# 2020 Tennessee elections

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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

2020 United States presidential election in Tennessee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Donald Trump Mike Pence | 1,852,475 | 60.66 | –0.06 |
| | Democratic | Joe Biden Kamala Harris | 1,143,711 | 37.45 | +2.73 |
| | Independent | Jo Jorgensen Spike Cohen | 29,877 | 0.98 | –1.83 |
| | Independent | Kanye West Michelle Tidball | 10,279 | 0.34 | N/A |
| | Independent | Don Blankenship William Mohr | 5,365 | 0.18 | +0.12 |
| | Independent | Howie Hawkins Angela Walker | 4,545 | 0.15 | –0.49 |
| | Independent | Alyson Kennedy Malcolm Jarrett | 2,576 | 0.08 | –0.04 |
| | Independent | Gloria La Riva Sunil Freeman | 2,301 | 0.08% | N/A |
| | Independent | Rocky De La Fuente Darcy Richardson | 1,860 | 0.06 | –0.10 |
| | American Solidarity | Brian T. Carroll (write-in) Amar Patel (write-in) | 762 | 0.02 | N/A |
| | Independent | Jade Simmons (write-in) Claudeliah Roze (write-in) | 68 | 0.00 | N/A |
| | Independent | Tom Hoefling (write-in) Andy Prior (write-in) | 31 | 0.00% | N/A |
| | Independent | R19 Boddie (write-in) Eric Stoneham (write-in) | 1 | 0.00% | N/A |
| | Independent | Kasey Wells (write-in) Rachel Wells (write-in) | 0 | 0.00% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,053,851 | 100.00% | |
| | Republican win | Republican win | Republican win | Republican win | Republican win |
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 | |
| 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 | 0.32 | |
| Andrew Yang (withdrawn) | 1,097 | 0.21 | |
| Cory Booker (withdrawn) | 953 | 0.18 | |
| Marianne Williamson (withdrawn) | 498 | 0.10 | |
| John Delaney (withdrawn) | 378 | 0.07 | |
| Julian Castro (withdrawn) | 239 | 0.05 | |
| Deval Patrick (withdrawn) | 182 | 0.04 | |
| Uncommitted | 1,191 | 0.23 | |
| Total | 516,250 | 100% | 64 |
2020 Tennessee Republican primary :
| Candidate | Votes | % | Estimated delegates |
| Donald Trump | 384,266 | 96.47 | 58 |
| Joe Walsh (withdrawn) | 4,178 | 1.05 | 0 |
| Bill Weld | 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

2020 United States Senate election in Tennessee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Bill Hagerty | 1,840,926 | 62.20% | +0.33% |
| | Democratic | Marquita Bradshaw | 1,040,691 | 35.16% | +3.29% |
| | Independent | Elizabeth McLeod | 16,652 | 0.56% | N/A |
| | Independent | Yomi Faparusi | 10,727 | 0.36% | N/A |
| | Independent | Stephen Hooper | 9,609 | 0.32% | N/A |
| | Independent | Kacey Morgan (withdrawn) | 9,598 | 0.32% | N/A |
| | Independent | Ronnie Henley | 8,478 | 0.30% | N/A |
| | Independent | Aaron James | 7,203 | 0.29% | N/A |
| | Independent | Eric William Stansberry | 6,781 | 0.23% | N/A |
| | Independent | Dean Hill | 4,872 | 0.16% | N/A |
| | Independent | Jeffrey Grunau | 4,160 | 0.14% | N/A |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 64 | 0.00% | ±0.00% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,959,761 | 100.0% | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
August 6, 2020 primary results
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Marquita Bradshaw | 117,962 | 35.51% |
| | Democratic | Robin Kimbrough Hayes | 88,492 | 26.64% |
| | Democratic | James Mackler | 78,966 | 23.77% |
| | Democratic | Gary G. Davis | 30,758 | 9.26% |
| | Democratic | Mark Pickrell | 16,045 | 4.83% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 332,223 | 100.00% |
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Bill Hagerty | 331,267 | 50.75% |
| | Republican | Manny Sethi | 257,223 | 39.41% |
| | Republican | George Flinn, Jr. | 22,454 | 3.44% |
| | Republican | Jon Henry | 8,104 | 1.24% |
| | Republican | Natisha Brooks | 8,072 | 1.24% |
| | Republican | Byron Bush | 5,420 | 0.83% |
| | Republican | Clifford Adkins | 5,316 | 0.81% |
| | Republican | Terry Dicus | 2,279 | 0.35% |
| | Republican | Tom Emerson, Jr. | 2,252 | 0.35% |
| | Republican | David Schuster | 2,045 | 0.31% |
| | Republican | John Osborne | 1,877 | 0.29% |
| | Republican | Roy Dale Cope | 1,791 | 0.27% |
| | Republican | Kent Morrell | 1,769 | 0.27% |
| | Republican | Aaron Pettigrew | 1,622 | 0.25% |
| | Republican | Glen Neal, Jr. | 1,233 | 0.19% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 652,724 | 100.00% |

### House of Representatives

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

### Results

| District | Republican | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Others | Others | Total | Total | Result |
| District | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Result |
| District 1 | 228,181 | 74.71% | 68,617 | 22.47% | 8,625 | 2.82% | 305,423 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 2 | 238,907 | 67.64% | 109,684 | 31.06% | 4,606 | 1.30% | 353,197 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 3 | 215,571 | 67.30% | 97,687 | 30.50% | 7,041 | 2.20% | 320,299 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 4 | 223,802 | 66.67% | 111,908 | 33.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 335,710 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 5 | 0 | 0.00% | 252,155 | 99.99% | 14 | 0.01% | 252,169 | 100.0% | Democratic hold |
| District 6 | 257,572 | 73.68% | 83,852 | 23.99% | 8,154 | 2.33% | 349,578 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 7 | 245,188 | 69.93% | 95,839 | 27.33% | 9,608 | 2.74% | 350,635 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 8 | 227,216 | 68.47% | 97,890 | 29.50% | 6,747 | 2.03% | 331,853 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 9 | 48,818 | 20.10% | 187,905 | 77.37% | 6,157 | 2.53% | 242,880 | 100.0% | Democratic hold |
| Total | 1,685,255 | 59.30% | 1,105,537 | 38.90% | 50,952 | 1.79% | 2,841,744 | 100.0% | |
Popular vote
Republican
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Democratic
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Other
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House seats
Republican
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Democratic
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## State legislature
### State Senate

Results by senate districts
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 | Party | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Candidates | No. | % | 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 | Total | Total | 1,315,926 | 100 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 33 | |
| Source: ||||||||||
Popular vote
Republican
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Democratic
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Other
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Senate seats
Republican
81.82%
Democratic
18.18% :

### Close races

Two races were decided by a margin of under 10%:
| District | Winner | Margin |
| District 10 | Republican | 6.32% |
| District 20 | Democratic (gain) | 3.52% |

### State House of Representatives

Results by State House districts
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 | Party | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Candidates | No. | % | No. | +/– |
| | 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 | Write-in | 974 | 0.04 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | Total | 2,587,847 | 100.00 | 99 | |
| Source: |||||||||
Popular vote
Republican
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Democratic
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Independent
1.80%
Write-ins
0.04% :
House seats
Republican
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Democratic
26.26% :

### 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 | 8.0% |
| District 56 | Democratic | 8.4% |
| District 18 | Republican | 9.8% |
| District 67 | Democratic | 9.8% |