric Stewart
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retired to run for Tennessee's 4th congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
# District 20
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: Joe M. Haynes
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retired.
# District 24
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: Roy Herron retired.
Republicans
# District 18: Kerry Roberts retired.Incumbents defeated
In the primary election
Democrats
#District 30
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: Beverly Marrero
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lost renomination to Jim Kyle
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.
In the general election
Democrats
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: Tim Barnes lost to Mark Green
Results summary
Closest races
Three races were decided by a margin of under 10%:Detailed results by State Senate District
District 2
District 4
Republican primary
General election
District 6
Republican primary
Democratic primary
General election
District 8
District 10
District 12
Republican primary
General election
District 14
District 16
District 18
District 20
District 22
Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Results by county
District 24
District 26
Republican primary
Democratic primary
General election
District 28
District 30
District 32
See also
*2012 Tennessee elections
Tennessee state elections in 2012 were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Primary elections for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as various jud ...
* 2012 Tennessee House of Representatives election
The 2012 Tennessee House of Representatives election was held on November 6, 2012, to elect 99 seats for the Tennessee House of Representatives. The elections coincided with the 2012 United States presidential election in Tennessee, Presidential ...
References
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