2020 Tennessee Senate election

Elections to 16 of 33 seats in the Tennessee Senate will be held on November 3, 2020, along with elections for the State House of Representatives, and the United States president among others.[1]

Not to be confused with 2020 United States Senate election in Tennessee.
2020 Tennessee State Senate election
November 3, 2020
16 of the 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Randy McNally Jeff Yarbro
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 5th district 21st district
Last election 27 seats 5 seats
Seats before 27 5
Seats won 26 6
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 939,727 321,494
Percentage 71.41% 24.43%
Speaker before election

Randy McNally
Republican

 Elected Speaker

Randy McNally
Republican

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Primary elections were held on August 6, 2020,[2] with the exception of presidential primaries held on March 3 of that year.[3]

Retirements

One incumbent did not run for re-election in 2020. That incumbent is:

Republicans
  1. District 26: Dolores Gresham: Retiring

Incumbents defeated

Republicans
  1. District 20: Steven Dickerson lost to Heidi Campbell.

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[4] Safe R October 21, 2020

Results summary
Summary of the November 3, 2020 Tennessee Senate election results
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No.  % Before Up Won After +/–
Republican 15 939,727 71.41 28 15 14 14 1
Democratic 10 321,494 24.43 5 1 2 6 1
Independent 3 52,928 4.02 0 0 0 0
Write-in 1 1,777 0.14 0 0 0 0
Total 1,315,926 100 33 16 16 33
Source:
Popular vote
Republican
 
 71.41%
Democratic
 
 24.43%
Other
 
 4.16%
Senate seats
Republican
 
 87.50%
Democratic
 
 12.50%

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 10, 6.32%
  2. District 20, 3.52% (gain)

Red denotes races won by Republicans. Blue denotes races won by Democrats.

Summary of results by State Senate District
State Senate District[5] Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
2nd Art Swann Rep Art Swann Rep
4th Jon Lundberg Rep Jon Lundberg Rep
6th Becky Duncan Massey Rep Becky Duncan Massey Rep
8th Frank S. Niceley Rep Frank S. Niceley Rep
10th Todd Gardenhire Rep Todd Gardenhire Rep
12th Ken Yager Rep Ken Yager Rep
14th Shane Reeves Rep Shane Reeves Rep
16th Janice Bowling Rep Janice Bowling Rep
18th Ferrell Haile Rep Ferrell Haile Rep
20th Steven Dickerson Rep Heidi Campbell Dem
22nd Bill Powers Rep Bill Powers Rep
24th John Stevens Rep John Stevens Rep
26th Dolores Gresham Rep Page Walley Rep
28th Joey Hensley Rep Joey Hensley Rep
30th Sara Kyle Dem Sara Kyle Dem
32nd Paul Rose Rep Paul Rose Rep

Detailed results by State Senate District

District 2 • District 4 • District 6 • District 8 • District 10 • District 12 • District 14 • District 16 • District 18 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 26 • District 28 • District 30 • District 32

Republican primary
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Art Swann (incumbent) 20,675 100
Total votes 20,675 100

General election
Tennessee's 2nd State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Art Swann (incumbent) 79,674 97.82
Write-in Patti Larimer Young 1,774 2.18
Total votes 81,448 100
Republican hold

Republican primary
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jon Lundberg (incumbent) 21,051 100
Total votes 21,051 100

Democratic primary
Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Amber Riddle 2,967 100
Total votes 2,967 100

General election
Tennessee's 4th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jon Lundberg (incumbent) 65,638 79.06
Democratic Amber Riddle 17,381 20.94
Total votes 83,019 100
Republican hold

Republican primary
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Becky Duncan Massey (incumbent) 19,741 100
Total votes 19,741 100

Democratic primary
Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jane George 7,783 63.96
Democratic Sam Brown 4,386 36.04
Total votes 12,169 100

General election
Tennessee's 6th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Becky Duncan Massey (incumbent) 61,286 63.14
Democratic Jane George 35,785 36.87
Total votes 97,071 100
Republican hold

Republican primary
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank S. Niceley (incumbent) 18,298 100
Total votes 18,298 100

General election
Tennessee's 8th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank S. Niceley (incumbent) 59,713 100
Total votes 59,713 100
Republican hold

Republican primary
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Todd Gardenhire (incumbent) 13,720 100
Total votes 13,720 100

Democratic primary
Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Glenn Scruggs 10,952 100
Total votes 10,952 100

General election
Tennessee's 10th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Todd Gardenhire (incumbent) 45,049 53.16
Democratic Glenn Scruggs 39,688 46.84
Total votes 84,737 100
Republican hold

Republican primary
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Yager (incumbent) 20,408 100
Total votes 20,408 100

General election
Tennessee's 12th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Yager (incumbent) 69,042 100
Total votes 69,042 100
Republican hold

Republican primary
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shane Reeves (incumbent) 20,195 100
Total votes 20,195 100

Democratic primary
Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chase Clemons 6,475 100
Total votes 6,475 100

General election
Tennessee's 14th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shane Reeves (incumbent) 62,351 71.84
Democratic Chase Clemons 24,440 28.16
Total votes 86,791 100
Republican hold

Republican primary
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Janice Bowling (incumbent) 21,638 100
Total votes 21,638 100

Democratic primary
Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sheila Younglove 6,183 100
Total votes 6,183 100

General election
Tennessee's 16th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Janice Bowling (incumbent) 62,379 76.01
Democratic Sheila Younglove 19,687 23.99
Total votes 82,066 100
Republican hold

Republican primary
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ferrell Haile (incumbent) 18,923 100
Total votes 18,923 100

General election
Tennessee's 18th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ferrell Haile (incumbent) 68,141 72.18
Independent John A. Gentry 26,261 27.82
Total votes 94,402 100
Republican hold

Republican primary
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steven Dickerson (incumbent) 14,345 100
Total votes 14,345 100

Democratic primary
Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Heidi Campbell 13,441 51.37
Democratic Kimi Abernathy 12,723 48.63
Total votes 26,164 100

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Steve Dickerson (R) Heidi Campbell (D) Undecided
Change Research/Heidi Campbell[upper-alpha 1] August 31 – September 1, 2020 531 (LV) ± 4.2% 47% 49% 4%

General election
Tennessee's 20th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Heidi Campbell 58,746 51.76
Republican Steven Dickerson (incumbent) 54,755 48.24
Total votes 113,501 100
Democratic gain from Republican

Republican primary
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Powers (incumbent) 8,338 52.75
Republican Doug Englen 7,468 47.25
Total votes 15,806 100

Democratic primary
Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ronnie L. Glynn 6,724 100
Total votes 6,724 100

General election
Tennessee's 22nd State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Powers (incumbent) 49,767 62.09
Democratic Ronnie L. Glynn 30,383 37.91
Total votes 80,150 100
Republican hold

Republican primary
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Stevens (incumbent) 13,061 61.24
Republican Casey L. Hood 8,266 38.76
Total votes 21,327 100

General election
Tennessee's 24th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Stevens (incumbent) 63,532 87.84
Independent Yahweh Yahweh 8,795 12.16
Total votes 72,327 100
Republican hold

Republican primary
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Page Walley 12,892 53.23
Republican Jai Templeton 11,328 46.77
Total votes 24,220 100

Democratic primary
Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Civil Miller-Watkins 5,301 100
Total votes 5,301 100

General election
Tennessee's 26th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Page Walley 62,701 75.89
Democratic Civil Miller-Watkins 19,918 24.11
Total votes 82,619 100
Republican hold

Republican primary
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joey Hensley (incumbent) 21,083 100
Total votes 21,083 100

General election
Tennessee's 28th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joey Hensley (incumbent) 65,050 78.44
Independent James Anthony Gray 17,872 21.55
Write-in James R. Trusty 3 0.00
Total votes 82,925 100
Republican hold

Democratic primary
Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sara Kyle (incumbent) 10,241 70.47
Democratic M. LaTroy Williams 4,292 29.53
Total votes 14,533 100

General election
Tennessee's 30th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sara Kyle (incumbent) 43,895 100
Total votes 43,895 100
Democratic hold

Republican primary
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Rose (incumbent) 17,294 76.40
Republican Scott Throckmorton 5,342 23.60
Total votes 22,636 100

Democratic primary
Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julie Byrd Ashworth 7,486 100
Total votes 7,486 100

General election
Tennessee's 32nd State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Rose (incumbent) 70,649 69.12
Democratic Julie Byrd Ashworth 31,571 30.89
Total votes 102,220 100
Republican hold

Notes
  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. Poll sponsored by Campbell's campaign

References
  1. "Tennessee State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. "Live: Tennessee Primary Election Results 2020". New York Times. August 7, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  3. Jonathan Mattise; Kimberlee Kruesi (4 March 2020). "Biden wins Democratic presidential primary in Tennessee". Associated Press. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  4. "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  5. "Tennessee State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-12-17.


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