2020 Tennessee elections

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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.

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Presidential election

President of the United States

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Final results by county:
  Trump
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Biden
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%

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 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Donald Trump
Mike Pence 		1,852,475 60.66 –0.06
Democratic Joe Biden
Kamala Harris 		1,143,71137.45+2.73
Independent [a] Jo Jorgensen
Spike Cohen 		29,8770.98–1.83
Independent Kanye West
Michelle Tidball 		10,2790.34N/A
Independent [b] Don Blankenship
William Mohr 		5,3650.18+0.12
Independent [c] Howie Hawkins
Angela Walker 		4,5450.15–0.49
Independent [d] Alyson Kennedy
Malcolm Jarrett		2,5760.08–0.04
Independent [e] Gloria La Riva
Sunil Freeman		2,3010.08%N/A
Independent [f] Rocky De La Fuente
Darcy Richardson		1,8600.06–0.10
American Solidarity Brian T. Carroll (write-in)
Amar Patel (write-in)		7620.02N/A
Independent Jade Simmons (write-in)
Claudeliah Roze (write-in)		680.00N/A
Independent Tom Hoefling (write-in)
Andy Prior (write-in)		310.00%N/A
Independent R19 Boddie (write-in)
Eric Stoneham (write-in)		10.00%N/A
Independent Kasey Wells (write-in)
Rachel Wells (write-in)		00.00%N/A
Total votes3,053,851 100.00%
Republican win

March 3, 2020 primary results

Final results by county: Biden 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% Sanders 30-40% 2020 Tennessee Democratic Presidential Primary election by county.svg
Final results by county:
  Biden
  •   30–40%
      40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Sanders
  •   30–40%
2020 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary [2]
CandidateVotes %Delegates [3]
Joe Biden 215,39041.7236 [g]
Bernie Sanders 129,16825.0222 [h]
Michael Bloomberg 79,78915.465 [i]
Elizabeth Warren 53,73210.411
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) [j] 17,1023.31
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn) [j] 10,6712.07
Tulsi Gabbard 2,2780.44
Tom Steyer (withdrawn) [j] 1,9320.37
Michael Bennet (withdrawn)1,6500.32
Andrew Yang (withdrawn)1,0970.21
Cory Booker (withdrawn)9530.18
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn)4980.10
John Delaney (withdrawn)3780.07
Julian Castro (withdrawn)2390.05
Deval Patrick (withdrawn)1820.04
Uncommitted1,1910.23
Total516,250100%64

Final results by county: Trump >90% 2020 Tennessee Republican Presidential Primary election by county.svg
Final results by county:
  Trump
  •   >90%
2020 Tennessee Republican primary [4]
CandidateVotes %Estimated
delegates
Donald Trump 384,26696.4758
Joe Walsh (withdrawn)4,1781.050
Bill Weld 3,9220.980
Uncommitted5,9481.490
Total398,314100%58

United States Congress

Senate

Final results by county: Hagerty 80-90% 70-80% 60-70% 50-60% Bradshaw 60-70% 50-60% 2020 United States Senate election in Tennessee results map by county.svg
Final results by county:
  Hagerty
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
  Bradshaw
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%

Incumbent Republican Senator Lamar Alexander announced that he would not run for re-election on December 17, 2018. [5] Environmentalist, activist and Democratic nominee Marquita Bradshaw, the first black woman to win a major political party nomination in any statewide race in Tennessee, [6] 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. [7]

Results

2020 United States Senate election in Tennessee [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Bill Hagerty 1,840,926 62.20% +0.33%
Democratic Marquita Bradshaw 1,040,69135.16%+3.29%
Independent Elizabeth McLeod16,6520.56%N/A
Independent Yomi Faparusi10,7270.36%N/A
Independent Stephen Hooper9,6090.32%N/A
Independent Kacey Morgan (withdrawn)9,5980.32%N/A
Independent Ronnie Henley8,4780.30%N/A
Independent Aaron James7,2030.29%N/A
Independent Eric William Stansberry6,7810.23%N/A
Independent Dean Hill4,8720.16%N/A
Independent Jeffrey Grunau4,1600.14%N/A
Write-in 640.00%±0.00%
Total votes2,959,761 100.0%
Republican hold

August 6, 2020 primary results

Results by county: Bradshaw Bradshaw--60-70% Bradshaw--50-60% Bradshaw--40-50% Bradshaw--<40% Mackler/Davis tie Mackler/Davis tie--<40% Kimbrough Kimbrough--<40% Mackler Mackler--<40% Mackler--<40-50% Davis Davis--<40% Tennessee U.S. Senate Democratic primary, 2020.svg
Results by county:
Bradshaw
  •   Bradshaw—60–70%
  •   Bradshaw—50–60%
  •   Bradshaw—40–50%
  •   Bradshaw—<40%
Mackler/Davis tie
  •   Mackler/Davis tie—<40%
Kimbrough
  •   Kimbrough—<40%
Mackler
  •   Mackler—<40%
  •   Mackler—<40–50%
Davis
  •   Davis—<40%
Democratic primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Marquita Bradshaw 117,962 35.51%
Democratic Robin Kimbrough Hayes88,49226.64%
Democratic James Mackler78,96623.77%
Democratic Gary G. Davis30,7589.26%
Democratic Mark Pickrell16,0454.83%
Total votes332,223 100.00%
Results by county: Hagerty Hagerty--70-80% Hagerty--60-70% Hagerty--50-60% Hagerty--40-50% Hagerty--<40% Sethi Sethi--40-50% Sethi--50-60% Tennessee U.S. Senate Republican primary, 2020.svg
Results by county:
Hagerty
  •   Hagerty—70–80%
  •   Hagerty—60–70%
  •   Hagerty—50–60%
  •   Hagerty—40–50%
  •   Hagerty—<40%
Sethi
  •   Sethi—40–50%
  •   Sethi—50–60%
Republican primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Hagerty 331,267 50.75%
Republican Manny Sethi 257,22339.41%
Republican George Flinn, Jr.22,4543.44%
Republican Jon Henry8,1041.24%
Republican Natisha Brooks8,0721.24%
Republican Byron Bush5,4200.83%
Republican Clifford Adkins5,3160.81%
Republican Terry Dicus2,2790.35%
Republican Tom Emerson, Jr.2,2520.35%
Republican David Schuster2,0450.31%
Republican John Osborne1,8770.29%
Republican Roy Dale Cope1,7910.27%
Republican Kent Morrell1,7690.27%
Republican Aaron Pettigrew1,6220.25%
Republican Glen Neal, Jr.1,2330.19%
Total votes652,724 100.00%

House of Representatives

District results: Republican 70-80% 60-70% Democratic >90% 70-80% Tennessee Congressional Election Results 2020.svg
District results:
  Republican
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  Democratic
  •   >90%
  •   70–80%

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

Results

District Republican Democratic OthersTotalResult
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 1 228,18174.71%68,61722.47%8,6252.82%305,423100.0%Republican hold
District 2 238,90767.64%109,68431.06%4,6061.30%353,197100.0%Republican hold
District 3 215,57167.30%97,68730.50%7,0412.20%320,299100.0%Republican hold
District 4 223,80266.67%111,90833.33%00.00%335,710100.0%Republican hold
District 5 00.00%252,15599.99%140.01%252,169100.0%Democratic hold
District 6 257,57273.68%83,85223.99%8,1542.33%349,578100.0%Republican hold
District 7 245,18869.93%95,83927.33%9,6082.74%350,635100.0%Republican hold
District 8 227,21668.47%97,89029.50%6,7472.03%331,853100.0%Republican hold
District 9 48,81820.10%187,90577.37%6,1572.53%242,880100.0%Democratic hold
Total1,685,25559.30%1,105,53738.90%50,9521.79%2,841,744100.0%
Popular vote
Republican
 
59.30%
Democratic
 
38.90%
Other
 
1.79%
House seats
Republican
 
77.78%
Democratic
 
22.22%

State legislature

State Senate

2020 Tennessee Senate election.svg

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. [11]

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%

State House of Representatives

2020 Tennessee House of Representatives election map.svg

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
PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No. %No.+/–
Republican 791,740,19367.2473Steady2.svg
Democratic 58 (+1 write-in)800,06930.9226Increase2.svg 1
Independent 846,6111.800Decrease2.svg 1
Write-in 9740.040Steady2.svg
Total2,587,847100.0099Steady2.svg
Source:
Popular vote
Republican
 
67.24%
Democratic
 
30.92%
Independent
 
1.80%
Write-ins
 
0.04%
House seats
Republican
 
73.74%
Democratic
 
26.26%

Close races

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

DistrictWinnerMargin
District 97Republican1.6%
District 13Democratic5.8%
District 49Republican7.8%
District 83Republican8.0%
District 56Democratic8.4%
District 18Republican9.8%
District 67Democratic9.8%

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Jorgensen and Cohen were nominated by the Libertarian Party of Tennessee but placed on the ballot as independents because the party did not have ballot access.
  2. ↑ Blankenship and Mohr were nominated by the Constitution Party of Tennessee but placed on the ballot as independents because the party did not have ballot access.
  3. ↑ Hawkins and Walker were nominated by the Green Party of Tennessee but placed on the ballot as independents because the party did not have ballot access.
  4. ↑ Kennedy and Jarrett were nominated by the Socialist Workers Party but placed on the ballot as independents because the party did not have ballot access.
  5. ↑ La Riva and Freeman were nominated by the Party for Socialism and Liberation but placed on the ballot as independents because the party did not have ballot access.
  6. ↑ De La Fuente and Richardson were nominated by the Alliance Party but placed on the ballot as independents because the party did not have ballot access.
  7. ↑ 33 delegates, if Bloomberg's statewide delegates would have been calculated.
  8. ↑ 20 delegates, if Bloomberg's statewide delegates would have been calculated.
  9. ↑ 10 delegates, if Bloomberg's statewide delegates would have been calculated.
  10. 1 2 3 Candidate withdrew shortly before the primary, after early voting started.

References

  1. ↑ State of Tennessee General Election Results, November 3, 2020, Results By Office (PDF) (Report). Secretary of State of Tennessee. December 2, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  2. ↑ "March 3, 2020 Democratic Presidential Preference Primary" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ "2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions: Tennessee Democrat". The Green Papers. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  4. ↑ "March 3, 2020 Republican Presidential Preference Primary" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  5. ↑ Everett, Burgess [@burgessev] (December 17, 2018). "HOLY COW Lamar Alexander: "I will not be a candidate for re-election to the United States Senate in 2020"" (Tweet). Retrieved December 17, 2018– via Twitter.
  6. ↑ Plazas, David. "Marquita Bradshaw could make history in Tennessee Senate race, but the fight is uphill all the way | Plazas". The Tennessean. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  7. ↑ "U.S. Ambassador Bill Hagerty to run for U.S. Senate, says his boss, President Trump, in endorsement tweet". timesfreepress.com. July 12, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  8. ↑ State of Tennessee General Election Results, November 3, 2020, Results By Office (PDF) (Report). Secretary of State of Tennessee. December 2, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  9. ↑ "State of Tennessee – August 6, 2020 Democratic Primary" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  10. ↑ "State of Tennessee – August 6, 2020 Republican Primary" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Tennessee State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
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