2020 Tennessee House of Representatives election

The 2020 Tennessee House of Representatives election 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.

The Democratic Party regained control of the 90th district. Incumbent Rep. John DeBerry, who had represented the district as a Democrat for many years, was removed from the Tennessee Democratic Party’s primary ballot by the party’s State Executive Committee after voting against key Democratic positions, including on abortion and other issues; his anti-abortion stance was cited as a significant factor in that decision. DeBerry subsequently ran for re-election as an independent. After losing his bid for another term, Governor Bill Lee appointed DeBerry to serve as a senior advisor in his administration.

The Republican Party maintained their supermajority in the state house, retaining all 73 seats.

Retirements Five representatives (all Republicans) retired, one of whom retired to run for other offices. Republicans District 3: Timothy Hill retired to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in Tennessee's 1st congressional district. District 16: Bill Dunn retired. District 18: Martin Daniel retired. District 76: Andrew Holt retired. District 97: Jim Coley retired.

Democrats No democrats retired in 2020

Incumbents defeated In primary elections Two Republicans lost renomination. Republicans District 6: James Van Huss lost renomination to Tim Hicks. District 7: Matthew Hill lost renomination to Rebecca Alexander. District 92: Rick Tillis lost renomination to Todd Warner.

Democrats Two Democrats lost renomination. District 15: Rick Staples lost renomination to Sam McKenzie. District 90: John DeBerry lost renomination to Torrey Harris.

In general elections Independents One Independent lost re-election to a Democrat. District 90: John DeBerry lost to Torrey Harris.

Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportOctober 21, 2020

Results summary

+ Summary of the November 3, 2020 Tennessee House election results Party Candidates Votes Seats % +/– Republican 79 1,740,193 67.24% 73 Democratic 58 (+1 write-in) 800,069 30.92% 26 1 Independent 8 46,611 1.80% 0 1 Write-in 974 0.04% 0 Total 2,587,847 100.00% 99 Source:

Close races Seven races were decided by a margin of under 10%: District Winner Margin District 97 data-sort-value=1 1.6% District 13 data-sort-value=1 5.8% District 49 data-sort-value=1 7.8% District 83 data-sort-value=1 8.0% District 56 data-sort-value=1 8.4% District 18 data-sort-value=1 9.8% District 67 data-sort-value=1 9.8%

Overview 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. 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. District 7 Matthew Hill Republican 2004 Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Republican hold. District 8 Jerome Moon Republican 2017 Incumbent re-elected. 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. District 13 Gloria Johnson Democratic 2018 Incumbent re-elected. District 14 Jason Zachary Republican 2015 Incumbent re-elected. District 15 Rick Staples Democratic 2016 Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic Hold. District 16 Bill Dunn Republican 1994 Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican Hold. District 17 Andrew Farmer Republican 2012 Incumbent re-elected. District 18 Martin Daniel Republican 2014 Incumbent retired. New member elected.Republican Hold. District 19 Dave Wright Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected. District 20 Bob Ramsey Republican 2008 Incumbent re-elected. 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. District 24 Mark Hall Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected. District 25 Cameron Sexton Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected. District 26 Robin Smith Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected. 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. District 31 Ron Travis Republican 2012 Incumbent re-elected. 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. District 35 Jerry Sexton Republican 2014 Incumbent re-elected. District 36 Dennis Powers Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected. District 37 Charlie Baum Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected. District 38 Kelly Keisling Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected. 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. 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. District 49 Mike Sparks Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected. 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. 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. District 57 Susan Lynn Republican 2013 Incumbent re-elected. 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. District 62 Pat Marsh Republican 2009 Incumbent re-elected. District 63 Glen Casada Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected. District 64 Scott Cepicky Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected. District 65 Sam Whitson Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected. District 66 Sabi "Doc" Kumar Republican 2014 Incumbent re-elected. District 67 Jason Hodges Democratic 2018 Incumbent re-elected. District 68 Curtis Johnson Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected. District 69 Michael Curcio Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected. 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. District 76 Andrew Holt Republican 2010 Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. District 77 Rusty Grills Republican 2020 (Special Election) Incumbent re-elected. District 78 Mary Littleton Republican 2012 Incumbent re-elected. 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. District 83 Mark White Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected. 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. 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. District 90 John DeBerry Independent 1994 Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. 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. District 94 Ron Gant Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected. District 95 Kevin Vaughan Republican 2017 Incumbent re-elected. District 96 Dwayne Thompson Democratic 2016 Incumbent re-elected. District 97 Jim Coley Republican 2006 Incumbent retired. New member elected.Republican hold. District 98 Antonio Parkinson Democratic 2011 Incumbent re-elected. District 99 Tom Leatherwood Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected.

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John DeBerry was removed from the ballot by his party for the August 2020 Democratic primaries because of his history of aligning with the Republicans in votes and donations, and ran in the general election as an independent.

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See also 2020 Tennessee elections 2020 Tennessee Senate election

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