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1876–2024
State Senate District 19·Tennessee

Tennessee 19th State Senate District delivered D+27 in 2024 — Democratic for the long memory.

One of Tennessee's most Republican-leaning upper-chamber districts

20082024·5 elections
TN
Latest
D+27
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
215,379
2024 ACS

Tennessee 19th State Senate District, Tennessee: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+27%. Democratic peak: D+32 in 2020.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+27MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
215,3792024 5-year
Median household income
$77,8532024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
55.2%2024 5-year
Black
24.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
13.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+32 in 2020MIT Election Lab
1 counties · 1 D · 0 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+27.4%
54,75230,78687,320
D
+32.1%
60,12430,17293,227
D
+25.8%
44,81825,45574,986
D
+18.5%
43,08929,39173,922
D
+20.9%
47,69630,98479,850

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.0%
German
8.9%
Irish
8.0%
American
5.6%
Italian
2.9%
Scottish
2.2%
French
1.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
80.8%
speak English only
Spanish10.8%
Other languages3.8%
Other Indo-European2.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
17.2%
Other Christian
16.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
11.1%
Mainline Protestant
5.1%
Methodist
4.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.7%
Non-Christian
3.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of R+63.2, this district posts among the widest partisan gaps in the state senate map, reflecting a rural and small-town electorate where statewide Republican candidates routinely run unopposed or near-unopposed.

The Democratic margin in Tennessee 19th State Senate District reached its widest at thirty-two points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was twenty-seven points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,853, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 215,379 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

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State Senate District 19, Tennessee — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/sld-upper/47019/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 19, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 19, Tennessee voted Democratic by 27.4 points (D+27), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 87,320 votes cast, 54,752 went Democratic and 30,786 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 19, Tennessee's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 19, Tennessee as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in State Senate District 19, Tennessee?
State Senate District 19, Tennessee has a population of 215,379 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 19, Tennessee?
Median household income in State Senate District 19, Tennessee is $77,853 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of State Senate District 19, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in State Senate District 19, Tennessee from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.