2020 Tennessee House of Representatives election

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 25 Seats won 73 26 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,740,193 800,069 Percentage 67.24% 30.92%   Third party   Party Independent Last election 0 Seats before 1 Seats won 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 46,611 Percentage 1.80%
Republican hold      Democratic hold      Democratic gain
Speaker of the House before election Cameron Sexton Republican Elected Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton Republican

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 supermajority over the state house.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	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: [1]

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.	Y John Crawford (Republican)
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	Y Scotty Campbell (Republican)
District 4	John Holsclaw Jr.	Republican	2014	Incumbent won re-election.	Y John Holsclaw Jr. (Republican) 81.4% Bobby Harrell (Democratic) 18.6%
District 5	David Hawk	Republican	2002	Incumbent won re-election.	Y David Hawk (Republican)
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.	Y Gary Hicks (Republican)
District 10	Rick Eldridge	Republican	2018	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Rick Eldridge (Republican)
District 11	Jeremy Faison	Republican	2010	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Jeremy Faison (Republican)
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.	Y Gloria Johnson (Democratic) 52.9% Elaine Davis (Republican) 47.1%
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.	Y Michele Carringer (Republican) 69.3% Elizabeth Rowland (Democratic) 30.7%
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.	Y Dave Wright (Republican)
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.	Y Lowell Russell (Republican)
District 22	Dan Howell	Republican	2014	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Dan Howell (Republican)
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.	Y Cameron Sexton (Republican) 81.6% Robyn Deck (Democratic) 18.4%
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.	Y Patsy Hazlewood (Republican)
District 28	Yusuf Hakeem	Democratic	2018	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Yusuf Hakeem (Democratic)
District 29	Mike Carter	Republican	2012	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Mike Carter (Republican)
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.	Y Kent Calfee (Republican)
District 33	John Ragan	Republican	2010	Incumbent won re-election.	Y John Ragan (Republican)
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.	Y Jerry Sexton (Republican)
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.	Y Iris Rudder (Republican)
District 40	Terri Lynn Weaver	Republican	2016	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Terri Lynn Weaver (Republican) 78.8% Paddy Sizemore (Independent) 21.2%
District 41	John Windle	Democratic	1994	Incumbent won re-election.	Y John Windle (Democratic)
District 42	Ryan Williams	Republican	2010	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Ryan Williams (Republican)
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.	Y William Lamberth (Republican)
District 45	Johnny Garrett	Republican	2018	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Johnny Garrett (Republican)
District 46	Clark Boyd	Republican	2018	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Clark Boyd (Republican)
District 47	Rush Bricken	Republican	2018	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Rush Bricken (Republican)
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.	Y Bo Mitchell (Democratic)
District 51	Bill Beck	Democratic	2014	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Bill Beck (Democratic)
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.	Y Jason Powell (Democratic)
District 54	Vincent Dixie	Democratic	2018	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Vincent Dixie (Democratic)
District 55	John Ray Clemmons	Democratic	2014	Incumbent won re-election.	Y John Ray Clemmons (Democratic)
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.	Y Harold Love (Democratic)
District 59	Jason Potts	Democratic	2018	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Jason Potts (Democratic)
District 60	Darren Jernigan	Democratic	2016	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Darren Jernigan (Democratic)
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.	Y Curtis Johnson (Republican)
District 69	Michael Curcio	Republican	2016	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Michael Curcio (Republican) 70.3% Eddie Johnson (Democratic) 29.7%
District 70	Clay Doggett	Republican	2018	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Clay Doggett (Republican)
District 71	David Byrd	Republican	2014	Incumbent won re-election.	Y David Byrd (Republican)
District 72	Kirk Haston	Republican	2018	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Kirk Haston (Republican)
District 73	Chris Todd	Republican	2018	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Chris Todd (Republican)
District 74	Jay Reedy	Republican	2014	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Jay Reedy (Republican)
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.	Y Rusty Grills (Republican)
District 78	Mary Littleton	Republican	2012	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Mary Littleton (Republican) 72.2% Holly Spann (Democratic) 27.8%
District 79	Curtis Halford	Republican	2008	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Curtis Halford (Republican)
District 80	Johnny Shaw	Democratic	2000	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Johnny Shaw (Democratic)
District 81	Debra Moody	Republican	2012	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Debra Moody (Republican)
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.	Y Jesse Chism (Democratic)
District 86	Barbara Cooper	Democratic	1996	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Barbara Cooper (Democratic) 72.7% Rob White (Republican) 17.3%
District 87	Karen Camper	Democratic	2008	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Karen Camper (Democratic)
District 88	Larry Miller	Democratic	1994	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Larry Miller (Democratic)
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.	Y London Lamar (Democratic)
District 92	Thomas R. Tillis	Republican	2016	Incumbent lost the primary election. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Todd Warner (Republican)
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.	Y Ron Gant (Republican)
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.	Y Dwayne Thompson (Democratic) 59.2% Patricia Possel (Republican) 40.8%
District 97	Jim Coley	Republican	2006	Incumbent was not a candidate for re-election. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y John Gillespie (Republican) 50.8% Gabby Salinas (Democratic) 49.2%
District 98	Antonio Parkinson	Democratic	2011	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Antonio Parkinson (Democratic)
District 99	Tom Leatherwood	Republican	2018	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Tom Leatherwood (Republican)

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

Incumbents defeated

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.)

District 1

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

District 2

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

District 3

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

District 4

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

District 5

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

District 6

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

District 7

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

District 8

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

District 9

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

District 10

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

District 11

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

District 12

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

District 13

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

District 14

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

District 15

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