2010 Tennessee Senate election

For related races, see 2010 United States state legislative elections.

The 2010 Tennessee State Senate election was held on November 2, 2010, to elect 17 of the 33 seats for the Tennessee's State Senate. The elections coincided with the Governor, U.S. House, and State House elections. The primary elections were held on August 5, 2010.^[1][2][3]

2010 Tennessee Senate election

← 2008 November 2, 2010 2012 →
17 of the 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate 17 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Ron Ramsey Jim Kyle Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 4th district 28th district Seats before 19 14 Seats won 20 13 Seat change 1 1
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%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      >90%
Speaker before election Ron Ramsey Republican Elected Speaker Ron Ramsey Republican

Republicans gained 1 seat, expanding their Senate majority.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing[4]	Likely R	November 1, 2010

Results summary

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republican				19			20	1
	Democratic				14			13	1
	Independent				0			0
	Write-in				0			0
Total					33			33
Source:

Popular vote Republican   % Democratic   % Other   %

Senate seats Republican   60.61% Democratic   39.39%

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Results

See also

• 2010 Tennessee elections
• 2010 Tennessee House of Representatives election