With preliminary results in the state Senate races, it looks like the Republicans picked up two seats in District 8 and District 46 with Bettie Fennell defeating R.C. Soles and Debbie Clary defeating Keith Melton to take the seat previously held by Walter Dalton.

These are the most hotly contested races:
District 5:  Donald Davis (D) 55%; Louis Pate (R) 45%
District 8: R.C. Soles (D) 46.7%; Bettie Fennell (R) 47.57%
District 9: Julia Boseman (D) 51%; Michael Lee ( R) 48%
District 12:  Kay Carroll (D) 57%; David Rouzer ( R) 53%
District 24: Tony Foriest (D) 52.4%: Rick Gunn ( R) 47.5%
District 43: David Hoyle (D) 51%; Kathy Harrington (R ) 48%
District 45: Steve Goss (D) 54%; Jerry Butler ( R) 46%
District 46: Keith Melton (D) 49.3%; Debbie Clary ( R) 50.6%
District 50:  John Snow (D) 57.5%: Susan Pons (R) 42.5%