RepublicanNot in office · last served 2000Last on a ballot: Nov 1996

Carl Koella Jr.

Last held office: Tennessee State Senate, District 8 (1972–2000). Ran in 12 elections between 1972 and 1996, winning 12.

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

Offices held, and every time Koella was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Tennessee State Senate, District 8Out of office

Margin: how far Koella finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1996	Tennessee State Senate, District 8	General	Won	Mae S. Owenby (D)	50.2%	R+0.4
1992	Tennessee State Senate, District 8	General	Won	Vernon Scarbrough (D), Hubert Patty (I)	53.4%	R+17.6
1988	Tennessee State Senate, District 8	General	Won	Charles Amos (D), Darrell E. Webb (I)	67.8%	R+41.6
1988	Tennessee State Senate, District 8	Primary	Won	Richesin (R), Eubanks (R), Hubert Patty (R)	49.1%	+15.0
1984	Tennessee State Senate, District 8	General	Won	William C. Amos (D)	72.7%	R+45.5
1984	Tennessee State Senate, District 8	Primary	Won	Robert D. Proffitt (R), Hayden Baker (R)	59%	+30.1
1980	Tennessee State Senate, District 8	General	Won	F. D. Gibson III (D)	63.7%	R+27.5
1980	Tennessee State Senate, District 8	Primary	Won	Leon Berrong (R), Joseph M. Lebetti Jr. (R), Hubert Patty (R)	50.7%	+16.4
1976	Tennessee State Senate, District 8	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
1976	Tennessee State Senate, District 8	Primary	Won	Leon Berrong (R), Robert D. Proffitt (R), Jerry D. Hill (R)	37.4%	+11.4
1972	Tennessee State Senate, District 8	General	Won	Leonard O. Evans (D)	65.7%	R+31.4
1972	Tennessee State Senate, District 8	Primary	Won	Unopposed	100%	—