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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

Main articles: 2020 United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2020 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary, and 2020 Tennessee Republican presidential primary
Final results by county
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 governor Bill Weld of Massachusetts and former congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois. Vice President Joe Biden garnered the Democratic nomination, beating out Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

Results

2020 United States presidential election in Tennessee[1]
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[a] Jo Jorgensen
Spike Cohen 		29,877 0.98 –1.83
Independent Kanye West
Michelle Tidball 		10,279 0.34 N/A
Independent[b] Don Blankenship
William Mohr 		5,365 0.18 +0.12
Independent[c] Howie Hawkins
Angela Walker 		4,545 0.15 –0.49
Independent[d] Alyson Kennedy
Malcolm Jarrett 		2,576 0.08 –0.04
Independent[e] Gloria La Riva
Sunil Freeman 		2,301 0.08% N/A
Independent[f] 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 3,053,851 100.00%
Republican win

March 3, 2020, Primary Results

Popular vote share by county
  Biden—30–40%
  Biden—40–50%
  Biden—50–60%
  Biden—60–70%
  Sanders—30–40%
2020 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary[2]
Candidate Votes % Delegates[3]
Joe Biden 215,390 41.72 36[g]
Bernie Sanders 129,168 25.02 22[h]
Michael Bloomberg 79,789 15.46 5[i]
Elizabeth Warren 53,732 10.41 1
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn)[j] 17,102 3.31
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn)[j] 10,671 2.07
Tulsi Gabbard 2,278 0.44
Tom Steyer (withdrawn)[j] 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[4]
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

Main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Tennessee
Final results by county
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]
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 64 0.00% ±0.00%
Total votes 2,959,761 100.0%
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%
Democratic primary results[9]
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 332,223 100.00%
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%
Republican primary results[10]
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 652,724 100.00%

House of Representatives

Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee
District results
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 Others Total Result
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
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
 
 59.30%
Democratic
 
 38.90%
Other
 
 1.79%
House seats
Republican
 
 77.78%
Democratic
 
 22.22%

State legislature

State senate

Main article: 2020 Tennessee Senate election

See also: Tennessee General Assembly

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
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % Before Up Won After +/–
Republican 15 939,727 71.41 28 15 14 14 Decrease 1
Democratic 10 321,494 24.43 5 1 2 6 Increase 1
Independent 3 52,928 4.02 0 0 0 0 Steady
Write-in 2 1,777 0.14 0 0 0 0 Steady
Total 1,315,926 100 33 16 16 33 Steady
Source: [1]
Popular vote
Republican
 
 71.41%
Democratic
 
 24.43%
Other
 
 4.16%
Senate seats
Republican
 
 87.50%
Democratic
 
 12.50%

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

Main article: 2020 Tennessee House of Representatives election

Results by State House district

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 Candidates Votes Seats
No. % No. +/–
Republican 79 1,740,193 67.24 73 Steady
Democratic 58 (+1 write-in) 800,069 30.92 26 Increase 1
Independent 8 46,611 1.80 0 Decrease 1
Write-in 974 0.04 0 Steady
Total 2,587,847 100.00 99 Steady
Source: [2]
Popular vote
Republican
 
 67.24%
Democratic
 
 30.92%
Independent
 
 1.80%
Write-ins
 
 0.04%
House seats
Republican
 
 73.73%
Democratic
 
 26.27%

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%
District 56 Democratic 8.4%
District 18 Republican 9.8%
District 67 Democratic 9.8%

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. ^ a b c 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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