2012 Tennessee House of Representatives election should not be confused with 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee.
Election Name: | 2012 Tennessee House of Representatives election |
Country: | Tennessee |
Type: | legislative |
Previous Election: | 2010 Tennessee House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 2010 |
Next Election: | 2014 Tennessee House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 2014 |
Seats For Election: | 99 Seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 50 |
Election Date: | November 6, 2012 |
Image1: | File:Beth Harwell (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | Beth Harwell |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Leaders Seat1: | 56th: Nashville |
Last Election1: | 64 seats |
Seats1: | 71 |
Seat Change1: | 7 |
Leader2: | Craig Fitzhugh |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Leaders Seat2: | 82nd: Ripley |
Last Election2: | 34 seats |
Seats2: | 27 |
Seat Change2: | 7 |
Map Size: | 400px |
Speaker of the House | |
Before Election: | Beth Harwell |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Beth Harwell |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Image3: | File:Kent Williams (13785682755) (cropped).jpg |
Party3: | Carter County Republican[1] |
Leader3: | Kent Williams |
Last Election3: | 1 seat |
Colour3: | F08E4D |
Seats3: | 1 |
Leaders Seat3: | 4th: Elizabethton |
The 2012 Tennessee House of Representatives election was held on November 6, 2012, to elect 99 seats for the Tennessee House of Representatives. The elections coincided with the Presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State Senate elections.
Republicans gained 7 seats, getting a supermajority in the House chamber.[2] [3]
Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||||||
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% | +/– | |||||||||
Republican | 71 | 7 | ||||||||
Democratic | 27 | 7 | ||||||||
Independent | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Write-in | 0 | |||||||||
Total | 100.00 | 99 | ||||||||
Source: https://sos.tn.gov/elections/results#2012 |