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Tennessee state elections in 2012 were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.Primary elections for theUnited States Senate,United States House of Representatives,Tennessee Senate, andTennessee House of Representatives, as well as variousjudicialretention elections, were held on August 2, 2012.
In 2012, Tennessee was a stronghold for theRepublican Party, and was considered a reliable "red state." Tennessee had 11 electoral votes in theElectoral College at the time. In the general election,Republican candidateMitt Romney won the state with 59.42% of the vote to IncumbentDemocraticPresidentObama's 39.04%.
The presidential primaries were held on March 6, 2012.Rick Santorum won Tennessee's Republican primary over former governorMitt Romney of Massachusetts.Incumbent President Barack Obama won the Democratic primary, running unopposed.
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
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| Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 1,462,330 | 59.42% | 11 | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | 960,709 | 39.04% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 18,623 | 0.67% | 0 | |
| Green | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 6,515 | 0.26% | 0 | |
| Constitution | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer | 6,022 | 0.24% | 0 | |
| Justice | Rocky Anderson | Luis J. Rodriguez | 2,639 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| American Third Position | Merlin Miller | Virginia D. Abernethy | 1,739 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,458,577 | 100.00% | 11 | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates |
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| Barack Obama(incumbent) | 80,705 | 88.48% | 82 |
| Uncommitted | 10,497 | 11.51% | |
| John Wolfe Jr.(write-in) | 7 | 0.01% | |
| Total | 91,209 | 100% | 82 |
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | ||
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 Rick Santorum | 205,809 | 37.11% | 29 | 27 | 26 |
| Mitt Romney | 155,630 | 28.06% | 14 | 15 | 12 |
| Newt Gingrich | 132,889 | 23.96% | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Ron Paul | 50,156 | 9.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Perry (withdrawn) | 1,966 | 0.35% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) | 1,895 | 0.34% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) | 1,239 | 0.22% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) | 881 | 0.16% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Johnson (withdrawn) | 572 | 0.10% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uncommitted | 3,536 | 0.64% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unprojected delegates: | 6 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Total: | 554,573 | 100.00% | 58 | 58 | 58 |
Incumbent Republican U.S. SenatorBob Corker won a second term in a landslide, carrying all but two counties in the state.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Bob Corker (incumbent) | 1,506,443 | 64.89% | +14.18% | |
| Democratic | Mark Clayton | 705,882 | 30.41% | −17.59% | |
| Green | Martin Pleasant | 38,472 | 1.66% | +1.52% | |
| Independent | Shaun Crowell | 20,936 | 0.90% | N/A | |
| Constitution | Kermit Steck | 18,620 | 0.80% | N/A | |
| Independent | James Higdon | 8,085 | 0.35% | N/A | |
| Independent | Michael Joseph Long | 8,080 | 0.35% | N/A | |
| Independent | Troy Stephen Scoggin | 7,148 | 0.31% | N/A | |
| Independent | David Gatchell | 6,523 | 0.28% | N/A | |
| n/a | Write-ins | 1,288 | 0.05% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 2,321,477 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
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August 2, 2012, Primary Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Mark E. Clayton | 48,126 | 29.99% | |
| Democratic | Gary Gene Davis | 24,789 | 15.45% | |
| Democratic | Park Overall | 24,263 | 15.12% | |
| Democratic | Larry Crim | 17,383 | 10.83% | |
| Democratic | Benjamin Roberts | 16,369 | 10.20% | |
| Democratic | David Hancock | 16,167 | 10.08 | |
| Democratic | Thomas Owens | 13,366 | 8.33 | |
| Total votes | 160,463 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Bob Corker (Incumbent) | 389,483 | 85.25% | |
| Republican | Zach Poskevich | 28,299 | 6.19% | |
| Republican | Fred Anderson | 15,942 | 3.49% | |
| Republican | Mark Twain Clemens | 11,788 | 2.58% | |
| Republican | Brenda Lenard | 11,378 | 2.49% | |
| Total votes | 456,890 | 100.00% | ||
Tennessee elected nineU.S. representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's ninecongressional districts.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
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| Tennessee 1 | Phil Roe | Republican | 2008 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 2 | Jimmy Duncan | Republican | 1988(Special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 3 | Chuck Fleischmann | Republican | 2010 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 4 | Scott DesJarlais | Republican | 2010 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 5 | Jim Cooper | Democratic | 1982 1994(retired) 2002 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 6 | Diane Black | Republican | 2010 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 7 | Marsha Blackburn | Republican | 2002 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 8 | Stephen Fincher | Republican | 2010 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 2006 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Republican | 60.55% | |||
| Democratic | 35.21% | |||
| Other | 4.24% | |||
| Republican | 77.78% | |||
| Democratic | 22.22% | |||
Results by senate districts
Winners: Republican hold Democratic hold Republican gain No election |
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Elections for 16 of the 33 seats inTennessee's State Senate were held on November 6, 2012.
After this election, Republicans had 26 seats while Democrats had 7 seats, with Republicans gainingsix seats.
Results by State House districts
Winners: Republican hold Democratic hold Independent Republican hold Republican gain Democratic gain |
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The election of all 99 seats in theTennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 6, 2012.
Republicans won 71 seats, while Democrats won 27 seats, and Independents won 1 seat. Republicans gained seven seats duringthis election.
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