2020 Tennessee elections

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.

President of the United States
[[File:Tennessee Presidential Election Results 2020.svg|thumb|350px|alt=Final results by county|Final results by county: {{legend|#e81b22|Trump}}

{{legend|#E27F90|50–60%}}

{{legend|#CC2F4A|60–70%}}

{{legend|#D72F30|70–80%}}

{{legend|#aa0000|80–90%}} {{legend|#3233fd|Biden}}

{{legend|#86b6f2|50–60%}}

{{legend|#4389e3|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
March 3, 2020 primary results

[[File:2020 Tennessee Democratic Presidential Primary election by county.svg|thumb|350px|alt=Final results by county|Final results by county: {{legend|#224192|Biden}}

{{legend|#dee3fb|30–40%}} {{legend|#b4beec|40–50%}}

{{legend|#8d9be2|50–60%}}

{{legend|#677ad7|60–70%}} {{legend|#228b22|Sanders}}

{{legend|#d6efdc|30–40%}}]]

 [[File:2020 Tennessee Republican Presidential Primary election by county.svg|alt=Final results by county|thumb|350x350px|Final results by county: {{legend|#283681|Trump}}

{{legend|#243179|>90%}}]]

Senate
[[File:2020 United States Senate election in Tennessee results map by county.svg|thumb|350px|alt=Final results by county|Final results by county: {{legend|#e81b22|Hagerty}}

{{legend|#C21B18|80–90%}}

{{legend|#D72F30|70–80%}}

{{legend|#D75D5D|60–70%}}

{{legend|#E27F7F|50–60%}} {{legend|#3233fd|Bradshaw}}

{{legend|#6674de|60–70%}}

{{legend|#7996e2|50–60%}}]]

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

Results
August 6, 2020 primary results [[File:Tennessee U.S. Senate Democratic primary, 2020.svg|thumb|250px|Results by county: Bradshaw

{{legend|#4389e3|Bradshaw—60–70%}}

{{legend|#86b6f2|Bradshaw—50–60%}}

{{legend|#b9d7ff|Bradshaw—40–50%}}

{{legend|#d3e7ff|Bradshaw—<40%}} Mackler/Davis tie

{{legend|#EEAAFF|Mackler/Davis tie—<40%}} Kimbrough

{{legend|#ffccd0|Kimbrough—<40%}} Mackler

{{legend|#b6ffa8|Mackler—<40%}}

{{legend|#afe9af|Mackler—<40–50%}} Davis

{{legend|#ffccaa|Davis—<40%}} ]]

[[File:Tennessee U.S. Senate Republican primary, 2020.svg|thumb|250px|Results by county: Hagerty

{{legend|#d40000|Hagerty—70–80%}}

{{legend|#cc2f4a|Hagerty—60–70%}}

{{legend|#e27f90|Hagerty—50–60%}}

{{legend|#f2b3be|Hagerty—40–50%}}

{{legend|#ffccd0|Hagerty—<40%}} Sethi

{{legend|#ffb380|Sethi—40–50%}}

{{legend|#ff9955|Sethi—50–60%}} ]]

House of Representatives
[[File:Tennessee Congressional Election Results 2020.svg|thumb|350px|alt=District results|District results: {{legend|#e81b22|Republican}}

{{legend|#D72F30|70–80%}}

{{legend|#CC2F4A|60–70%}} {{legend|#3233fd|Democratic}}

{{legend|#002b84|>90%}}

{{legend|#1666CB|70–80%}}]]

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

State senate


Results by senate districts

Winners: {{legend|#F48882|Republican hold}} {{legend|#92C5DE|Democratic hold}} {{legend|#0671B0|Democratic gain}} {{legend|#d0d0d0|No election}}

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.

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

State House of Representatives
Results by State House districts

Winners: {{legend|#F48882|Republican hold}} {{legend|#92C5DE|Democratic hold}} {{legend|#0671B0|Democratic gain}}

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.

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