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2010 election for Tennessee House District 60

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Jim Gotto (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Sam Coleman (D) by 2.8 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

Jim GottoRepublican · winner
51.4%8,795
Sam ColemanDemocrat
48.6%8,322
17,117 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

The seat's recent races

EvenD+42.82002D+34.12006D+31.72008R+2.82010

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)