2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Tennessee House District 64
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Sheila Butt (R) won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Ty Cobb (D) by 10.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Sheila ButtRepublican · winner
54.5%10,790
Ty CobbDemocrat · incumbent
43.7%8,649
Ricky MartinIndependent
1.8%359
19,798 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