Tennessee Senate: Party Control and History

Current seats

Republican majorityDemocrats 6, Republicans 27. 33 seats; 17 for a majority.

Democrats 6Republicans 27

Control counts seats by party; coalitions and power-sharing agreements are not shown.

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

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Democrat 6Republican 27

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2024: the candidate(s) with the most votes in each contest (MEDSL); contests with unreliable rows are not shown. Lines of the 2024 elections (US Census Bureau).

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

Seats after each election, 1968-2022

Seats by election, table

Year	D	R	Other	Seats	Control
2022	6	27	0	33	Republican majority
2020	6	27	0	33	Republican majority
2018	5	28	0	33	Republican majority
2016	5	28	0	33	Republican majority
2014	5	28	0	33	Republican majority
2012	7	26	0	33	Republican majority
2010	13	20	0	33	Republican majority
2008	14	19	0	33	Republican majority
2006	16	17	0	33	Republican majority
2004	16	17	0	33	Republican majority
2002	18	15	0	33	Democratic majority
2000	17	15	1	33	Democratic majority
1998	17	15	1	33	Democratic majority
1996	19	14	0	33	Democratic majority
1994	18	15	0	33	Democratic majority
1992	19	14	0	33	Democratic majority
1990	20	13	0	33	Democratic majority
1988	22	11	0	33	Democratic majority
1986	23	10	0	33	Democratic majority
1984	23	10	0	33	Democratic majority
1982	22	11	0	33	Democratic majority
1980	20	12	1	33	Democratic majority
1978	20	12	1	33	Democratic majority
1976	23	9	1	33	Democratic majority
1974	20	12	1	33	Democratic majority
1972	19	13	1	33	Democratic majority
1970	19	13	1	33	Democratic majority
1968	20	13	0	33	Democratic majority

Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022: version 1.0, released June 12, 2024; a fixed historic release.

District results, 2016-2024

The candidate with the most votes in each contest.

2024: 16 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
2	TOM HATCHER	Republican	78.8%
4	BOBBY HARSHBARGER	Republican	76.8%
6	BECKY DUNCAN MASSEY	Republican	64.2%
8	JESSIE SEAL	Republican	83.6%
10	TODD GARDENHIRE	Republican	61.2%
12	KEN YAGER	Republican	85.6%
14	SHANE REEVES	Republican	68.0%
16	JANICE BOWLING	Republican	75.9%
18	FERRELL HAILE	Republican	67.6%
20	HEIDI CAMPBELL	Democrat	57.4%
22	BILL POWERS	Republican	61.0%
24	JOHN D STEVENS	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
26	PAGE WALLEY	Republican	100.0%
28	JOEY HENSLEY	Republican	74.8%
30	SARA P KYLE	Democrat	79.5%
32	PAUL W ROSE	Republican	100.0%	one candidate

2022: 17 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	J ADAM LOWE	Republican	83.1%
3	RUSTY CROWE	Republican	75.0%
5	RANDY MCNALLY	Republican	100.0%
7	RICHARD M BRIGGS	Republican	62.3%
9	STEVE SOUTHERLAND	Republican	82.9%
11	BO WATSON	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
13	DAWN WHITE	Republican	64.7%
15	PAUL BAILEY	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
17	MARK PODY	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
19	CHARLANE OLIVER	Democrat	83.2%
21	JEFF YARBRO	Democrat	76.7%
23	KERRY ROBERTS	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
25	ED JACKSON	Republican	79.4%
27	JACK JOHNSON	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
29	RAUMESH AKBARI	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
31	BRENT TAYLOR	Republican	66.3%
33	LONDON LAMAR	Democrat	80.6%

2020: 16 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
2	ART SWANN	Republican	97.8%
4	JON C LUNDBERG	Republican	79.1%
6	BECKY DUNCAN MASSEY	Republican	63.1%
8	FRANK S NICELEY	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
10	TODD GARDENHIRE	Republican	53.2%
12	KEN YAGER	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
14	SHANE REEVES	Republican	71.8%
16	JANICE BOWLING	Republican	76.0%
18	FERRELL HAILE	Republican	72.2%
20	HEIDI CAMPBELL	Democrat	51.8%
22	BILL POWERS	Republican	62.1%
24	JOHN D STEVENS	Republican	87.8%
26	PAGE WALLEY	Republican	75.9%
28	JOEY HENSLEY	Republican	78.4%
30	SARA P KYLE	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
32	PAUL W ROSE	Republican	69.1%

2018: 18 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	STEVE SOUTHERLAND	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
2 (special)	ART SWANN	Republican	99.3%
3	RUSTY CROWE	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
5	RANDY MCNALLY	Republican	71.8%
7	RICHARD BRIGGS	Republican	55.6%
9	MIKE BELL	Republican	77.7%
11	BO WATSON	Republican	65.1%
13	DAWN WHITE	Republican	57.1%
15	PAUL BAILEY	Republican	73.6%
17	MARK PODY	Republican	70.4%
19	BRENDA GILMORE	Democrat	85.8%
21	JEFF YARBRO	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
23	JACK JOHNSON	Republican	66.9%
25	KERRY ROBERTS	Republican	71.5%
27	ED JACKSON	Republican	65.1%
29	RAUMESH AKBARI	Democrat	83.5%
31	BRIAN KELSEY	Republican	50.9%
33	KATRINA ROBINSON	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate

2016: 16 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
2	Doug Overbey	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
4	Jon Lundberg	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
6	Becky Duncan Massey	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
8	Frank Niceley	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
10	Todd Gardenhire	not in source	55.9%	seats not in source
12	Ken Yager	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
14	Jim Tracy	not in source	74.4%	seats not in source
16	Janice Bowling	not in source	67.8%	seats not in source
18	Ferrell Haile	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
20	Steven Reid Dickerson	not in source	56.3%	seats not in source
22	Mark E. Green	not in source	67.0%	seats not in source
24	John D. Stevens	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
26	Dolores Gresham	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
28	Joey Hensley	not in source	74.6%	seats not in source
30	Sara P. Kyle	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
32	Mark Norris	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate

MEDSL precinct returns 2016-2024: a fixed historic release; the file records no release date.

Sources

Current members: Open States (CC0 1.0), commit 3a1d876 of November 3, 2026; seat totals from openstates-metadata (MIT).

Seats after each election: Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0).

District results: MEDSL precinct returns (2018-2024 CC0 1.0; 2016 MIT License).

District lines: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line cartographic boundaries (public domain), state legislative districts 2024, 1:500,000.

Data through November 3, 2026.