Tennessee State Senate District 8
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Jessie Seal Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Jessie Seal (Republican) won by 67.2 points, 2024
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Official results for Tennessee
History (15 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 89,280
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Tennessee Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJessie SealWon Republican 74,60283.6% DemocraticR. E. Ellison Democratic 14,67816.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 59,713
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFrank S. NiceleyWon(incumbent) Republican 59,713100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 49,440
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFrank NiceleyWon(incumbent) Republican 49,440100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,671
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFrank NiceleyWon Republican 43,671100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 74,984
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Tennessee Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDoug OverbeyWon Republican 61,29981.8% IndependentIra Lapides Independent 13,68518.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 71,872
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Tennessee Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRaymond FinneyWon Republican 48,20067.1% DemocraticLinda Jo Dees Democratic 20,35628.3% IndependentJimmy Melton Independent 3,3164.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 59,130
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Tennessee Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill ClaboughWon Republican 41,02969.4% DemocraticJeff D. Boling Democratic 13,99223.7% IndependentTammy Overby Independent 4,1097.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 53,306
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Tennessee Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCarl Koella Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 26,75350.2% DemocraticMae S. Owenby Democratic 26,55349.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,481
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Tennessee Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCarl Koella Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 25,88753.4% DemocraticVernon Scarbrough Democratic 17,34235.8% IndependentHubert Patty Independent 5,25210.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,394
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1983)
Tennessee Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCarl Koella Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 32,82667.8% DemocraticCharles Amos Democratic 12,68526.2% IndependentDarrell E. Webb Independent 2,8816.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,767
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1983)
Tennessee Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCarl Koella Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 31,11172.8% DemocraticWilliam C. Amos Democratic 11,65627.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,668
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1980 to 1981)
Tennessee Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCarl Koella Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 24,64563.7% DemocraticF. D. Gibson III Democratic 14,02336.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,965
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1979)
Tennessee Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCarl Koella Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 17,965100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,527
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1973)
Tennessee Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCarl Koella Jr.Won Republican 21,37365.7% DemocraticLeonard O. Evans Democratic 11,15434.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,672
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Tennessee Senate District 8, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHouston M. GoddardWon(incumbent) Republican 18,672100.0%
- 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
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 8, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/tn/senate/8. Retrieved October 30, 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:8
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026