1972 primaries · May 1, 1972
1972 Tennessee State Senate primary results, district by district
Every Tennessee State Senate district in the 1972 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 · Democratic primary | J. A. Stout (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 · Republican primary | Hayden Baker (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 · Democratic primary | M. E. Rogers (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 · Republican primary | J. Kenneth Porter (R) | 8.4 | |
| SD-6 · Democratic primary | Steve McGill (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 · Republican primary | Fred O. Berry (R) | 23.2 | |
| SD-8 · Democratic primary | Leonard O. Evans (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-8 · Republican primary | Carl Koella Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 · Democratic primary | J. Pope Dyer (D) | 18.1 | |
| SD-10 · Republican primary | Daniel W. Oehmig (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 · Republican primary | Raymond Shadden (R) | 7.8 | |
| SD-14 · Democratic primary | Ernest Crouch (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 · Republican primary | Walter T. Woods Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 · Democratic primary | Reagor Motlow (D) | 3.7 | |
| SD-18 · Democratic primary | James H. Roberson (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-20 · Democratic primary | Jerry Agee (D) | 75.4 | |
| SD-22 · Democratic primary | Halbert Harvill (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-24 · Democratic primary | Milton H. Hamilton Jr. (D) | 15.7 | |
| SD-26 · Democratic primary | John Wilder (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| SD-28 · Democratic primary | Edgar H. Gillock (D) | 36.1 | |
| SD-28 · Republican primary | Chris T. Ellis (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-30 · Democratic primary | James H. White (D) | 10.2 | |
| SD-30 · Republican primary | John D. Peeples Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-32 · Republican primary | Hugh W. Stanton Jr. (R) | Unopposed |
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