2020 Tennessee House of Representatives election

The 2020 Tennessee House of Representatives election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect 99 seats for the Tennessee House of Representatives. The elections coincided with the Presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State Senate elections.

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.

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

Retirements
5 incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. The incumbents are:

Republicans

 * 1) District 3 Timothy Hill retired to run for Tennessee's 1st Congressional District
 * 2) District 16 Bill Dunn
 * 3) District 18 Martin Daniel
 * 4) District 76 Andrew Holt
 * 5) District 97 Jim Coley

Democrats
No democrats retired in 2020

Republicans

 * 1) District 6 James Van Huss lost to Tim Hicks
 * 2) District 7 Matthew Hill lost to Rebecca Alexander
 * 3) District 92 Thomas R. Tillis lost to Todd Warner

Democrats

 * 1) District 15 Rick Staples lost to Sam McKenzie

Independents

 * 1) District 90 John DeBerry lost to Torrey Harris (DeBerry originally ran as a Democrat and lost the nomination. He ran as an independent in the general election.)