2002Final results
2002 election for Tennessee Senate District 13
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Bill Ketron (R) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating Bobby Sands (D) by 8.4 points.
Bill KetronRepublican · winner
54.2%26,960
Bobby SandsDemocrat
45.8%22,769
49,729 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 2002
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET