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2012 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% >90% >90% |
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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
Presidential,
U.S. Senate,
U.S. House, and
State House elections. The
primary elections were held on August 2, 2012.
[1]
Republicans gained 6 seats, getting a
supermajority in the Senate chamber.
[2]
[3]
Retirements
Five incumbents (4
Democrats and 1
Republican) did not run for re-election in 2012. Those incumbents are:
Democrats
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District 10:
Andy Berke retired to run for
mayor of
Chattanooga in
2013.
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District 16:
Eric Stewart retired to run for
Tennessee's 4th congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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District 20:
Joe M. Haynes retired.
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District 24:
Roy Herron retired.
Republicans
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District 18:
Kerry Roberts retired.
Incumbents defeated
In the primary election
Democrats
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District 30:
Beverly Marrero lost renomination to
Jim Kyle.
In the general election
Democrats
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District 22:
Tim Barnes lost to
Mark Green
Results summary
Party
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Candidates
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Votes
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Seats
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No.
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%
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Before
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Up
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Won
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After
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+/–
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Republican
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15
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704,393
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69.94%
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20
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9
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15
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26
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6
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Democratic
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10
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302,714
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30.06%
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13
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7
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1
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7
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6
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Total
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1,007,107
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100.00%
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33
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16
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16
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33
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Source:
[1]
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Popular vote |
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Republican |
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69.94% |
Democratic |
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30.06% |
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Senate seats |
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Republican |
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78.79% |
Democratic |
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21.21% |
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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
2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 10
[8]
Primary election
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Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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Democratic
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Andrae McGary
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4,302
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61.6
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Democratic
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David Testerman
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1,705
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24.4
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Democratic
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Quenston Coleman
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979
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14.0
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Total votes
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6,986
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100
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Republican
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Todd Gardenhire
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8,022
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50.1
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Republican
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Greg Vital
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7,982
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49.9
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Total votes
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16,004
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100
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General election
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Republican
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Todd Gardenhire
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36,557
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54.32%
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Democratic
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Andrae McGary
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30,745
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45.68%
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Total votes
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67,302
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100.00%
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Republican gain from
Democratic
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District 12
Republican primary
General election
District 14
District 16
2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 16
[11]
Primary election
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Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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Democratic
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Jim Lewis
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2,937
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27.60
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Democratic
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Steve Roller
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2,902
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27.27
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Democratic
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Justin Walling
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2,878
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27.04
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Democratic
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Kevin Lawrence
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1,256
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11.80
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Democratic
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Jeff Bottoms
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670
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6.30
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Total votes
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10,643
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100.00
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Republican
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Janice Bowling
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8,162
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60.1
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Republican
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Ron Stolzfus
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2,280
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16.8
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Republican
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Eric Chance
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2,277
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16.8
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Republican
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Rod McClellan
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866
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6.4
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Total votes
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13,585
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100
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General election
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Republican
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Janice Bowling
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40,139
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62.9
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Democratic
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Jim Lewis
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23,636
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37.1
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Total votes
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63,775
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100
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Republican gain from
Democratic
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District 18
District 20
2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 20
[13]
Primary election
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Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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Democratic
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Phillip North
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5,148
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74.3
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Democratic
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James Baxter
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1,784
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25.7
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Total votes
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6,932
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100
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Republican
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Steven Dickerson
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5,378
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48.5
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Republican
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David Hall
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3,325
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30.0
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Republican
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Rob Mortenson
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2,379
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21.5
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Total votes
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11,082
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100
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General election
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Republican
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Steven Dickerson
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46,254
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54.08%
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Democratic
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Phillip North
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39,280
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45.92%
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Total votes
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85,534
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100.00%
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Republican gain from
Democratic
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District 22
Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Results by county
County
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Green
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%
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Barnes
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%
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Total
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Houston
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1,317
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45.23%
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1,595
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54.77%
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2,912
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Montgomery
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28,197
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53.66%
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24,348
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46.34%
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52,545
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Stewart
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2,449
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51.42%
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2,314
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48.58%
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4,763
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County results
Green: 50–60%
Barnes: 50–60%
District 24
District 26
Republican primary
Democratic primary
General election
District 28
District 30
District 32
See also
References