Tennessee State Senate District 4

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Bobby Harshbarger (Republican) won by 53.6 points, 2024

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Official results for Tennessee

History (16 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 94,959
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Tennessee Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBobby HarshbargerWon	Republican	72,90076.8%	76.8%
IndependentDalia M. Price	Independent	22,05923.2%	23.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 83,019
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Tennessee Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJon C. LundbergWon(incumbent)	Republican	65,63879.1%	79.1%
DemocraticAmber Riddle	Democratic	17,38120.9%	20.9%

Tennessee Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJon LundbergWon	Republican	60,516100.0%	100.0%

Tennessee Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRon RamseyWon(incumbent)	Republican	54,451100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 58,609
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Tennessee Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMike FaulkWon	Republican	29,42850.2%	50.2%
IndependentMicheal Williams(incumbent)	Independent	29,18149.8%	49.8%

Tennessee Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMichael WilliamsWon	Republican	45,160100.0%	100.0%

Tennessee Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMitchell R. WilliamsWon	Republican	32,459100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 43,701
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Tennessee Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMichael R. WilliamsWon	Republican	23,48653.7%	53.7%
DemocraticDanny Wallace(incumbent)	Democratic	20,21546.3%	46.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 40,716
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Tennessee Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDanny WallaceWon	Democratic	20,71550.9%	50.9%
RepublicanFrank S. Niceley	Republican	20,00149.1%	49.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 30,654
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

Tennessee Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanLynn G. LawsonWon	Republican	21,34769.6%	69.6%
DemocraticGwen M. Myers	Democratic	9,30430.4%	30.4%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	30.0%	0.0%

Tennessee Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJ. B. SchockleyWon	Republican	19,473100.0%	100.0%

Tennessee Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBen W. Hooper IIWon(incumbent)	Republican	21,300100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 34,739
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1974 to 1979)

Tennessee Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBen W. Hooper IIWon(incumbent)	Republican	20,95760.3%	60.3%
DemocraticJohn Rucker	Democratic	13,78239.7%	39.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 29,302
Election day: November 4, 1974
Type: Special election
District map: Older district map (1974 to 1979)

Tennessee Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBen W. Hooper IIWon	Republican	16,01354.6%	54.6%
DemocraticJohn Rucker	Democratic	13,28945.4%	45.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,954
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1973)

Tennessee Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJ. Kenneth PorterWon	Republican	19,91876.7%	76.7%
DemocraticM. E. Rogers	Democratic	6,03623.3%	23.3%

Tennessee Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJohn F. DuggerWon(incumbent)	Republican	13,504100.0%	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:4

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