2008 Tennessee Senate election

2008 Tennessee Senate election

November 4, 2008

16 of the 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Ron Ramsey Jim Kyle Michael Williams
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Leader's seat 2nd district 28th district 4th
district
Seats before 16 16 1
Seats won 19 14 0
Seat change 3 2 1
Popular vote 505,306 452,726 45,820
Percentage 49.22% 44.10% 4.46%
Swing 3.77% 2.91% New


     Republican gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold
     No Election

     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%

Speaker before election

Ron Ramsey
Republican

Elected Speaker

Ron Ramsey
Republican

The 2008 Tennessee State Senate election was held on November 4, 2008, to elect 16 of the 33 seats for the Tennessee's State Senate. The elections coincided with the Presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State House elections. The primary elections were held on August 7, 2008.

Republicans gained 3 seats, reclaiming and expanding their majority that they gained in 2004.