2002Final results
2002 election for Tennessee Senate District 7
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Tim Burchett (R) won with 59.3% of the vote, defeating Bill Owen (D) by 21.3 points.
Tim BurchettRepublican · winner · incumbent
59.3%26,812
Bill OwenDemocrat
38.1%17,210
Joe R. BurchfieldIndependent
2.6%1,159
45,181 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