| Election Name: | 2012 Tennessee elections |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
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.
See main article: 2012 United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary and 2012 Tennessee Republican presidential primary.
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.
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral 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 | |||
| Election Name: | 2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Candidate1: | Barack Obama |
| Color1: | 017dcf |
| Home State1: | Illinois |
| Popular Vote1: | 80,357 |
| Percentage1: | 88.48% |
| Delegate Count1: | 82 |
| Candidate2: | Uncommitted |
| Color2: | 000000 |
| Popular Vote2: | 10,497 |
| Percentage2: | 11.51% |
| Delegate Count2: | 0 |
| Votes For Election: | 82 pledged delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention |
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barack Obama (incumbent) | 80,705 | 88.48% | 82 | |
| Uncommitted | 10,497 | 11.51% | rowspan="2" | |
| John Wolfe Jr. (write-in) | 7 | 0.01% | ||
| Total | 91,209 | 100% | 82 |
| Election Name: | 2012 Tennessee Republican presidential primary |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Tennessee Republican presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Tennessee Republican presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Image1: | Rick Santorum by Gage Skidmore.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Rick Santorum |
| Home State1: | Pennsylvania |
| Delegate Count1: | 29 |
| Popular Vote1: | 205,809 |
| Percentage1: | 37.11% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Candidate2: | Mitt Romney |
| Home State2: | Massachusetts |
| Delegate Count2: | 14 |
| Popular Vote2: | 155,630 |
| Percentage2: | 28.06% |
| Image4: | Newt Gingrich by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate4: | Newt Gingrich |
| Home State4: | Georgia |
| Delegate Count4: | 9 |
| Popular Vote4: | 132,889 |
| Percentage4: | 23.96% |
| Image5: | Ron Paul by Gage Skidmore 3 (crop 2).jpg |
| Candidate5: | Ron Paul |
| Home State5: | Texas |
| Delegate Count5: | 0 |
| Popular Vote5: | 50,156 |
| Percentage5: | 9.04% |
| Color1: | 008000 |
| Color2: | ff6600 |
| Color4: | 800080 |
| Color5: | ffcc00 |
| Votes For Election: | 58 Republican National Convention delegates |
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Projected delegate count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYT [3] | CNN [4] | FOX [5] | ||||
| 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 | |
See main article: 2012 United States Senate election in Tennessee.
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bob Corker won a second term in a landslide, carrying all but two counties in the state.
August 2, 2012, Primary Results
See main article: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee.
Tennessee elected nine U.S. representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine congressional districts.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||||
| 1988 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||||
| 2010 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||||
| 2010 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||||
| 1982 1994 2002 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||||
| 2010 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||||
| 2002 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||||
| 2010 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||||
| 2006 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
See main article: 2012 Tennessee Senate election.
See also: Tennessee General Assembly. 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.
See main article: 2012 Tennessee House of Representatives election. 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.