Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

's 9th Senate district is one of 33 districts in the

Tennessee Senate The Tennessee Senate is the upper house of the U.S. state of Tennessee , Tennessee's state legislature, which is known formally as the Tennessee General Assembly. The Tennessee Senate has the power to pass resolutions concerning essentially any ...

. It has been represented by Republican Steve Southerland since 2003. Before 2022 redistricting, the district was mainly located where the current 1st district is now.

Geography

District 9 is located to the northeast of

Knoxville Knoxville is a city in Knox County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located on the Tennessee River and had a population of 190,740 at the 2020 United States census. It is the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division ...

, and stretches to areas outside of the Tri-Cities region. It includes parts of the

Morristown Metropolitan Area The Morristown Metropolitan Statistical Area, commonly known as the Lakeway Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties - Hamblen County, Tennessee, Hamblen, and Jefferson County, Tennessee, Jefferso ...

. It covers Sevier,

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, Hamblen, Cocke, and Unicoi counties. Some notable cities in the district include Morristown, Newport,

Gatlinburg Gatlinburg is a city in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States. It is located southeast of Knoxville and had a population of 3,577 at the 2020 census. It is a popular mountain resort town, as it rests on the border of Great Smoky Mountains Nat ...

, and Greeneville.

Recent election results

Tennessee Senators are elected to staggered four-year terms, with odd-numbered districts holding elections in midterm years and even-numbered districts holding elections in presidential years.

Results under old lines and old district name (CD-1 2012–2022)

2018

2014

Federal and statewide results

References

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