1994Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1994 election for Tennessee Senate District 27
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Bobby Carter (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Joe McKnight (D) by 2.9 points.
Bobby CarterRepublican · winner
51.4%23,596
Joe McKnightDemocrat · incumbent
48.6%22,269
45,865 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1994
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET