2020 Tennessee House of Representatives election

The 2020 Tennessee House of Representatives elections was held on November 3, 2020, to elect 99 seats for the Tennessee House of Representatives. The elections coincided with the Presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State Senate elections.

For related races, see 2020 United States state legislative elections.
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 Third party
 
Leader Cameron Sexton Karen Camper John DeBerry
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Leader's seat 25th District 87th District
Last election 73 seats 26 seats 0 seats
Seats before 73 25 1
Seats won 73 26 0
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,740,193 800,069 46,611
Percentage 67.24% 30.92% 1.80%
Speaker of the House before election

Cameron Sexton
Republican

 Elected Speaker of the House

Cameron Sexton
Republican

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The Democratic Party retook the 90th district, where the incumbent John DeBerry had defected to become an independent. The Republican Party maintained their supermajority in the state house.

Predictions
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 Steady
Democratic 58 (+1 write-in) 800,069 30.92 26 Increase 1
Independent 8 46,611 1.80 0 Decrease 1
Write-in 974 0.04 0 Steady
Total 2,587,847 100.00 99 Steady
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

Seven races were decided by a margin of under 10%:

District Winner Margin
District 97 Republican 1.6%
District 13 Democratic 5.8%
District 49 Republican 7.8%
District 83 Republican 8%
District 56 Democratic 8.4%
District 18 Republican 9.8%
District 67 Democratic 9.8%

Results
District Incumbent Results Candidates
Representative Party Electoral history
District 1 John Crawford Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
District 2 Bud Hulsey Republican 2014 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Bud Hulsey (Republican) 77.1%
  • ▌Arvil Love Jr. (Democratic) 22.9%
District 3 Timothy Hill Republican 2012 Incumbent retired to run for the US House.
New member elected.
Republican Hold
District 4 John Holsclaw Jr. Republican 2014 Incumbent re-elected.
District 5 David Hawk Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
District 6 James Van Huss Republican 2012 Incumbent lost renomination.
New member elected.
Republican Hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Tim Hicks (Republican) 72.7%
  • ▌ Brad Batt (Democratic) 17.3%
District 7 Matthew Hill Republican 2004 Incumbent lost renomination.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
District 8 Jerome Moon Republican 2017 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Jerome Moon (Republican) 74.9%
  • ▌Jay Clark (Democratic) 15.1%
District 9 Gary Hicks Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
District 10 Rick Eldridge Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
District 11 Jeremy Faison Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected.
District 12 Dale Carr Republican 2012 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Dale Carr (Republican) 81.3%
  • ▌Bennett Lapides (Democratic) 18.7%
District 13 Gloria Johnson Democratic 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Gloria Johnson (Democratic) 52.9%
  • ▌Elaine Davis (Republican) 47.1%
District 14 Jason Zachary Republican 2015 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Jason Zachary (Republican) 64.6%
  • ▌Justin Davis (Democratic) 35.4%
District 15 Rick Staples Democratic 2016 Incumbent lost renomination.
New member elected.
Democratic Hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Sam McKenzie (Democratic) 72.9%
  • ▌Troy Jones (Independent) 27.1%
District 16 Bill Dunn Republican 1994 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican Hold.
District 17 Andrew Farmer Republican 2012 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Andrew Farmer (Republican) 81.4%
  • ▌Delynn McCash (Democratic) 18.6%
District 18 Martin Daniel Republican 2014 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican Hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Eddie Mannis (Republican) 54.8%
  • ▌Virginia Couch (Democratic) 45.2%
District 19 Dave Wright Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
District 20 Bob Ramsey Republican 2008 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Bob Ramsey (Republican) 72.9%
  • ▌Susan Sneed (Democratic) 27.1%
District 21 Lowell Russell Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
District 22 Dan Howell Republican 2014 Incumbent re-elected.
District 23 Mark Cochran Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Mark Cochran (Republican) 86.7%
  • ▌David Fankhauser (Independent) 13.3%
District 24 Mark Hall Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Mark Hall (Republican) 76.4%
  • ▌Daniel Jones (Democratic) 23.6%
District 25 Cameron Sexton Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Cameron Sexton (Republican) 81.6%
  • ▌Robyn Deck (Democratic) 18.4%
District 26 Robin Smith Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Robin Smith (Republican) 64.7%
  • ▌Joan Farrell (Democratic) 35.3%
District 27 Patsy Hazlewood Republican 2014 Incumbent re-elected.
District 28 Yusuf Hakeem Democratic 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
District 29 Mike Carter Republican 2012 Incumbent re-elected.
District 30 Esther Helton Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Esther Helton (Republican) 61.7%
  • ▌Joseph Udeaja (Democratic) 38.3%
District 31 Ron Travis Republican 2012 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Ron Travis (Republican) 83.0%
  • ▌Dean Sparks (Democratic) 17.0%
District 32 Kent Calfee Republican 2012 Incumbent re-elected.
District 33 John Ragan Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected.
District 34 Tim Rudd Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Tim Rudd (Republican) 61.6%
  • ▌Mary Vaughn (Democratic) 38.4%
District 35 Jerry Sexton Republican 2014 Incumbent re-elected.
District 36 Dennis Powers Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Dennis Powers (Republican) 82.5%
  • ▌CJ Mitchell (Democratic) 17.5%
District 37 Charlie Baum Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Charlie Baum (Republican) 58.1%
  • ▌Mariah Phillips (Democratic) 41.9%
District 38 Kelly Keisling Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Kelly Keisling (Republican) 85.6%
  • ▌Carol Veneá Abney (Democratic) 14.4%
District 39 Iris Rudder Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
District 40 Terri Lynn Weaver Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
District 41 John Windle Democratic 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
District 42 Ryan Williams Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected.
District 43 Paul Sherrell Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Paul Sherrell (Republican) 79.7%
  • ▌Luke Cameron (Independent) 20.3%
District 44 William Lamberth Republican 2012 Incumbent re-elected.
District 45 Johnny Garrett Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
District 46 Clark Boyd Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
District 47 Rush Bricken Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
District 48 Bryan Terry Republican 2014 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Bryan Terry (Republican) 61.7%
  • ▌Matt Ferry (Democratic) 38.3%
District 49 Mike Sparks Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Mike Sparks (Republican) 53.9%
  • ▌Brandon Thomas (Democratic) 46.1%
District 50 Bo Mitchell Democratic 2012 Incumbent re-elected.
District 51 Bill Beck Democratic 2014 Incumbent re-elected.
District 52 Mike Stewart Democratic 2008 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Mike Stewart (Democratic) 72.0%
  • ▌Donna Tees (Republican) 28.0%
District 53 Jason Powell Democratic 2012 Incumbent re-elected.
District 54 Vincent Dixie Democratic 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
District 55 John Ray Clemmons Democratic 2014 Incumbent re-elected.
District 56 Bob Freeman Democratic 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Bob Freeman (Democratic) 54.2%
  • ▌Diane Michel Canada (Republican) 45.8%
District 57 Susan Lynn Republican 2013 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Susan Lynn (Republican) 69.5%
  • ▌Tom Sottek (Independent) 30.5%
District 58 Harold Love Democratic 2012 Incumbent re-elected.
District 59 Jason Potts Democratic 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
District 60 Darren Jernigan Democratic 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
District 61 Brandon Ogles Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Brandon Ogles (Republican) 65.9%
  • ▌Sam Bledsoe (Democratic) 34.1%
District 62 Pat Marsh Republican 2009 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Pat Marsh (Republican) 99.1%
  • ▌Tre Stewart (write-in) 0.9%
District 63 Glen Casada Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Glen Casada (Republican) 59.6%
  • ▌Elizabeth Maderia (Democratic) 32.3%
  • ▌Brad Fiscus (Independent) 8.1%
District 64 Scott Cepicky Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Scott Cepicky (Republican) 71.1%
  • ▌James Campbell (Democratic) 28.9%
District 65 Sam Whitson Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Sam Whitson (Republican) 68.1%
  • ▌Jennifer Foley (Democratic) 31.9%
District 66 Sabi "Doc" Kumar Republican 2014 Incumbent re-elected.
District 67 Jason Hodges Democratic 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Jason Hodges (Democratic) 54.9%
  • ▌John Dawson (Republican) 45.1%
District 68 Curtis Johnson Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
District 69 Michael Curcio Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Michael Curcio (Republican) 70.3%
  • ▌Eddie Johnson (Democratic) 29.7%
District 70 Clay Doggett Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
District 71 David Byrd Republican 2014 Incumbent re-elected.
District 72 Kirk Haston Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
District 73 Chris Todd Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
District 74 Jay Reedy Republican 2014 Incumbent re-elected.
District 75 Bruce Griffey Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Bruce Griffey (Republican) 81.3%
  • ▌James Hart (Independent) 18.7%
District 76 Andrew Holt Republican 2010 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Tandy Darby (Republican) 76.0%
  • ▌Jeffery Washburn (Independent) 24.0%
District 77 Rusty Grills Republican 2020 (Special Election) Incumbent re-elected.
District 78 Mary Littleton Republican 2012 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Mary Littleton (Republican) 72.2%
  • ▌Holly Spann (Democratic) 27.8%
District 79 Curtis Halford Republican 2008 Incumbent re-elected.
District 80 Johnny Shaw Democratic 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
District 81 Debra Moody Republican 2012 Incumbent re-elected.
District 82 Chris Hurt Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Chris Hurt (Republican) 58.9%
  • ▌Andrea Bond-Johnson (Democratic) 41.1%
District 83 Mark White Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Mark White (Republican) 54.0%
  • ▌Jerri Green (Democratic) 46.0%
District 84 Joe Towns Democratic 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
District 85 Jesse Chism Democratic 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
District 86 Barbara Cooper Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Barbara Cooper (Democratic) 72.7%
  • ▌Rob White (Republican) 17.3%
District 87 Karen Camper Democratic 2008 Incumbent re-elected.
District 88 Larry Miller Democratic 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
District 89 Justin Lafferty Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Justin Lafferty (Republican) 70.1%
  • ▌Greg Mills (Independent) 27.7%
  • ▌Kari Keeling (Democratic) (write-in) 2.2%
District 90 John DeBerry Independent 1994 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Torrey Harris (Democratic) 77.3%
  • ▌John DeBerry (Independent) 22.7%
District 91 London Lamar Democratic 2018 Incumbent re-elected.
District 92 Thomas R. Tillis Republican 2016 Incumbent lost renomination.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
District 93 G. A. Hardaway Democratic 2006 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY G. A. Hardaway (Democratic) 99.9%
  • ▌Michael A Minnis (write-in) 0.1%
District 94 Ron Gant Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
District 95 Kevin Vaughan Republican 2017 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Kevin Vaughan (Republican) 69.7%
  • ▌Lynnette Williams (Democratic) 30.3%
District 96 Dwayne Thompson Democratic 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Dwayne Thompson (Democratic) 59.2%
  • ▌Patricia Possel (Republican) 40.8%
District 97 Jim Coley Republican 2006 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY John Gillespie (Republican) 50.8%
  • ▌Gabby Salinas (Democratic) 49.2%
District 98 Antonio Parkinson Democratic 2011 Incumbent re-elected.
District 99 Tom Leatherwood Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.

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

See also

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