2020 Tennessee House of Representatives election

Election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 3, 2020, concurrent with the Presidential,U.S. senate, U.S House, and State Senate elections. The final results were no gains or losses for either party, with the Republican party maintaining their super majority over the state house.

    Not to be confused with 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee.
    2020 Tennessee House of Representatives election
    November 3, 2020
    99 Seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives
    50 seats needed for a majority
      Majority party Minority party
     
    Leader Cameron Sexton Karen Camper
    Party Republican Democratic
    Leader's seat 25th District 87th District
    Last election 73 26
    Seats before 73 26
    Seats won 73 26
    Seat change
    Popular vote 1,740,193 800,069
    Percentage 67.24% 30.92%
    Speaker of the House before election

    Cameron Sexton
    Republican

    		 Elected Speaker of the House

    Cameron Sexton
    Republican

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    Source Ranking As of
    The Cook Political Report[1] Safe R October 21, 2020

    Results summary
    Summary of the November 3, 2020 Tennessee House election results
    Party Candidates Votes Seats
    No.  % No. +/–
    Republican 79 1,740,193 67.24 73
    Democratic 58 (+1 write-in) 800,069 30.92 26
    Independent 8 46,611 1.80 0
    Write-in 974 0.04 0
    Total 2,587,847 100.00 99
    Source:
    Popular vote
    Republican
     
    		 67.24%
    Democratic
     
    		 30.92%
    Independent
     
    		 1.80%
    Write-ins
     
    		 0.04%
    House seats
    Republican
     
    		 73.73%
    Democratic
     
    		 26.27%

    Close races

    Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

    1. District 97, 1.6%
    2. District 13, 5.8%
    3. District 49, 7.8%
    4. District 83, 8%
    5. District 56, 8.4%
    6. District 18, 9.8%
    7. District 67, 9.8%

    Results
    District Incumbent Results Candidates
    Representative Party Electoral history
    District 1 John Crawford Republican 2016 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 2 Bud Hulsey Republican 2014 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Bud Hulsey (Republican) 77.1%
    • Arvil Love Jr. (Democratic) 22.9%
    District 3 Timothy Hill Republican 2012 Incumbent was not a candidate re-election.
    New member elected.
    Republican Hold
    District 4 John Holsclaw Jr. Republican 2014 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 5 David Hawk Republican 2002 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 6 James Van Huss Republican 2012 Incumbent lost the primary election.
    New member elected.
    Republican Hold.
    • Y Tim Hicks (Republican) 72.7%
    • Brad Batt (Democratic) 17.3%
    District 7 Matthew Hill Republican 2004 Incumbent lost the primary election.
    New member elected.
    Republican hold.
    • Y Rebecca Alexander (Republican)
    District 8 Jerome Moon Republican 2017 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Jerome Moon (Republican) 74.9%
    • Jay Clark (Democratic) 15.1%
    District 9 Gary Hicks Republican 2016 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 10 Rick Eldridge Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 11 Jeremy Faison Republican 2010 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 12 Dale Carr Republican 2012 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Dale Carr (Republican) 81.3%
    • Bennett Lapides (Democratic) 18.7%
    District 13 Gloria Johnson Democratic 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 14 Jason Zachary Republican 2015 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Jason Zachary (Republican) 64.6%
    • Justin Davis (Democratic) 35.4%
    District 15 Rick Staples Democratic 2016 Incumbent lost the primary election.
    New member elected.
    Democratic Hold.
    • Y Sam McKenzie (Democratic) 72.9%
    • Troy Jones (Independent) 27.1%
    District 16 Bill Dunn Republican 1994 Incumbent was not a candidate for re-election.
    New member elected.
    Republican Hold.
    District 17 Andrew Farmer Republican 2012 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Andrew Farmer (Republican) 81.4%
    • Delynn McCash (Democratic) 18.6%
    District 18 Martin Daniel Republican 2014 Incumbent was not a candidate for re-election.
    New member elected.
    Republican Hold.
    • Y Eddie Mannis (Republican) 54.8%
    • Virginia Couch (Democratic) 45.2%
    District 19 Dave Wright Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 20 Robert Ramsey Republican 2008 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Robert Ramsey (Republican) 72.9%
    • Susan Sneed (Democratic) 27.1%
    District 21 Lowell Russell Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 22 Dan Howell Republican 2014 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 23 Mark Cochran Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Mark Cochran (Republican) 86.7%
    • David Fankhauser (Independent) 13.3%
    District 24 Mark Hall Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Mark Hall (Republican) 76.4%
    • Daniel Jones (Democratic) 23.6%
    District 25 Cameron Sexton Republican 2010 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 26 Robin Smith Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Robin Smith (Republican) 64.7%
    • Joan Farrell (Democratic) 35.3%
    District 27 Patsy Hazlewood Republican 2014 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 28 Yusuf Hakeem Democratic 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 29 Mike Carter Republican 2012 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 30 Esther Helton Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Esther Helton (Republican) 61.7%
    • Joseph Udeaja (Democratic) 38.3%
    District 31 Ron Travis Republican 2012 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Ron Travis (Republican) 83.0%
    • Dean Sparks (Democratic) 17.0%
    District 32 Kent Calfee Republican 2012 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 33 John Ragan Republican 2010 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 34 Tim Rudd Republican 2016 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Tim Rudd (Republican) 61.6%
    • Mary Vaughn (Democratic) 38.4%
    District 35 Jerry Sexton Republican 2014 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 36 Dennis Powers Republican 2010 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Dennis Powers (Republican) 82.5%
    • CJ Mitchell (Democratic) 17.5%
    District 37 Charlie Baum Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Charlie Baum (Republican) 58.1%
    • Mariah Phillips (Democratic) 41.9%
    District 38 Kelly Keisling Republican 2010 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Kelly Keisling (Republican) 85.6%
    • Carol Veneá Abney (Democratic) 14.4%
    District 39 Iris Rudder Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 40 Terri Lynn Weaver Republican 2016 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 41 John Windle Democratic 1994 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 42 Ryan Williams Republican 2010 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 43 Paul Sherrell Republican 2016 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Paul Sherrell (Republican) 79.7%
    • Luke Cameron (Independent) 20.3%
    District 44 William Lamberth Republican 2012 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 45 Johnny Garrett Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 46 Clark Boyd Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 47 Rush Bricken Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 48 Bryan Terry Republican 2014 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Bryan Terry (Republican) 61.7%
    • Matt Ferry (Democratic) 38.3%
    District 49 Mike Sparks Republican 2010 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Mike Sparks (Republican) 53.9%
    • Brandon Thomas (Democratic) 46.1%
    District 50 Bo Mitchell Democratic 2012 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 51 Bill Beck Democratic 2014 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 52 Mike Stewart Democratic 2008 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Mike Stewart (Democratic) 72.0%
    • Donna Tees (Republican) 28.0%
    District 53 Jason Powell Democratic 2012 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 54 Vincent Dixie Democratic 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 55 John Ray Clemmons Democratic 2014 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 56 Bob Freeman Democratic 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Bob Freeman (Democratic) 54.2%
    • Diane Michel Canada (Republican) 45.8%
    District 57 Susan Lynn Republican 2013 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Susan Lynn (Republican) 69.5%
    • Tom Sottek (Independent) 30.5%
    District 58 Harold Love Democratic 2012 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 59 Jason Potts Democratic 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 60 Darren Jernigan Democratic 2016 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 61 Brandon Ogles Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Brandon Ogles (Republican) 65.9%
    • Sam Bledsoe (Democratic) 34.1%
    District 62 Pat Marsh Republican 2009 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Pat Marsh (Republican) 99.1%
    • Tre Stewart (write-in) 0.9%
    District 63 Glen Casada Republican 2002 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Glen Casada (Republican) 59.6%
    • Elizabeth Maderia (Democratic) 32.3%
    • Brad Fiscus (Independent) 8.1%
    District 64 Scott Cepicky Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Scott Cepicky (Republican) 71.1%
    • James Campbell (Democratic) 28.9%
    District 65 Sam Whitson Republican 2016 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Sam Whitson (Republican) 68.1%
    • Jennifer Foley (Democratic) 31.9%
    District 66 Sabi Kumar Republican 2014 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Sabi Kumar (Republican) 77.6%
    • Jarvus Turnley (Democratic) 22.4%
    District 67 Jason Hodges Democratic 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Jason Hodges (Democratic) 54.9%
    • John Dawson (Republican) 45.1%
    District 68 Curtis Johnson Republican 2004 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 69 Michael Curcio Republican 2016 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 70 Clay Doggett Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 71 David Byrd Republican 2014 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 72 Kirk Haston Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 73 Chris Todd Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 74 Jay Reedy Republican 2014 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 75 Bruce Griffey Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Bruce Griffey (Republican) 81.3%
    • James Hart (Independent) 18.7%
    District 76 Andrew Holt Republican 2010 Incumbent was not a candidate for re-election.
    New member elected.
    Republican hold.
    • Y Tandy Darby (Republican) 76.0%
    • Jeffery Washburn (Independent) 24.0%
    District 77 Rusty Grills Republican 2020 (Special Election) Incumbent won re-election.
    District 78 Mary Littleton Republican 2012 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 79 Curtis Halford Republican 2008 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 80 Johnny Shaw Democratic 2000 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 81 Debra Moody Republican 2012 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 82 Chris Hurt Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Chris Hurt (Republican) 58.9%
    • Andrea Bond-Johnson (Democratic) 41.1%
    District 83 Mark White Republican 2010 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Mark White (Republican) 54.0%
    • Jerri Green (Democratic) 46.0%
    District 84 Joe Towns Jr. Democratic 1994 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Jo Towns Jr. (Democratic)
    District 85 Jesse Chism Democratic 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 86 Barbara Cooper Democratic 1996 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 87 Karen Camper Democratic 2008 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 88 Larry Miller Democratic 1994 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 89 Justin Lafferty Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Justin Lafferty (Republican) 70.1%
    • Greg Mills (Independent) 27.7%
    • Kari Keeling (Democratic) (write-in) 2.2%
    District 90 John DeBerry Independent 1994 Incumbent was disqualified from the Democratic primary, and instead ran as an independent.
    New member elected.
    Democratic gain.
    • Y Torrey Harris (Democratic) 77.3%
    • John DeBerry Jr. (Independent) 22.7%
    District 91 London Lamar Democratic 2018 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 92 Thomas R. Tillis Republican 2016 Incumbent lost the primary election.
    New member elected.
    Republican hold.
    District 93 G.A. Hardaway Democratic 2006 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y G.A. Hardaway (Democratic) 99.9%
    • Michael A Minnis (write-in) 0.1%
    District 94 Ron M. Gant Republican 2016 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 95 Kevin Vaughan Republican 2017 Incumbent won re-election.
    • Y Kevin Vaughan (Republican) 69.7%
    • Lynnette Williams (Democratic) 30.3%
    District 96 Dwayne Thompson Democratic 2016 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 97 Jim Coley Republican 2006 Incumbent was not a candidate for re-election.
    New member elected.
    Republican hold.
    District 98 Antonio Parkinson Democratic 2011 Incumbent won re-election.
    District 99 Tom Leatherwood Republican 2018 Incumbent won re-election.

    Retirements

    5 incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. The incumbents are:

    Republicans
    1. District 3 Timothy Hill retired to run for Tennessee's 1st Congressional District
    2. District 16 Bill Dunn
    3. District 18 Martin Daniel
    4. District 76 Andrew Holt
    5. District 97 Jim Coley

    Democrats

    No democrats retired in 2020

    Republicans
    1. District 6 James Van Huss lost to Tim Hicks
    2. District 7 Matthew Hill lost to Rebecca Alexander
    3. District 92 Thomas R. Tillis lost to Todd Warner

    Democrats
    1. District 15 Rick Staples lost to Sam McKenzie

    Independents
    1. District 90 John DeBerry lost to Torrey Harris (DeBerry originally ran as a Democrat and lost the nomination. He ran as an independent in the general election.)

    Republican primary
    Republican primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican John Crawford (incumbent) 5,724 100
    Total votes 5,724 100

    General election
    Tennessee House of Representatives District 1 General Election, 2020
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican John Crawford (incumbent) 22,456 100
    Total votes 22,456 100
    Republican hold

    Republican primary
    Republican primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Bud Hulsey (incumbent) 8,668 100
    Total votes 8,668 100

    Democratic Primary
    Democratic Primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Arvil Love Jr. 1,248 100
    Total votes 1,248 100

    General election
    Tennessee House of Representatives District 2 General Election, 2020
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Bud Hulsey (incumbent) 23,315 77.1
    Democratic Arvil Love Jr. 6,915 22.9
    Total votes 30,230 100
    Republican hold

    Republican primary
    Republican primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Scotty Campbell 6,376 73.5
    Republican Neal Kerney 2,301 26.5
    Total votes 8,677 100

    General election
    Tennessee House of Representatives District 3 General Election, 2020
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Scotty Campbell 23,878 100
    Total votes 23,878 100
    Republican hold

    Republican primary
    Republican primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican John Holsclaw Jr. (incumbent) 5,682 62.7
    Republican Bob Acuff 1,865 20.6
    Republican Tim Lingerfelt 1,516 16.7
    Total votes 9,063 100

    Democratic Primary
    Democratic Primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Bobby Harrell 825 100
    Total votes 825 100

    General election
    Tennessee House of Representatives District 4 General Election, 2020
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican John Holsclaw Jr. (incumbent) 20,582 81.4
    Democratic Bobby Harrell 4,708 18.6
    Total votes 25,290 100
    Republican hold

    Republican primary
    Republican primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican David Hawk (incumbent) 6,384 100
    Total votes 6,384 100

    General election
    Tennessee House of Representatives District 5 General Election, 2020
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican David Hawk 21,277 100
    Total votes 21,277 100
    Republican hold

    Republican primary
    Republican primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Tim Hicks 5,412 57.5
    Republican James Van Huss (incumbent) 3,997 42.5
    Total votes 9,409 100

    Democratic Primary
    Democratic Primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Brad Batt 1,417 100
    Total votes 1,417 100

    General election
    Tennessee House of Representatives District 4 General Election, 2020
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Tim Hicks 21,557 72.7
    Democratic Brad Batt 8,107 27.3
    Total votes 29,664 100
    Republican hold

    Republican primary
    Republican primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Rebecca Alexander 5,081 63.1
    Republican Matthew Hill (incumbent) 2,970 36.9
    Total votes 8,051 100

    General election
    Tennessee House of Representatives District 7 General Election, 2020
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Rebecca Alexander 18,136 100
    Total votes 18,136 100
    Republican hold

    Republican primary
    Republican primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Jerome Moon (incumbent) 6,931 100
    Total votes 6,931 100

    Democratic Primary
    Democratic Primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Jay Clark 1,734 100
    Total votes 1,734 100

    General election
    Tennessee House of Representatives District 8 General Election, 2020
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Jerome Moon (incumbent) 23,762 74.9
    Democratic Jay Clark 7,971 25.1
    Total votes 31,733 100
    Republican hold

    Republican primary
    Republican primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Gary Hicks (incumbent) 6,057 100
    Total votes 6,057 100

    General election
    Tennessee House of Representatives District 9 General Election, 2020
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Gary Hicks (incumbent) 21,132 100
    Total votes 21,132 100
    Republican hold

    Republican primary
    Republican primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Rick Eldridge (incumbent) 3,967 100
    Total votes 3,967 100

    General election
    Tennessee House of Representatives District 10 General Election, 2020
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Rick Eldridge (incumbent) 17,156 100
    Total votes 17,156 100
    Republican hold

    Republican primary
    Republican primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Jeremy Faison (incumbent) 5,768 100
    Total votes 5,768 100

    General election
    Tennessee House of Representatives District 11 General Election, 2020
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Jeremy Faison (incumbent) 19,693 100
    Total votes 19,693 100
    Republican hold

    Republican primary
    Republican primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Dale Carr (incumbent) 6,675 100
    Total votes 6,675 100

    Democratic primary
    Democratic primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Bennett Lapides 930 100
    Total votes 930 100

    General election
    Tennessee House of Representatives District 12 General Election, 2020
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Dale Carr (incumbent) 23,858 81.3
    Democratic Bennett Lapides 5,502 18.7
    Total votes 29,360 100
    Republican hold

    Democratic primary
    Democratic primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Gloria Johnson (incumbent) 5,031 100
    Total votes 5,031 100

    Republican primary
    Republican primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Elaine Davis 4,066 100
    Total votes 4,066 100

    General election
    Tennessee House of Representatives District 13 General Election, 2020
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Gloria Johnson (incumbent) 14,242 52.9
    Republican Elaine Davis 12,664 47.1
    Total votes 29,906 100
    Democratic hold

    Republican primary
    Republican primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Jason Zachary (incumbent) 9,039 100
    Total votes 9,039 100

    Democratic primary
    Democratic primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Justin Davis 3,673 100
    Total votes 3,673 100

    General election
    Tennessee House of Representatives District 14 General Election, 2020
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Jason Zachary (incumbent) 26,539 64.6
    Democratic Justin Davis 14,558 35.4
    Total votes 41,097 100
    Republican hold

    Democratic primary
    Democratic primary
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Sam McKenzie 2,032 39.6
    Democratic Matthew Park 2,007 39.1
    Democratic Rick Staples (incumbent) 1,095 21.3
    Total votes 5,134 100

    General election
    Tennessee House of Representatives District 15 General Election, 2020
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Sam McKenzie 13,158 72.9
    Independent Troy Jones 4,887 27.1
    Total votes 18,045 100
    Democratic hold

    References
    1. "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
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