2018 Tennessee Senate election


The 2018 Tennessee State Senate election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect 18 of the 33 seats for the Tennessee's State Senate. The elections coincided with the 2018 [Tennessee gubernatorial election|Governor], U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State House elections. The primary elections were held on August 2, 2018.

Retirements

Three incumbents did not run for re-election in 2018. Those incumbents are:

Democrats

  1. District 19: Thelma Harper retired.
  2. District 29: Lee Harris retired to run for mayor of Shelby County.

Republicans

  1. District 13: Bill Ketron retired to run for mayor of Rutherford County.

Incumbents defeated

In the primary election

Democrats

  1. District 33: Reginald Tate lost renomination to Katrina Robinson.

Results summary

Closest race

This race was decided by a margin of under 10%:
DistrictWinnerMargin
District 31data-sort-value=1 1.78%

Detailed results by State Senate District

Sources:

District 13

District 17

Background

In September 2017, Tennessee state senator Mae Beavers resigned her seat to run for governor. This resignation required a special election to fill the seat for the remaining year of her term. Republican Mark Pody ran unopposed in the Republican primary, and he defeated Democrat Mary Alice Carfi in the special election, 5,995 to 5,688.