2010Final results
2010 election for Tennessee Senate District 15
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Charlotte Burks (D) won with 42.1% of the vote, defeating Gary Steakley (R) by 0.3 points.
Charlotte BurksDemocrat · winner · incumbent
42.1%22,800
Gary SteakleyRepublican
41.7%22,615
Joe B. WilmothIndependent
16.2%8,779
54,194 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