2002Final results
2002 election for Tennessee Senate District 15
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Charlotte Burks (D) won with 58.1% of the vote, defeating Paul Bailey (R) by 17.4 points.
Charlotte BurksDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.1%30,942
Paul BaileyRepublican
40.7%21,691
Robert E. GrubbIndependent
1.2%614
53,247 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