2020 Tennessee Senate election

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2020 Tennessee State Senate election
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16 of the 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Randy McNally Jeff Yarbro
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 5th - Oak Ridge 21st - Nashville
Last election28 seats5 seats
Seats before285
Seats won276
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote939,727321,494
Percentage71.41%24.43%
SwingIncrease2.svg 11.78%Decrease2.svg 13.44%
2020 Tennessee Senate election.svg
2020 Tennessee Senate election by partisan lean.svg
Results:
     Democratic gain
     Republican hold     Democratic hold
     No election
Vote share:
     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     >90%
     50–60%     >90%
Speaker before election

Randy McNally
Republican

Elected Speaker

Randy McNally
Republican

The 2020 Tennessee State Senate election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect 16 of the 33 seats for the Tennessee's State Senate. The elections coincided with the Presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State House elections. The primary elections were held on August 6, 2020, [1] with the exception of presidential primaries held on March 3 of that year. [2]

Contents

Republicans lost District 20, which is in the outskirts of Nashville in Davidson County.

Retirements

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

Republicans

  1. District 26: Dolores Gresham: Retiring

Incumbents defeated

In the general election

Republicans

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

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [3] Safe ROctober 21, 2020

Results summary

Summary of the November 3, 2020 Tennessee Senate election results
PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No. %BeforeUpWonAfter+/–
Republican 15939,72771.4128151427Decrease2.svg 1
Democratic 10321,49424.435126Increase2.svg 1
Independent 352,9284.020000Steady2.svg
Write-in 21,7770.140000Steady2.svg
Total1,315,92610033161633Steady2.svg
Source:
Popular vote
Republican
 
71.41%
Democratic
 
24.43%
Other
 
4.16%
Senate seats
Republican
 
81.82%
Democratic
 
18.18%

Close races

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

DistrictWinnerMargin
District 10Republican6.32%
District 20Democratic (gain)3.52%

Overview

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates [4]
SenatorPartyFirst elected
District 2 Art Swann Republican2017 (appointed)Incumbent re-elected.
District 4 Jon Lundberg Republican2016Incumbent re-elected.
District 6 Becky Duncan Massey Republican2011 (special)Incumbent re-elected.
District 8 Frank S. Niceley Republican2012Incumbent re-elected.
District 10 Todd Gardenhire Republican2012Incumbent re-elected.
District 12 Ken Yager Republican2008Incumbent re-elected.
District 14 Shane Reeves Republican2018 (special)Incumbent re-elected.
District 16 Janice Bowling Republican2012Incumbent re-elected.
District 18 Ferrell Haile Republican2010
2011 (retired)
2012		Incumbent re-elected.
District 20 Steven Dickerson Republican2012Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
District 22 Bill Powers Republican2019 (special)Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green check.svgY Bill Powers (Republican)
  • ▌Ronnie Glynn (Democratic)
District 24 John Stevens Republican2012Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green check.svgY John Stevens (Republican)
  • ▌Yahweh Yahweh (Independent)
District 26 Dolores Gresham Republican2008Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green check.svgY Page Walley (Republican)
  • ▌Civil Miller-Watkins (Democratic)
District 28 Joey Hensley Republican2012Incumbent re-elected.
District 30 Sara Kyle Democratic2014 (special)Incumbent re-elected.
District 32 Paul Rose Republican2019 (special)Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green check.svgY Paul Rose (Republican)
  • ▌Julie Byrd Ashworth (Democratic)

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

District 2

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Art Swann (incumbent) 20,675 100
Total votes20,675 100

General election

Tennessee's 2nd State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Art Swann (incumbent) 79,674 97.82
Write-in Patti Larimer Young1,7742.18
Total votes81,448 100
Republican hold

District 4

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jon Lundberg (incumbent) 21,051 100
Total votes21,051 100

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Amber Riddle 2,967 100
Total votes2,967 100

General election

Tennessee's 4th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jon Lundberg (incumbent) 65,638 79.06
Democratic Amber Riddle17,38120.94
Total votes83,019 100
Republican hold

District 6

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Becky Duncan Massey (incumbent) 19,741 100
Total votes19,741 100

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jane George 7,783 63.96
Democratic Sam Brown4,38636.04
Total votes12,169 100

General election

Tennessee's 6th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Becky Duncan Massey (incumbent) 61,286 63.14
Democratic Jane George35,78536.87
Total votes97,071 100
Republican hold

District 8

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Frank S. Niceley (incumbent) 18,298 100
Total votes18,298 100

General election

Tennessee's 8th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Frank S. Niceley (incumbent) 59,713 100
Total votes59,713 100
Republican hold

District 10

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Todd Gardenhire (incumbent) 13,720 100
Total votes13,720 100

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Glenn Scruggs 10,952 100
Total votes10,952 100

General election

Tennessee's 10th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Todd Gardenhire (incumbent) 45,049 53.16
Democratic Glenn Scruggs39,68846.84
Total votes84,737 100
Republican hold

District 12

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ken Yager (incumbent) 20,408 100
Total votes20,408 100

General election

Tennessee's 12th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ken Yager (incumbent) 69,042 100
Total votes69,042 100
Republican hold

District 14

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Shane Reeves (incumbent) 20,195 100
Total votes20,195 100

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chase Clemons 6,475 100
Total votes6,475 100

General election

Tennessee's 14th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Shane Reeves (incumbent) 62,351 71.84
Democratic Chase Clemons24,44028.16
Total votes86,791 100
Republican hold

District 16

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Janice Bowling (incumbent) 21,638 100
Total votes21,638 100

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sheila Younglove 6,183 100
Total votes6,183 100

General election

Tennessee's 16th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Janice Bowling (incumbent) 62,379 76.01
Democratic Sheila Younglove19,68723.99
Total votes82,066 100
Republican hold

District 18

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ferrell Haile (incumbent) 18,923 100
Total votes18,923 100

General election

Tennessee's 18th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ferrell Haile (incumbent) 68,141 72.18
Independent John A. Gentry26,26127.82
Total votes94,402 100
Republican hold

District 20

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steven Dickerson (incumbent) 14,345 100
Total votes14,345 100

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Heidi Campbell 13,441 51.37
Democratic Kimi Abernathy12,72348.63
Total votes26,164 100

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Steve Dickerson (R)Heidi Campbell (D)Undecided
Change Research/Heidi Campbell [5] [A] August 31 – September 1, 2020531 (LV)± 4.2%47%49%4%

General election

Tennessee's 20th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Heidi Campbell 58,746 51.76
Republican Steven Dickerson (incumbent)54,75548.24
Total votes113,501 100
Democratic gain from Republican

District 22

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Powers (incumbent) 8,338 52.75
Republican Doug Englen7,46847.25
Total votes15,806 100

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ronnie L. Glynn 6,724 100
Total votes6,724 100

General election

Tennessee's 22nd State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Powers (incumbent) 49,767 62.09
Democratic Ronnie L. Glynn30,38337.91
Total votes80,150 100
Republican hold

District 24

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Stevens (incumbent) 13,061 61.24
Republican Casey L. Hood8,26638.76
Total votes21,327 100

General election

Tennessee's 24th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Stevens (incumbent) 63,532 87.84
Independent Yahweh Yahweh8,79512.16
Total votes72,327 100
Republican hold

District 26

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Page Walley 12,892 53.23
Republican Jai Templeton11,32846.77
Total votes24,220 100

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Civil Miller-Watkins 5,301 100
Total votes5,301 100

General election

Tennessee's 26th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Page Walley 62,701 75.89
Democratic Civil Miller-Watkins19,91824.11
Total votes82,619 100
Republican hold

District 28

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joey Hensley (incumbent) 21,083 100
Total votes21,083 100

General election

Tennessee's 28th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joey Hensley (incumbent) 65,050 78.44
Independent James Anthony Gray17,87221.55
Write-in James R. Trusty30.00
Total votes82,925 100
Republican hold

District 30

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sara Kyle (incumbent) 10,241 70.47
Democratic M. LaTroy Williams4,29229.53
Total votes14,533 100

General election

Tennessee's 30th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sara Kyle (incumbent) 43,895 100
Total votes43,895 100
Democratic hold

District 32

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul Rose (incumbent) 17,294 76.40
Republican Scott Throckmorton5,34223.60
Total votes22,636 100

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Julie Byrd Ashworth 7,486 100
Total votes7,486 100

General election

Tennessee's 32nd State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul Rose (incumbent) 70,649 69.12
Democratic Julie Byrd Ashworth31,57130.89
Total votes102,220 100
Republican hold

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ Poll sponsored by Campbell's campaign

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References

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  2. ↑ Jonathan Mattise; Kimberlee Kruesi (March 4, 2020). "Biden wins Democratic presidential primary in Tennessee". Associated Press . Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  3. ↑ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report . Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Petition Information". Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  5. ↑ Change Research/Heidi Campbell
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