Tennessee's 16th Senate district

Tennessee's 16th Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Tennessee Senate. It has been represented by Republican Janice Bowling since 2012, succeeding Democrat Eric Stewart.^[2]

Tennessee's 16th State Senate district
CD-16 2022 to present CD-16 2012 to 2022
Senator	Janice Bowling R–Tullahoma
Demographics	87% White 4% Black 6% Hispanic 1% Asian 3% Multiracial
Population (2022)	211,347[1]

Geography

District 16 is based in the rural areas to the west of Chattanooga, covering all of Coffee, DeKalb, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, and Warren Counties. Communities in the district include Tullahoma, Manchester, McMinnville, Winchester, and Gruetli-Laager.^[3]

The district overlaps with Tennessee's 4th and 6th congressional districts.^[4] It borders the state of Alabama.^[1]

Recent election results

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

Results under old lines (2012–2022)

2020

2020 Tennessee Senate election, District 16^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Janice Bowling (incumbent)	62,379	76.0
	Democratic	Sheila Younglove	19,687	24.0
Total votes			82,066	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 Tennessee Senate election, District 16^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Janice Bowling (incumbent)	10,235	81.7
	Republican	Michael Shane Wilcher	2,287	18.3
Total votes			12,522	100
	Democratic	Mike Winton	3,342	70.3
	Democratic	Alice Demetreon	1,414	29.7
Total votes			4,756	100
General election
	Republican	Janice Bowling (incumbent)	46,846	67.8
	Democratic	Mike Winton	22,205	32.2
Total votes			69,051	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 16^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Lewis	2,937	27.6
	Democratic	Steve Roller	2,902	27.3
	Democratic	Justin Walling	2,878	27.0
	Democratic	Kevin Lawrence	1,256	11.8
	Democratic	Jeff Bottoms	670	6.3
Total votes			10,643	100
	Republican	Janice Bowling	8,162	60.1
	Republican	Ron Stolzfus	2,280	16.8
	Republican	Eric Chance	2,277	16.8
	Republican	Rod McClellan	866	6.4
Total votes			13,585	100
General election
	Republican	Janice Bowling	40,139	62.9
	Democratic	Jim Lewis	23,636	37.1
Total votes			63,775	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[6][7]
2020	President	Trump 75.1 – 23.1%
2016	President	Trump 72.2 – 24.6%
2012	President	Romney 63.9 – 34.3%
	Senate	Corker 69.2 – 26.8%