2022 Tennessee Senate election

2022 Tennessee State Senate election

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17 of the 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate 17 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Randy McNally Jeff Yarbro Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 5th district 21st district Last election 26 seats 6 seats Seats before 26 6
Speaker before election Randy McNally Republican Elected Speaker TBD

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Election to 17 of 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate will be held on November 8, 2022. The election will be concurrent with the governor's election, and election of 99 State House members. The primary election will be held on August 4, 2022.^[1]

Retirements[]

Republicans[]

District 9: Mike Bell is retiring.^[2]

District 31: Brian Kelsey is retiring. ^[3]

Democrats[]

No Democrats have announced retirements as of June 8, 2022.

Overview[]

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
District 1	Steve Southerland	Republican	2002	Incumbent's intent unknown.	TBD
District 3	Rusty Crowe	Republican	1990	Incumbent running.	Rusty Crowe (Republican)[4]
District 5	Randy McNally	Republican	1986	Incumbent's intent unknown.	TBD
District 7	Richard Briggs	Republican	2014	Incumbent's intent unknown.	TBD
District 9	Mike Bell	Republican	2010	Incumbent retiring[2]	Mark Hall (Republican)[5]
District 11	Bo Watson	Republican	2006	Incumbent's intent unknown.	Dennis Beavers (Republican)[6]
District 13	Dawn White	Republican	2018	Incumbent's intent unknown.	TBD
District 15	Paul Bailey	Republican	2014	Incumbent's intent unknown.	TBD
District 17	Mark Pody	Republican	2018	Incumbent running.	Mark Pody (Republican) [7]
District 19	Brenda Gilmore	Democratic	2018	Incumbent running.	Brenda Gilmore (Democratic)[7]
District 21	Jeff Yarbro	Democratic	2014	Incumbent running.	Jeff Yarbro (Democratic)[7]
District 23	Jack Johnson	Republican	2006	Incumbent has filed to run.[8]	TBD
District 25	Kerry Roberts	Republican	2014	Incumbent's intent unknown.	TBD
District 27	Ed Jackson	Republican	2014	Incumbent's intent unknown.	TBD
District 29	Raumesh Akbari	Democratic	2018	Incumbent's intent unknown.	TBD
District 31	Brian Kelsey	Republican	2008	Incumbent retiring.[3]	TBD
District 33	London Lamar	Democratic	2022 (Appointed)	Incumbent appointed, intent to run is unknown.	TBD

District 1[]

The incumbent is Republican Steve Southerland, who was re-elected with 100% of the vote in 2018 with no opposition.

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

No candidates have declared their candidacy for this seat yet.

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

No candidates have declared their candidacy for this seat yet.

Potential[]

• Steve Southerland, incumbent Senator since 2003

General election[]

Tennessee's 1st State Senate District General Election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	TBD
	Democratic	TBD
Total votes

District 3[]

The incumbent is Republican Rusty Crowe, who was re-elected with 100% of the vote in 2018 with no opposition. He is running for re-election.

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

No candidates have declared their candidacy for this seat yet.

Declined[]

• Brad Batt, candidate for Tennessee House of Representatives in 2020^{[citation needed]}

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

• Rusty Crowe, incumbent Senator^[4]

General election[]

Tennessee's 3rd State Senate District General Election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	TBD
	Democratic	TBD
Total votes

Notes[]

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