1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 Tennessee State Senate election results, district by district
Every Tennessee State Senate district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 33 seats
After the electionD 19 · R 13 · 1 other
Races16
Changed party0
Unopposed44%7 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 9 · R 7
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 | Hayden Baker (R) | 27.6 | |
| SD-4 | J. Kenneth Porter (R) | 53.5 | |
| SD-6 | Fred O. Berry (R) | 30.8 | |
| SD-8 | Carl Koella Jr. (R) | 31.4 | |
| SD-10 | Daniel W. Oehmig (R) | 15.9 | |
| SD-12 | Raymond Shadden (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Ernest Crouch (D) | 32.4 | |
| SD-16 | Reagor Motlow (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-18 | James H. Roberson (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-20 | Jerry Agee (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-22 | Halbert Harvill (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-24 | Milton H. Hamilton Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 | John Wilder (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-28 | Edgar H. Gillock (D) | 32.9 | |
| SD-30 | James H. White (D) | 1.0 | |
| SD-32 | Leonard Dunavant (R) | 65.9 |
Tennessee State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner