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2012 Tennessee House of Representatives election

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99 Seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives
50 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Beth Harwell Craig Fitzhugh Kent Williams
Party Republican Democratic Carter County Republican [1]
Leader's seat 56th District 82nd District 4th
District
Last election 64 seats 34 seats 1 seat
Seats won 71 27 1
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 7 Steady

Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     Independent Republican hold

Speaker of the House before election

Beth Harwell
Republican

Elected Speaker of the House

Beth Harwell
Republican

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 Presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State Senate elections.

Republicans gained 7 seats, getting a supermajority in the House chamber. [2] [3]

Results summary

Summary of the November 6, 2012 Tennessee House election results
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % No. +/–
Republican 71 7 Increase
Democratic 27 7 Decrease
Independent 1 1 Steady
Write-in 0 Steady
Total 100.00 99 Steady
Source: [1]
Popular vote
Republican
%
Democratic
%
Independent
%
Write-ins
%
House seats
Republican
71.72%
Democratic
27.27%
Independent
1.01%

Close races

Results

Retirements

Republicans

Democrats

Incumbents defeated

Republicans

Democrats

Independents

Detailed results by State House district

District 1

Republican primary

General election

District 2

Republican primary

Democratic primary

General election

District 3

Republican primary

General election

District 4

Republican primary

General election

District 5

District 6

District 7

District 8

District 9

District 10

District 11

District 12

District 13

District 14

District 15

District 16

District 17

District 18

District 19

District 20

District 21

District 22

District 23

District 24

District 25

District 26

District 27

District 28

District 29

District 30

District 31

District 32

District 33

District 34

District 35

District 36

District 37

District 38

District 39

District 40

District 41

District 42

District 43

District 44

District 45

District 46

District 47

District 48

District 49

District 50

District 51

District 52

District 53

District 54

District 55

District 56

District 57

District 58

District 59

District 60

District 61

District 62

District 63

District 64

District 65

District 66

District 67

District 68

District 69

District 70

District 71

District 72

District 73

District 74

District 75

District 76

District 77

District 78

District 79

District 80

District 81

District 82

District 83

District 84

District 85

District 86

District 87

District 88

District 89

District 90

District 91

District 92

District 93

District 94

District 95

District 96

District 97

District 98

District 99

See also

References

  1. ^ On February 10, 2009, the executive committee of the Tennessee Republican Party voted to strip Speaker of the House Kent Williams of his party affiliation after he colluded with Democrats to be elected speaker. Williams chose "Carter County Republican" as his new party designation.
  2. ^ "Republicans Gain Supermajority In Tennessee House & Senate". WREG.com. 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  3. ^ "Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2012". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-02-14.