2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Tennessee House District 49
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Mike Sparks (R) won with 58.0% of the vote, defeating Kent Coleman (D) by 16.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mike SparksRepublican · winner
58.0%10,668
Kent ColemanDemocrat · incumbent
42.0%7,728
18,396 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET