Tennessee State Senate District 32
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Paul Rose Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Paul Rose (Republican) was unopposed, 2024
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History (16 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 55,896
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Tennessee Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul RoseWon Republican 55,896100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 102,220
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul RoseWon Republican 70,64969.1% DemocraticJulie Byrd Ashworth Democratic 31,57130.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 57,912
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark NorrisWon(incumbent) Republican 57,912100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 69,764
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark NorrisWon(incumbent) Republican 69,764100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 56,866
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Tennessee Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark NorrisWon(incumbent) Republican 56,866100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 69,593
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Tennessee Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark NorrisWon(incumbent) Republican 47,77968.7% DemocraticPete Parker Democratic 21,81431.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 62,959
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Tennessee Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark NorrisWon Republican 62,959100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 55,664
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Tennessee Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom LeatherwoodWon(incumbent) Republican 55,664100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,968
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Tennessee Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom LeatherwoodWon Republican 44,968100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 59,123
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Tennessee Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLeonard DunavantWon(incumbent) Republican 35,86260.7% DemocraticJeff Bloomfield Democratic 23,26139.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,595
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
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- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Tennessee Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLeonard DunavantWon(incumbent) Republican 30,30368.0% DemocraticRosella O. McClain Democratic 14,29232.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 66,882
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1980 to 1981)
Tennessee Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLeonard DunavantWon Republican 43,06664.4% DemocraticJoe L. Linton Democratic 23,81535.6% OtherJohn Petty Other 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,327
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
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- Older district map (1974 to 1979)
Tennessee Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLeonard C. DunnavantWon Republican 26,58765.9% DemocraticJoe C. Matthews Democratic 13,74034.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,541
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
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- Older district map (1972 to 1973)
Tennessee Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLeonard C. DunavantWon Republican 29,47382.9% DemocraticHawthorne Wallis Democratic 6,06817.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,760
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- Type
- Special election
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Tennessee Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHugh StantonWon Republican 30,01781.7% DemocraticHawthorne Wallis Democratic 6,74318.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,089
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Tennessee Senate District 32, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill RigginsWon Republican 18,58554.5% DemocraticHugh W. Stanton Jr.(incumbent) Democratic 15,50445.5%
- 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
Only part of this chamber is up in a given cycle. Which districts vote on which date is not on file. Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Tennessee State Senate District 32, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/tn/senate/32. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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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:32
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026