2014 Tennessee Senate election should not be confused with 2014 United States Senate election in Tennessee.
| Election Name: | 2014 Tennessee Senate election |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | legislative |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Tennessee Senate election |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Seats For Election: | 18 of the 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 17 |
| Election Date: | November 4, 2014 |
| Leader1: | Ron Ramsey |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat1: | 4th district |
| Seats Before1: | 26 |
| Seats1: | 28 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 463,829 |
| Percentage1: | 71.20% |
| Swing1: | 1.26% |
| Leader2: | Jim Kyle |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat2: | 30th district |
| Seats Before2: | 7 |
| Seats Needed2: | 2 |
| Seats2: | 5 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 170,534 |
| Percentage2: | 26.18% |
| Swing2: | 3.88% |
| Speaker | |
| Before Election: | Ron Ramsey |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Ron Ramsey |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Previous Election: | 2012 Tennessee Senate election |
The 2014 Tennessee State Senate election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect 18 of the 33 seats for the Tennessee's State Senate. The elections coincided with the Governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State House elections. The primary elections were held on August 7, 2014.[1]
Republicans gained 2 seats, expanding their Senate Supermajority.[2]
Three incumbents (3 Democrats) did not run for re-election in 2014. Those incumbents are:
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | |||||
| Republican | 17 | 463,829 | 71.20% | 26 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 2 | ||
| Democratic | 9 | 170,534 | 26.18% | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Green | 1 | 9,366 | 1.44% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Constitution | 1 | 1,139 | 0.17% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Independent | 4 | 6,558 | 1.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Write-in | 1 | 38 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 651,464 | 100.00% | 33 | 33 | ||||||
| Source: https://sos.tn.gov/elections/results#2014 | ||||||||||
Many of the senators running in this election ran unopposed or had an uncompetitive election. This race was the closest in the Senate election:
| align=center | 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 30 (special) • District 31 • District 33 |
A special election was called for November 4, 2014, following the resignation of Jim Kyle, who was elected as a Shelby County Chancery Court judge. Sara Kyle defeated George Flinn Jr. in the election. Kyle was elected to serve the remaining two years of Kyle's four-year term