Tennessee state elections in 2012 were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Primary elections for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as various judicial retention elections, were held on August 2, 2012.
Presidential election President of the United States
In 2012, Tennessee was a stronghold for the Republican Party, and was considered a reliable "red state." Tennessee had 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College at the time. In the general election, Republican candidate Mitt Romney won the state with 59.42% of the vote to Incumbent Democratic President Obama's 39.04%.
The presidential primaries were held on March 6, 2012. Rick Santorum won Tennessee's Republican primary over former governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts. Incumbent President Barack Obama won the Democratic primary, running unopposed.
Results + 2012 United States presidential election in TennesseePartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes 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
March 6, 2012, Primary Results
2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primaryCandidateVotes%DelegatesBarack Obama (incumbent)80,70588.48%82Uncommitted10,49711.51% rowspan="2" John Wolfe Jr. (write-in)70.01%Total91,209100%82
+ 2012 Tennessee Republican presidential primary Candidate Votes Percentage Projected delegate count NYT CNN FOX 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29 27 26 Mitt Romney 155,630 28.06% 14 15 12 Newt Gingrich 132,889 23.96% 9 8 9 Ron Paul 50,156 9.04% 0 0 0 Rick Perry (withdrawn) 1,966 0.35% 0 0 0 Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) 1,895 0.34% 0 0 0 Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) 1,239 0.22% 0 0 0 Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) 881 0.16% 0 0 0 Gary Johnson (withdrawn) 572 0.10% 0 0 0 Uncommitted 3,536 0.64% 0 0 0 Unprojected delegates: 6 8 9 Total: 554,573 100.00% 58 58 58
United States Congress Senate
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bob Corker won a second term in a landslide, carrying all but two counties in the state.
Results
August 2, 2012, Primary Results
House of Representatives
Tennessee elected nine U.S. representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine congressional districts.
Results District Incumbent Party Firstelected Result Candidates 2008 Incumbent re-elected. 1988 Incumbent re-elected. 2010 Incumbent re-elected. 2010 Incumbent re-elected. 19821994 2002 Incumbent re-elected. 2010 Incumbent re-elected. 2002 Incumbent re-elected. 2010 Incumbent re-elected. 2006 Incumbent re-elected.
State legislature State Senate
Results by senate districts
Winners:
Elections for 16 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 6, 2012.
After this election, Republicans had 26 seats while Democrats had 7 seats, with Republicans gaining six seats.
State House of Representatives
Results by State House districts
Winners:
The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee 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 during this election.
See also Elections in Tennessee Political party strength in Tennessee Tennessee Democratic Party Tennessee Republican Party Government of Tennessee 2012 United States elections
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