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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2012 Tennessee elections
| country = Tennessee
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| next_year = [[2014 Tennessee elections|2014]]
| election_date = November 6, 2012
| previous_year = [[2010 Tennessee elections|2010]]
}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{use American English|date=November 2020}}
{{Elections in Tennessee}}
'''Tennessee state elections in 2012''' were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. [[Primary election]]s for the [[United States Senate]], [[United States House of Representatives]], [[Tennessee Senate]], and [[Tennessee House of Representatives]], as well as various [[Judge|judicial]] [[retention election]]s, were held on August 2, 2012.

==Presidential election==
=== President of the United States ===
{{Main|2012 United States presidential election in Tennessee|2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary|2012 Tennessee Republican presidential primary}}

[[File:Tennessee Presidential Election Results 2012.svg|thumb|350px|alt=Final results by county|Final results by county: {{collapsible list
| title = {{legend|#E27F7F|Romney}}|{{legend|#E27F90|50–60%}}|
{{legend|#CC2F4A|60–70%}}|{{legend|#D72F30|70–80%}}
}}
{{collapsible list
| title = {{legend|#7996e2|Obama}}|||{{legend|#86b6f2|50–60%}}|{{legend|#4389e3|60–70%}}
}}]]

In 2012, Tennessee was a stronghold for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], and was considered a reliable "[[red state]]." Tennessee had 11 electoral votes in the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral college]] at the time. In the general election, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate [[Mitt Romney]] won the state with 59.42% of the vote in the state to [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama|Obama's]] 39.04%.

The presidential primaries were held on March 6, 2012. [[Rick Santorum]] won Tennessee's Republican primary over former governor [[Mitt Romney]] of Massachusetts. [[Incumbent]] President Barack Obama won the Democratic primary, running unopposed.

=== Results ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|+ United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2012
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 15em" |Party
! style="width: 17em" |Candidate
! style="width: 17em" |Running mate
! style="width: 5em" |Votes
! style="width: 7em" |Percentage
! style="width: 5em" |Electoral votes
|-
! style="background-color:#FF3333; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| '''[[Mitt Romney]]'''
| '''[[Paul Ryan]]'''
| align="right" | '''1,462,330'''
| align="right" | '''59.42%'''
| align="right" | '''11'''
|-
! style="background-color:#3333FF; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | '''[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]'''
| [[Barack Obama]]
| [[Joe Biden]]
| align="right" | 960,709
| align="right" | 39.04%
| align="right" | 0
|-
! style="background-color:#FFD700; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| [[Gary Johnson]]
| [[Jim Gray (jurist)|Jim Gray]]
| align="right" | 18,623
| align="right" | 0.67%
| align="right" | 0
|-
! style="background-color:#0BDA51; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | [[Green Party of the United States|Green]]
| [[Jill Stein]]
| [[Cheri Honkala]]
| align="right" | 6,515
| align="right" | 0.26%
| align="right" | 0
|-
! style="background-color:#D2B48C; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]]
| [[Virgil Goode]]
| Jim Clymer
| align="right" | 6,022
| align="right" | 0.24%
| align="right" | 0
|-
! style="background-color:#A356DE; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | [[Justice Party (United States)|Justice]]
| [[Rocky Anderson]]
| [[Luis J. Rodriguez]]
| align="right" | 2,639
| align="right" | 0.11%
| align="right" | 0
|-
! style="background-color:#5C3317; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | [[American Third Position Party|American Third Position]]
| [[Merlin Miller]]
| Virginia D. Abernethy
| align="right" | 1,739
| align="right" | 0.07%
| align="right" | 0
|-
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="4" align="right" | '''Totals'''
| align="right" | '''2,458,577'''
| align="right" | '''100.00%'''
| align="right" | '''11'''
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
|}

=== March 6, 2012, Primary Results ===
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Tennessee Democratic primary, 2012
| country = Tennessee
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee
| previous_year = 2008
| election_date = {{Start date|2012|03|06}}
| next_election = 2016 United States presidential election in Tennessee#Democratic primary
| next_year = 2016
| image1 = President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg
| candidate1 = [[Barack Obama]]
| home_state1 = [[Illinois]]
| delegate_count1 = '''82'''
| popular_vote1 = '''80,705'''
| percentage1 = '''88.48%'''
| map_image = Tennessee Democratic presidential primary 2012.svg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = Tennessee results by county
{{legend|#1E90FF|Barack Obama}}
| image2 = 
| candidate2 = Uncommitted
| home_state2 = {{color|grey|n/a}}
| delegate_count2 = 9
| popular_vote2 = 10,497
| percentage2 = 11.51%
| color1 = 1E90FF
| color2 = 000000
}}{{Infobox election
| election_name = Tennessee Republican primary, 2012
| country = Tennessee
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee
| previous_year = 2008
| election_date = {{Start date|2012|03|06}}
| next_election = 2016 United States presidential election in Tennessee
| next_year = 2016
| image1 = Rick Santorum by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| candidate1 = [[Rick Santorum]]
| home_state1 = '''[[Pennsylvania]]'''
| delegate_count1 = '''29'''
| popular_vote1 = '''205,809 '''
| percentage1 = '''37.11%'''
| map_image = Tennessee Republican Presidential Primary Election Results by County, 2012.svg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = Tennessee results by county
{{legend|#008000|Rick Santorum}}
{{legend|#ff6600|Mitt Romney}}
{{legend|#800080|Newt Gingrich}}
| image2 = Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg
| candidate2 = [[Mitt Romney]]
| home_state2 = [[Massachusetts]]
| delegate_count2 = 14
| popular_vote2 = 155,630
| percentage2 = 28.06%
| image4 = Newt Gingrich by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped).jpg
| candidate4 = [[Newt Gingrich]]
| home_state4 = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| delegate_count4 = 9
| popular_vote4 = 132,889
| percentage4 = 23.96%
| image5 = Ron Paul by Gage Skidmore 3 (crop 2).jpg
| candidate5 = [[Ron Paul]]
| home_state5 = [[Texas]]
| delegate_count5 = 0
| popular_vote5 = 50,156
| percentage5 = 9.04%
| color1 = 008000
| color2 = ff6600
| color4 = 800080
| color5 = ffcc00
| image_size = x125px
}}

==United States Congress==
=== Senate ===
{{main|2012 United States Senate election in Tennessee}}

[[File:2012 United States Senate election in Tennessee results map by county.svg|thumb|350px|alt=Final results by county|Final results by county: {{collapsible list
| title = {{legend|#E27F7F|Corker}}|{{legend|#ffb2b2|40–50%}}|{{legend|#E27F7F|50–60%}}|{{legend|#D75D5D|60–70%}}|{{legend|#D72F30|70–80%}}|{{legend|#C21B18|80–90%}}
}}
{{collapsible list
| title = {{legend|#7996e2|Clayton}}|||{{legend|#7996e2|50–60%}}
}}]]

Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator [[Bob Corker]] won a second term in a landslide, carrying all but two counties in the state.

=== Results ===
{{Election box begin|title=United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2012<ref>[http://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com.s3.amazonaws.com/sos/election/results/2012-11/USSenateCountyTotals.pdf State of Tennessee. November 6, 2012. General Election]</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=[[Bob Corker]] (incumbent)|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=1,506,443|percentage=64.89%|change=+14.18%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Mark Clayton|votes=705,882|percentage=30.41%|change=-17.59%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party (United States)|candidate=Martin Pleasant|votes=38,472|percentage=1.66%|change=+1.52%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (United States)|candidate=Shaun Crowell|votes=20,936|percentage=0.90%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Constitution Party (United States)|candidate=Kermit Steck|votes=18,620|percentage=0.80%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (United States)|candidate=James Higdon|votes=8,085|percentage=0.35%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (United States)|candidate=Michael Joseph Long|votes=8,080|percentage=0.35%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (United States)|candidate=Troy Stephen Scoggin|votes=7,148|percentage=0.31%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (United States)|candidate=David Gatchell|votes=6,523|percentage=0.28%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=n/a|candidate=Write-ins|votes=1,288|percentage=0.05%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box total|votes=2,321,477|percentage=100.00%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
'''August 2, 2012, Primary Results'''
[[File:Tennessee Democratic U.S. Senate primary results by county, 2012.svg|thumb|250px|Results by county:
{{legend|#3A89CB|Mark Clayton}}
{{legend|#FFB2B2|Gary G. Davis}}
{{legend|#82BC5E|Park Overall}}
{{legend|#FECB17|David Hancock}}
]]
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Democratic primary results<ref name=TN_primary/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate  = Mark E. Clayton
| party      = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes      = 48,126
| percentage = 29.99%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate  = Gary Gene Davis
| party      = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes      = 24,789
| percentage = 15.45%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate  = Park Overall
| party      = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes      = 24,263
| percentage = 15.12%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate  = Larry Crim
| party      = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes      = 17,383
| percentage = 10.83%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate  = Benjamin Roberts
| party      = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes      = 16,369
| percentage = 10.20%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate  = David Hancock
| party      = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes      = 16,167
| percentage = 10.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate  = Thomas Owens
| party      = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes      = 13,366
| percentage = 8.33
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes      = 160,463
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=Tennessee Republican primary<ref name=TN_primary>{{Cite web |url=http://elections.tn.gov/results.php?ByOffice=United%20States%20Senate |title=Tennessee Secretary of State Unofficial Election Results |access-date=August 2, 2012 |work=Secretary of State of Tennessee}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Bob Corker (Incumbent)|party=Republican Party (US)|votes=389,483|percentage=85.25%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Zach Poskevich|party=Republican Party (US)|votes=28,299|percentage=6.19%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Fred Anderson|party=Republican Party (US)|votes=15,942|percentage=3.49%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Mark Twain Clemens|party=Republican Party (US)|votes=11,788|percentage=2.58%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Brenda Lenard|party=Republican Party (US)|votes=11,378|percentage=2.49%}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=456,890|percentage=100.00%}}
{{End}}

=== House of Representatives ===
{{Main|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee}}

[[File:Tennessee Congressional Election Results 2012.svg|thumb|350px|alt=District results|District results: {{collapsible list
| title = {{legend|#E27F7F|Republican}}|{{legend|#E27F90|50–60%}}|{{legend|#CC2F4A|60–70%}}|{{legend|#D72F30|70–80%}}
}}
{{collapsible list
| title = {{legend|#7996e2|Democratic}}|||{{legend|#4389e3|60–70%}}|{{legend|#1666CB|70–80%}}
}}]]

Tennessee elected nine [[U.S. representative]]s, each representing one of Tennessee's nine [[congressional district]]s.

=== Results ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- valign=bottom
! District
! Incumbent
! Party
! First<br />elected
! Result
! Candidates
|-
| {{ushr|TN|1|X}}
| {{sortname|Phil|Roe|Phil Roe (politician)}}
| {{Party shading/Text/Republican}}
| [[2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee|2008]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist |
* {{Aye}} '''{{sortname|Phil|Roe|Phil Roe (politician)}}''' (Republican) 76.1%
* [[Alan Woodruff (Tennessee politician)|Alan Woodruff]] (Democratic) 19.9%
* [[Karen Brackett]] (Independent) 2.0%
}}
|-
| {{ushr|TN|2|X}}
| {{sortname|Jimmy|Duncan|Jimmy Duncan (politician)}}
| {{Party shading/Text/Republican}}
| [[1988 Tennessee's 2nd congressional district special election|1988 {{Small|(Special)}}]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist |
* {{Aye}} '''{{sortname|Jimmy|Duncan|Jimmy Duncan (politician)}}''' (Republican) 74.5%
* [[Troy Goodale]] (Democratic) 20.5%
* [[Greg Samples]] (Independent) 1.7%
* Paul Coker (Independent)
* Brandon Stewart (Independent)
}}
|-
| {{ushr|TN|3|X}}
| {{Sortname|Chuck|Fleischmann}}
| {{Party shading/Text/Republican}}
| [[2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee|2010]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist |
* {{Aye}} '''{{Sortname|Chuck|Fleischmann}}''' (Republican) 61.5%
* [[Mary Headrick]] (Democratic) 35.5%
* [[Matthew Deniston]] (Independent) 3.1%
}}
|-
| {{ushr|TN|4|X}}
| {{Sortname|Scott|DesJarlais}}
| {{Party shading/Text/Republican}}
| [[2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee|2010]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist |
* {{Aye}} '''{{Sortname|Scott|DesJarlais}}''' (Republican) 55.8%
* [[Eric Stewart (Tennessee politician)|Eric Stewart]] (Democratic) 44.2%
}}
|-
| {{ushr|TN|5|X}}
| {{Sortname|Jim|Cooper}}
| {{Party shading/Text/Democratic}}
| [[1982 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee|1982]]<br />1994 {{small|(retired)}}<br />[[2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee|2002]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist |
* {{Aye}} '''{{Sortname|Jim|Cooper}}''' (Democratic) 65.2%
* [[Brad Staats]] (Republican) 32.8%
* [[John Miglietta]] (Green) 2.0%
}}
|-
| {{ushr|TN|6|X}}
| {{Sortname|Diane|Black}}
| {{Party shading/Text/Republican}}
| [[2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee|2010]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist |
* {{Aye}} '''{{Sortname|Diane|Black}}''' (Republican) 76.6%
* Robert Beasley (Independent) 14.4%
* Pat Riley (Green) 9.0%
}}
|-
| {{ushr|TN|7|X}}
| {{Sortname|Marsha|Blackburn}}
| {{Party shading/Text/Republican}}
| [[2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee|2002]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist |
* {{Aye}} '''{{Sortname|Marsha|Blackburn}}''' (Republican) 71.0%
* [[Credo Amouzouvik]] (Democratic) 24.0%
* [[Howard Switzer]] (Green) 1.8%
* Jack Arnold (Independent) 1.7%
* William Akin (Independent) 1.1%
* [[Lenny Ladner]] (Independent) 0.5%
}}
|-
| {{ushr|TN|8|X}}
| {{Sortname|Stephen|Fincher}}
| {{Party shading/Text/Republican}}
| [[2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee|2010]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist |
* {{Aye}} '''{{Sortname|Stephen|Fincher}}''' (Republican) 68.3%
* [[Timothy Dixon]] (Democratic) 28.4%
* [[James L. Hart|James Hart]] (Independent) 2.2%
* [[Mark Rawles]] (Independent) 1.0%
}}
|-
| {{ushr|TN|9|X}}
| {{Sortname|Steve|Cohen|Steve Cohen (politician)}}
| {{Party shading/Text/Democratic}}
| [[2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee|2006]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist |
* {{Aye}} '''{{Sortname|Steve|Cohen|Steve Cohen (politician)}}''' (Democratic) 75.1%
* George Flinn (Republican) 23.8%
* [[Brian Saulsberry]] (Independent) 0.6%
* [[Gregory Joiner]] (Independent) 0.5%
}}

|}
{{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|'''Republican'''|{{party color|Tennessee Republican Party}}|60.55}}
{{bar percent|Democratic|{{party color|Tennessee Democratic Party}}|35.21}}
{{bar percent|Other|#777777|4.24}}}}{{bar box|title=House seats|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|'''Republican'''|{{party color|Tennessee Republican Party}}|77.78}}
{{bar percent|Democratic|{{party color|Tennessee Democratic Party}}|22.22}}}}

==State Legislature==
===State Senate===
{{main|2012 Tennessee Senate election}}{{see also|Tennessee General Assembly}}Elections for 16 of the 33 seats in [[Tennessee Senate|Tennessee's State Senate]] were held on November 6, 2012.

After this election, Republicans had 26 seats while Democrats had 7 seats, with Republicans gaining [[Political party strength in Tennessee|six seats]].

===State House of Representatives===
{{main|2012 Tennessee House of Representatives election}}The election of all 99 seats in the [[Tennessee House of Representatives]] occurred on November 6, 2012.

Republicans won 71 seats, while Democrats won 27 seats, and Independents won 1 seat. Republicans gained seven seats during [[Political party strength in Tennessee|this election]].

==See also==
* [[Elections in Tennessee]]
* [[Political party strength in Tennessee]]
* [[Tennessee Democratic Party]]
* [[Tennessee Republican Party]]
* [[Government of Tennessee]]
* [[2012 United States elections]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{2012 United States elections}}

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[[Category:2012 elections in the United States by state|Tennessee]]
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