Tennessee's 16th Senate district

Tennessee's 16th Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Tennessee Senate. It has been represented by Republican Janice Bowling since 2012, succeeding Democrat Eric Stewart.[2]

Tennessee's 16th
State Senate District
Senator
  Janice Bowling
R–Tullahoma
Demographics89% White
2% Black
4% Hispanic
1% Asian
4% Other
Population (2018)198,679[1]

Geography

District 16 is based in the rural areas to the west of Chattanooga, covering all of Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Sequatchie, Van Buren, and Warren Counties. Communities in the district include Tullahoma, Manchester, McMinnville, Winchester, Dunlap, Jasper, South Pittsburg, Gruetli-Laager, and Spencer.[3]

The district overlaps with Tennessee's 4th and 6th congressional districts, and with the 25th, 31st, 39th, 43rd, 47th, and 92nd districts of the Tennessee House of Representatives.[4] It borders the states of Georgia and Alabama.[1]

Recent election results

Tennessee Senators are elected to staggered four-year terms, with odd-numbered districts holding elections in midterm years and even-numbered districts holding elections in presidential years.

2020
2020 Tennessee Senate election, District 16[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Janice Bowling (incumbent) 62,379 76.0
Democratic Sheila Younglove 19,687 24.0
Total votes 82,066 100
Republican hold

2016
2016 Tennessee Senate election, District 16[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Janice Bowling (incumbent) 10,235 81.7
Republican Michael Shane Wilcher 2,287 18.3
Total votes 12,522 100
Democratic Mike Winton 3,342 70.3
Democratic Alice Demetreon 1,414 29.7
Total votes 4,756 100
General election
Republican Janice Bowling (incumbent) 46,846 67.8
Democratic Mike Winton 22,205 32.2
Total votes 69,051 100
Republican hold

2012
2012 Tennessee Senate election, District 16[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Lewis 2,937 27.6
Democratic Steve Roller 2,902 27.3
Democratic Justin Walling 2,878 27.0
Democratic Kevin Lawrence 1,256 11.8
Democratic Jeff Bottoms 670 6.3
Total votes 10,643 100
Republican Janice Bowling 8,162 60.1
Republican Ron Stolzfus 2,280 16.8
Republican Eric Chance 2,277 16.8
Republican Rod McClellan 866 6.4
Total votes 13,585 100
General election
Republican Janice Bowling 40,139 62.9
Democratic Jim Lewis 23,636 37.1
Total votes 63,775 100
Republican gain from Democratic

Federal and statewide results in District 16
Year Office Results[6]
2016 President Trump 72.2 – 24.6%
2012 President Romney 63.9 – 34.3%
Senate Corker 69.2 – 26.8%

References
  1. "State Senate District 16, TN". Census Reporter. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  2. "Senator Janice Bowling". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  3. "Tennessee District Maps". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  5. "Tennessee State Senate District 16". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
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