1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Tennessee Senate District 22
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Rosalind Kurita (D) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Carroll Rice (R) by 0.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Rosalind KuritaDemocrat · winner
50.3%23,839
Carroll RiceRepublican · incumbent
49.7%23,599
47,438 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET