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2012Final results

2012 election for Tennessee Senate District 28

Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee

Joey Hensley (R) won with 55.2% of the vote, defeating Ty Cobb (D) by 10.3 points.

Joey HensleyRepublican · winner
55.2%37,351
Ty CobbDemocrat
44.8%30,365
67,716 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+52.81988D+45.11992D+27.81996D+31.02000R+10.32012R+49.52024

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET