Tennessee state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Primary elections for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as various judicial retention elections, were held on August 6, 2020.

Presidential election President of the United States

In 2020, Tennessee was a stronghold for the Republican Party, and was considered a reliable "red state." Tennessee had 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College at the time. In the general election, Incumbent United States President Donald Trump won Tennessee with 60.66% of the vote.

The presidential primaries were held on March 3, 2020. Donald Trump won the Republican primary in a landslide victory over former congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois and former governor Bill Weld of Massachusetts. Vice President Joe Biden garnered the Democratic nomination, beating out Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

Results

March 3, 2020 primary results

2020 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary Candidate Votes % Delegates Joe Biden 215,390 41.72 36 Bernie Sanders 129,168 25.02 22 Michael Bloomberg 79,789 15.46 5 Elizabeth Warren 53,732 10.41 1 Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) 17,102 3.31 rowspan=12 Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn) 10,671 2.07 Tulsi Gabbard 2,278 0.44 Tom Steyer (withdrawn) 1,932 0.37 Michael Bennet (withdrawn) 1,650 0.32Andrew Yang (withdrawn) 1,097 0.21Cory Booker (withdrawn) 953 0.18Marianne Williamson (withdrawn) 498 0.10John Delaney (withdrawn) 378 0.07Julian Castro (withdrawn) 239 0.05Deval Patrick (withdrawn) 182 0.04 Uncommitted 1,191 0.23 Total 516,250 100% 64

2020 Tennessee Republican primary Candidate Votes % Estimateddelegates 384,266 96.47 58 (withdrawn) 4,178 1.05 0 3,922 0.98 0 Uncommitted 5,948 1.49 0 Total 398,314 100% 58

United States Congress Senate

Incumbent Republican Senator Lamar Alexander announced that he would not run for re-election on December 17, 2018. Environmentalist, activist and Democratic nominee Marquita Bradshaw, the first black woman to win a major political party nomination in any statewide race in Tennessee, was defeated by Republican nominee Bill Hagerty, former United States Ambassador to Japan and former Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.

Results

August 6, 2020 primary results

House of Representatives

Tennessee elected nine U.S. representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine congressional districts.

Results

DistrictRepublicanDemocraticOthersTotalResult Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % 228,181 74.71% 68,617 22.47% 8,625 2.82% 305,423 100.0% Republican hold 238,907 67.64% 109,684 31.06% 4,606 1.30% 353,197 100.0% Republican hold 215,571 67.30% 97,687 30.50% 7,041 2.20% 320,299 100.0% Republican hold 223,802 66.67% 111,908 33.33% 0 0.00% 335,710 100.0% Republican hold 0 0.00% 252,155 99.99% 14 0.01% 252,169 100.0% Democratic hold 257,572 73.68% 83,852 23.99% 8,154 2.33% 349,578 100.0% Republican hold 245,188 69.93% 95,839 27.33% 9,608 2.74% 350,635 100.0% Republican hold 227,216 68.47% 97,890 29.50% 6,747 2.03% 331,853 100.0% Republican hold 48,818 20.10% 187,905 77.37% 6,157 2.53% 242,880 100.0% Democratic holdTotal 1,685,255 59.30% 1,105,537 38.90% 50,952 1.79% 2,841,744 100.0%

State legislature State Senate

Results by senate districts

Winners:

Elections for 16 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 3, 2020. There was 1 open seat, and 15 incumbents that ran for re-election.

+ Summary of the November 3, 2020 Tennessee Senate election results Party Candidates Votes Seats % Before Up Won After +/– Republican 15 939,727 71.41 28 15 14 27 1 Democratic 10 321,494 24.43 5 1 2 6 1 Independent 3 52,928 4.02 0 0 0 0 Write-in 2 1,777 0.14 0 0 0 0 Total 1,315,926 100 33 16 16 33 Source:

Close races Two races were decided by a margin of under 10%:

District Winner Margin District 10 data-sort-value=1 6.32% District 20 data-sort-value=1 (gain) 3.52%

State House of Representatives

Results by State House districts

Winners:

The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 3, 2020.

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. + 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%

See also Elections in Tennessee Political party strength in Tennessee Tennessee Democratic Party Tennessee Republican Party Government of Tennessee 2020 United States elections

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