Tennessee State Senate District 18

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Ferrell Haile Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Ferrell Haile (Republican) won by 42.9 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 95,222
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Tennessee Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanFerrell HaileWon	Republican	64,36767.6%	67.6%
DemocraticWalter S. Chandler	Democratic	23,52424.7%	24.7%
IndependentJohn Gentry	Independent	3,9564.2%	4.2%
IndependentLaura A. Black	Independent	3,3753.5%	3.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 94,402
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Tennessee Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanFerrell HaileWon(incumbent)	Republican	68,14172.2%	72.2%
OtherJohn A. Gentry	Other	26,26127.8%	27.8%

Tennessee Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanFerrell HaileWon(incumbent)	Republican	64,220100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 71,395
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Tennessee Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanFerrell HaileWon	Republican	49,44269.3%	69.3%
DemocraticMaria A. Brewer	Democratic	21,95330.8%	30.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 83,748
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Tennessee Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDiane BlackWon(incumbent)	Republican	54,55265.1%	65.1%
DemocraticJim Hawkins	Democratic	29,19634.9%	34.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 82,390
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Tennessee Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDiane BlackWon	Republican	42,49651.6%	51.6%
DemocraticJo Ann Graves(incumbent)	Democratic	39,89448.4%	48.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 67,847
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Tennessee Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJo Ann GravesWon(incumbent)	Democratic	39,36158.0%	58.0%
RepublicanFerrell Haile	Republican	27,41340.4%	40.4%
LibertarianDavid C. Myers	Libertarian	1,0731.6%	1.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 54,260
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Tennessee Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJo Ann GravesWon	Democratic	26,77549.4%	49.4%
RepublicanDon Wright(incumbent)	Republican	26,40848.7%	48.7%
IndependentWesley D. Hodges	Independent	1,0772.0%	2.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 44,415
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Tennessee Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDon WrightWon	Republican	22,33850.3%	50.3%
DemocraticCharles Hill Beaty	Democratic	22,07749.7%	49.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 30,433
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

Tennessee Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJoe M. HaynesWon(incumbent)	Democratic	30,426100.0%	100.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	70.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 29,002
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

Tennessee Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJoe M. HaynesWon	Democratic	27,07893.4%	93.4%
IndependentCharles Kenneth Wilson	Independent	1,9246.6%	6.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 22,420
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1980 to 1981)

Tennessee Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJoe L. CrockettWon	Democratic	22,40499.9%	99.9%
OtherR. Tomey	Other	20.0%	0.0%
OtherJ. Roberson	Other	10.0%	0.0%
OtherJ. Doe	Other	10.0%	0.0%
OtherJ. Hicks	Other	10.0%	0.0%
OtherG. Hornsby	Other	10.0%	0.0%
OtherJ. Mangin	Other	10.0%	0.0%
OtherT. McPherson	Other	10.0%	0.0%
OtherJoann North	Other	10.0%	0.0%
OtherM. Pachta	Other	10.0%	0.0%
OtherF. Prince	Other	10.0%	0.0%
OtherR. Robinson	Other	10.0%	0.0%
OtherB. Seal	Other	10.0%	0.0%
OtherJ. Shacklett	Other	10.0%	0.0%
OtherF. Varallo	Other	10.0%	0.0%
OtherT. Williams	Other	10.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 23,315
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1974 to 1979)

Tennessee Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBill BonerWon	Democratic	23,313100.0%	100.0%
OtherD. Taggart	Other	10.0%	0.0%
OtherEllis Weaks	Other	10.0%	0.0%

Tennessee Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames H. RobersonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	18,233100.0%	100.0%

Tennessee Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames H. RobersonWon	Democratic	9,938100.0%	100.0%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1968 to 2020: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:tn/sldu:18

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026