2002 Tennessee Senate election

none related races 2002 United States state legislative elections 2002 United States Senate election in Tennessee December 2025 ly 2002 Tennessee Senate election Tennessee legislative 2000 Tennessee Senate election 2000 2004 Tennessee Senate election 2004 17 of the 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate 17 November 5, 2002 File:John Wilder.jpg John Shelton Wilder Democratic Party (United States) 26th district 18 18 332,487 44.04% File:Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey (cropped).jpg Ron Ramsey Republican Party (United States) 4th district 15 15 412,490 54.27% 330px#0671B0 Democratic gain #CA0120 Republican gain#F48882 Republican hold #92C5DE Democratic hold#d0d0d0 No Election Results by gains and holds 330px #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #a80000 >90% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #0d0596 >90% Results by winning party vote share Speaker John Shelton Wilder Democratic Party (United States) John Shelton Wilder Democratic Party (United States) The 2002 Tennessee State Senate election was held on Tuesday November 5, 2002, to determine which party would control the Tennessee Senate for the following two years in the 103rd Tennessee General Assembly. The seventeen odd-numbered districts of the 33 seat Tennessee Senate were up for election. Prior to the election 18 seats were held by Democrats and 15 were held by Republicans. Primary elections were held on August 1, 2002. The general election saw both parties holding on to the same amount of seats as the previous election, meaning that Democrats retained control of the Tennessee Senate.https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/sos/election/results/2002-11/tn-senate.pdf General Election sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com 2025-11-14https://ballotpedia.org/Tennessee_State_Senate_elections,_2002 Tennessee State Senate elections, 2002 ballotpedia.org 2025-11-14 Retirements Two incumbent Republicans did not run for re-election in 2002. Those incumbents were: District 13: Gene Elsea retired. District 23: Marsha Blackburn retired to successfully run for the U.S. House of Representatives for Tennessee's 7th congressional district. Incumbents defeated In the primary election Republicans District 1: Tommy Haun (R) lost renomination to Steve Southerland.https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/sos/election/results/2002-8/senate-rp8-02.pdf Republican Primary sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com 2025-11-14 Democrats District 17: Robert Rochelle (D) lost renomination to Sherry Fisher.https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/sos/election/results/2002-8/senate-dp8-02.pdf Democratic Primary sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com 2025-11-14 In the general election Republicans District 27: Bobby Carter (R) lost re-election to Don McLeary. Predictions SourceRankingAs of Cook Political ReportJacobson Louis October 4, 2002 2002 State Legislature Ratings https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/cpr-archives/cook-political-report-october-4-2002 bot: unknown The Cook Political Report 149–150 10.7910/DVN/EH6LU0 subscription https://web.archive.org/web/20250907071649/https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/cpr-archives/cook-political-report-october-4-2002 2025-09-07 Harvard Dataverse 2025-11-14 | Lean D October 4, 2002 Results summary PartyCandidatesVotesSeatsNo. Number%BeforeUpWonAfter+/–Democratic14332,48744.04%187718Republican14412,49054.27%15101015 Independent410,0041.33%0000Total754,981100.00%3333Source: Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Republican Republican Party (United States) 54.27 Democratic Democratic Party (United States) 44.04 Other #777777 1.33 Senate seats #ddd 600px 410px Democratic Democratic Party (United States) 54.55 Republican Republican Party (United States) 45.45 Closest races Three races were decided by a margin of under 10%: District Winner Margin District 17 data-sort-value=1 (gain) 5.60% District 13 data-sort-value=1 8.42% District 27 data-sort-value=1 (gain) 8.76% Results by district +DistrictDemocraticRepublicanOthersTotalResultVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%District 1––25,111100.00%––25,111100.00%Republican holdDistrict 38,12919.30%30,75873.03%3,2327.67%42,119100.00%Republican holdDistrict 518,63634.52%35,34565.48%––53,981100.00%Republican holdDistrict 717,21038.09%26,81259.34%1,1592.57%45,181100.00%Republican holdDistrict 917,28239.75%26,19560.25%––43,477100.00%Republican holdDistrict 11––41,443100.00%––41,443100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1322,76945.79%26,96054.21%––49,729100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1530,94258.11%21,69140.74%6141.15%53,247100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1725,59247.20%28,62452.80%––54,216100.00%Republican gainDistrict 1927,872100.00%––––27,872100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2132,70863.42%18,86536.58%––51,573100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 23––55,870100.00%––55,870100.00%Republican holdDistrict 2528,67762.94%16,88737.06%––45,564100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2727,70654.62%23,01845.38%––50,724100.00%Democratic gainDistrict 2927,480100.00%––––27,480100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 3111,18621.89%34,91168.32%4,9999.79%51,096100.00%Republican holdDistrict 3336,298100.00%––––36,298100.00%Democratic hold Candidates and results District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 31 • District 33__NOTOC__ District 1 Republican primary Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Steve Southerland 14,232 56.98% Republican Party (United States) Tommy Haun (incumbent) 10,746 43.02% 24,978 100.00% General election Tennessee's 1st State Senate District General Election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Steve Southerland 25,111 100.00% 25,111 100.00% Republican Party (United States) District 3 Republican primary Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Rusty Crowe (incumbent) 14,153 60.57% Republican Party (United States) Kevin D. Cole 9,212 39.43% 23,365 100.00% Democratic primary Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Richard Dale Gabriel 3,656 100.00% 3,656 100.00% General election Tennessee's 3rd State Senate District General Election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Rusty Crowe (incumbent) 30,758 73.03% Democratic Party (United States) Richard Dale Gabriel 8,129 19.30% Independent (United States) Charlie Mattioli 3,232 7.67% 42,119 100.00% Republican Party (United States) District 5 Republican primary Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Randy McNally (incumbent) 11,692 50.92% Republican Party (United States) Lee Frank 11,271 49.08% 22,963 100.00% Democratic primary Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Gary Farmer 11,591 100.00% 11,591 100.00% General election Tennessee's 5th State Senate District General Election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Randy McNally (incumbent) 35,345 65.48% Democratic Party (United States) Gary Farmer 18,636 34.52% 53,981 100.00% Republican Party (United States) District 7 Republican primary Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Tim Burchett (incumbent) 13,250 100.00% 13,250 100.00% Democratic primary Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Bill Owen 6,027 79.41% Democratic Party (United States) Kendall Gene Wells 1,562 20.59% 7,589 100.00% General election Tennessee's 7th State Senate District General Election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Tim Burchett (incumbent) 26,812 59.34% Democratic Party (United States) Bill Owen 17,210 38.09% Independent (United States) Joe Burchfield 1,159 2.57% 45,181 100.00% Republican Party (United States) District 9 Republican primary Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Jeff Miller (incumbent) 9,953 48.85% Republican Party (United States) Calvin Rockholt 6,950 34.11% Republican Party (United States) Hal Y. Roe 3,470 17.04% 20,373 100.00% Democratic primary Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Ronald D. Moore 5,655 66.60% Democratic Party (United States) Charles S. Heron Jr. 2,836 33.40% 8,491 100.00% General election Tennessee's 9th State Senate District General Election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Jeff Miller (incumbent) 26,195 60.25% Democratic Party (United States) Ronald D. Moore 17,282 39.75% 43,477 100.00% Republican Party (United States) District 11 Republican primary Republican primary Republican Party (United States) David Fowler (incumbent) 15,913 100.00% 15,913 100.00% General election Tennessee's 11th State Senate District General Election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) David Fowler (incumbent) 41,443 100.00% 41,443 100.00% Republican Party (United States) District 13 Republican primary Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Bill Ketron 6,811 53.54% Republican Party (United States) Alan Pedigo 5,910 46.46% 12,721 100.00% Democratic primary Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Bobby Sands 13,043 100.00% 13,043 100.00% General election Tennessee's 13th State Senate District General Election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Bill Ketron 26,960 54.21% Democratic Party (United States) Ronald D. Moore 22,769 45.79% 49,729 100.00% Republican Party (United States) District 15 Republican primary Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Paul Bailey 10,848 100.00% 10,848 100.00% Democratic primary Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Charlotte Burks (incumbent) 23,614 100.00% 23,614 100.00% General election Tennessee's 15th State Senate District General Election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Charlotte Burks (incumbent) 30,942 58.11% Republican Party (United States) Paul Bailey 21,691 40.74% Independent (United States) Robert E. Grubb 614 1.15% 53,247 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) District 17 Republican primary Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Mae Beavers 13,159 100.00% 13,159 100.00% Democratic primary Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Sherry Fisher 9,883 58.56% Democratic Party (United States) Robert Rochelle (incumbent) 6,993 41.44% 16,876 100.00% General election Tennessee's 17th State Senate District General Election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Mae Beavers 28,624 52.80% Democratic Party (United States) Sherry Fisher 25,592 47.20% 54,216 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 19 Democratic primary Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Thelma Harper (incumbent) 14,798 100.00% 14,798 100.00% General election Tennessee's 19th State Senate District General Election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Thelma Harper (incumbent) 27,872 100.00% 27,872 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) District 21 Republican primary Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Tom Alexander 9,138 100.00% 9,138 100.00% Democratic primary Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Douglas Henry (incumbent) 11,669 60.95% Democratic Party (United States) Jeff Wilson 7,476 39.05% 19,145 100.00% General election Tennessee's 21st State Senate District General Election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Douglas Henry (incumbent) 32,708 63.42% Republican Party (United States) Tom Alexander 18,865 36.58% 51,573 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) District 23 Republican primary Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Jim Bryson 11,510 48.91% Republican Party (United States) Clint Callicott 9,882 41.99% Republican Party (United States) Laban Samuel Defriese 2,141 9.10% 23,533 100.00% General election Tennessee's 23rd State Senate District General Election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Jim Bryson 55,870 100.00% 55,870 100.00% Republican Party (United States) District 25 Republican primary Republican primary Republican Party (United States) James F. Brasfield 9,679 100.00% 9,679 100.00% Democratic primary Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Douglas S. Jackson (incumbent) 19,992 100.00% 19,992 100.00% General election Tennessee's 25th State Senate District General Election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Douglas S. Jackson (incumbent) 28,677 62.94% Republican Party (United States) James F. Brasfield 16,887 37.06% 45,564 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) District 27 Republican primary Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Bobby Carter (incumbent) 12,389 100.00% 12,389 100.00% Democratic primary Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Don McLeary 9,088 52.50% Democratic Party (United States) Alex J. Leech 6,801 39.29% Democratic Party (United States) Harold T. Smith 1,422 8.21% 17,311 100.00% General election Tennessee's 27th State Senate District General Election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Don McLeary 27,706 54.62% Republican Party (United States) Bobby Carter (incumbent) 23,018 45.38% 50,724 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 29 Democratic primary Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) John Ford (incumbent) 17,397 78.15% Democratic Party (United States) Richard B. Fields 4,863 21.85% 22,260 100.00% General election Tennessee's 29th State Senate District General Election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) John Ford (incumbent) 27,480 100.00% 27,480 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) District 31 Republican primary Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Curtis S. Person Jr. (incumbent) 24,739 100.00% 24,739 100.00% Democratic primary Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Anthony D'Agostino 24,739 100.00% 24,739 100.00% General election Tennessee's 31st State Senate District General Election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Curtis S. Person Jr. (incumbent) 34,911 68.32% Democratic Party (United States) Anthony D'Agostino 11,186 21.89% Independent (United States) Barbara Leding 4,999 9.79% 51,096 100.00% Republican Party (United States) District 33 Democratic primary Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Roscoe Dixon (incumbent) 24,170 100.00% 24,170 100.00% General election Tennessee's 33rd State Senate District General Election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Roscoe Dixon (incumbent) 36,298 100.00% 36,298 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) See also 2002 Tennessee elections 2002 Tennessee gubernatorial election 2002 Tennessee House of Representatives election References Category:Tennessee Senate elections Category:2002 Tennessee elections Category:2002 in Tennessee Category:November 2002 Category:November 2002 in North America Category:November 2002 in the United States Category:2002 elections Category:2000s elections Category:2002 elections in North America Category:2002 elections in the United States Category:2000s Tennessee elections Category:2000s in Tennessee Category:2000s elections in North America Category:2000s elections in the United States Tennessee Senate election