2016 Tennessee House of Representatives election

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2016 Tennessee House of Representatives election
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  2014 November 8, 2016 2018  

99 Seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives
50 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Beth Harwell (cropped).jpg Craig Fitzhugh.jpg
Leader Beth Harwell Craig Fitzhugh
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat56th District82nd District
Last election73 seats26 seats
Seats won7425
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1

2016 Tennessee House of Representatives election map.svg
Results:
     Democratic gain     Republican gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold

Speaker of the House before election

Beth Harwell
Republican

Elected Speaker of the House

Beth Harwell
Republican

The 2016 Tennessee House of Representatives election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect 99 seats for the Tennessee House of Representatives. The elections coincided with the Presidential, U.S. House, and State Senate elections.

Contents

Republican Paul Sherrell flipped the rural 43rd district, and Republican Michael Curcio flipped the rural 69th district, while Democrat Dwayne Thompson flipped Memphis's suburban 96th district. The Republican Party maintained their supermajority in the state house. [1] [2]

Results summary

Summary of the November 8, 2016 Tennessee House election results
PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No. %No.+/–
Republican 74Increase2.svg 1
Democratic 25Decrease2.svg 1
Independent 0Steady2.svg
Write-in 0Steady2.svg
Total100.0099Steady2.svg
Source:
Popular vote
Republican
%
Democratic
%
Independent
%
Write-ins
%
House seats
Republican
74.75%
Democratic
25.25%

Close races

Results

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
RepresentativePartyElectoral history
District 1Republican
District 2 Bud Hulsey Republican2014
District 3 Timothy Hill Republican2012
District 4 John Holsclaw Jr. Republican2014
District 5 David Hawk Republican2002Incumbent won re-election.
District 6 James Van Huss Republican2012
District 7 Matthew Hill Republican2004
District 8 Jerome Moon Republican2017
District 9Republican
District 10Republican
District 11 Jeremy Faison Republican2010Incumbent won re-election.
District 12 Dale Carr Republican2012
District 13
District 14 Jason Zachary Republican2015
District 15 Rick Staples Democratic2016
District 16 Bill Dunn Republican1994
District 17 Andrew Farmer Republican2012
District 18 Martin Daniel Republican2014
District 19Republican
District 20 Robert Ramsey Republican2008
District 21Republican
District 22 Dan Howell Republican2014Incumbent won re-election.
District 23Republican
District 24Republican
District 25 Cameron Sexton Republican2010
District 26Republican
District 27 Patsy Hazlewood Republican2014Incumbent won re-election.
District 28Democratic
District 29 Mike Carter Republican2012Incumbent won re-election.
District 30Republican
District 31 Ron Travis Republican2012
District 32 Kent Calfee Republican2012Incumbent won re-election.
District 33 John Ragan Republican2010Incumbent won re-election.
District 34Republican
District 35 Jerry Sexton Republican2014Incumbent won re-election.
District 36 Dennis Powers Republican2010Incumbent won re-election.
District 37Republican
District 38 Kelly Keisling Republican2010Incumbent won re-election.
District 39Republican
District 40Republican
District 41 John Windle Democratic1994Incumbent won re-election.
District 42 Ryan Williams Republican2010Incumbent won re-election.
District 43Democratic
District 44 William Lamberth Republican2012Incumbent won re-election.
District 45Republican
District 46Republican
District 47Republican
District 48 Bryan Terry Republican2014
District 49 Mike Sparks Republican2010
District 50 Bo Mitchell Democratic2012Incumbent won re-election.
District 51 Bill Beck Democratic2014Incumbent won re-election.
District 52 Mike Stewart Democratic2008Incumbent won re-election.
District 53 Jason Powell Democratic2012Incumbent won re-election.
District 54Democratic
District 55 John Ray Clemmons Democratic2014Incumbent won re-election.
District 56
District 57 Susan Lynn Republican2013Incumbent won re-election.
District 58 Harold Love Democratic2012Incumbent won re-election.
District 59DemocraticIncumbent won re-election.
District 60DemocraticIncumbent won re-election.
District 61RepublicanIncumbent won re-election.
District 62 Pat Marsh Republican2009Incumbent won re-election.
District 63 Glen Casada Republican2002Incumbent won re-election.
District 64RepublicanIncumbent won re-election.
District 65RepublicanIncumbent won re-election.
District 66 Sabi Kumar Republican2014Incumbent won re-election.
District 67DemocraticIncumbent won re-election.
District 68 Curtis Johnson Republican2004Incumbent won re-election.
District 69Democratic
District 70RepublicanIncumbent won re-election.
District 71 David Byrd Republican2014Incumbent won re-election.
District 72RepublicanIncumbent won re-election.
District 73RepublicanIncumbent won re-election.
District 74 Jay Reedy Republican2014Incumbent won re-election.
District 75RepublicanIncumbent won re-election.
District 76Republican
District 77RepublicanIncumbent won re-election.
District 78 Mary Littleton Republican2012Incumbent won re-election.
District 79 Curtis Halford Republican2008Incumbent won re-election.
District 80 Johnny Shaw Democratic2000Incumbent won re-election.
District 81 Debra Moody Republican2012Incumbent won re-election.
District 82Democratic
District 83 Mark White Republican2010Incumbent won re-election.
District 84 Joe Towns Jr. Democratic1994Incumbent won re-election.
District 85DemocraticIncumbent won re-election.
District 86 Barbara Cooper Democratic1996Incumbent won re-election.
District 87 Karen Camper Democratic2008Incumbent won re-election.
District 88 Larry Miller Democratic1994Incumbent won re-election.
District 89RepublicanIncumbent won re-election.
District 90Democratic
District 91
District 92Republican
District 93 G.A. Hardaway Democratic2006Incumbent won re-election.
District 94RepublicanIncumbent won re-election.
District 95 Kevin Vaughan Republican2017Incumbent won re-election.
District 96Republican
District 97 Jim Coley Republican2006
District 98 Antonio Parkinson Democratic2011Incumbent won re-election.
District 99Republican

Retirements

Republicans

Democrats

Incumbents defeated

Republicans

Democrats

Independents

Detailed results by State House district

District 1

Republican primary

General election

District 2

Republican primary

Democratic primary

General election

District 3

Republican primary

General election

District 4

Republican primary

General election

District 5

District 6

District 7

District 8

District 9

District 10

District 11

District 12

District 13

District 14

District 15

District 16

District 17

District 18

District 19

District 20

District 21

District 22

District 23

District 24

District 25

District 26

District 27

District 28

District 29

District 30

District 31

District 32

District 33

District 34

District 35

District 36

District 37

District 38

District 39

District 40

District 41

District 42

District 43

District 44

District 45

District 46

District 47

District 48

District 49

District 50

District 51

District 52

District 53

District 54

District 55

District 56

District 57

District 58

District 59

District 60

District 61

District 62

District 63

District 64

District 65

District 66

District 67

District 68

District 69

District 70

District 71

District 72

District 73

District 74

District 75

District 76

District 77

District 78

District 79

District 80

District 81

District 82

District 83

District 84

District 85

District 86

District 87

District 88

District 89

District 90

District 91

District 92

District 93

District 94

District 95

District 96

District 97

District 98

District 99

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