Tennessee State Senate District 6

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Becky Massey (Republican) won by 28.3 points, 2024

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Official results for Tennessee

History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 98,228
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Tennessee Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBecky MasseyWonName as filed: Becky Duncan Massey	Republican	63,00964.2%	64.2%
DemocraticDomonica Bryan	Democratic	35,21935.9%	35.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 97,071
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Tennessee Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBecky MasseyWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Becky Duncan Massey	Republican	61,28663.1%	63.1%
DemocraticJane George	Democratic	35,78536.9%	36.9%

Tennessee Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBecky MasseyWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Becky Duncan Massey	Republican	62,688100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 72,377
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Tennessee Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBecky Duncan MasseyWon	Republican	49,71268.7%	68.7%
DemocraticEvelyn Gill	Democratic	22,66531.3%	31.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 84,561
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Tennessee Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJamie WoodsonWon(incumbent)	Republican	58,38469.0%	69.0%
DemocraticGary Farmer	Democratic	26,17731.0%	31.0%

Tennessee Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJamie WoodsonWon	Republican	59,36773.1%	73.1%
DemocraticCindy McGill	Democratic	21,80926.9%	26.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 28,568
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Tennessee Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBen AtchleyWon(incumbent)	Republican	24,77486.7%	86.7%
LibertarianWade H. Boswell	Libertarian	3,79413.3%	13.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 60,405
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Tennessee Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBen AtchleyWon(incumbent)	Republican	42,07869.7%	69.7%
DemocraticSteve McGill	Democratic	18,32730.3%	30.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 53,882
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Tennessee Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBen AtchleyWon(incumbent)	Republican	36,61268.0%	68.0%
DemocraticSteve McGill	Democratic	17,27032.0%	32.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 45,843
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

Tennessee Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBen AtchleyWon(incumbent)	Republican	32,77371.5%	71.5%
DemocraticSteve McGill	Democratic	13,07028.5%	28.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 32,812
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

Tennessee Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBen AtchleyWon(incumbent)	Republican	30,87194.1%	94.1%
IndependentMichael McKinney	Independent	1,9405.9%	5.9%
OtherWilliam Owens	Other	10.0%	0.0%

Tennessee Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBen AtchleyWon(incumbent)	Republican	23,585100.0%	100.0%
OtherPat H. Wood	Other	10.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 19,914
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1974 to 1979)

Tennessee Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBen AtchleyWon	Republican	19,910100.0%	100.0%
OtherTrula Mugford	Other	30.0%	0.0%
OtherJoseph W. Dodd	Other	10.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 28,990
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1973)

Tennessee Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanFred O. BerryWon(incumbent)	Republican	18,96665.4%	65.4%
DemocraticSteve McGill	Democratic	10,02434.6%	34.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 31,934
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

Tennessee Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanFred O. BerryWon(incumbent)	Republican	22,08269.2%	69.2%
DemocraticMurl Householder	Democratic	9,85230.9%	30.9%

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:6

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