Tennessee state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.Primary elections for theUnited States Senate,United States House of Representatives,Tennessee Senate, andTennessee House of Representatives, as well as variousjudicialretention elections, were held on August 6, 2020.

In 2020, Tennessee was a stronghold for theRepublican Party, and was considered a reliable "red state." Tennessee had 11 electoral votes in theElectoral College at the time. In the general election, Incumbent United StatesPresident 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 congressmanJoe Walsh of Illinois and former governorBill Weld of Massachusetts.Vice PresidentJoe Biden garnered the Democratic nomination, beating outBernie Sanders of Vermont.
| 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% | |||
| Republicanwin | |||||
March 3, 2020 primary results

| 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| Pete Buttigieg(withdrawn)[j] | 17,102 | 3.31 | |
| Amy Klobuchar(withdrawn)[j] | 10,671 | 2.07 | |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 |

| 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 |

IncumbentRepublican SenatorLamar Alexander announced that he would not run for re-election on December 17, 2018.[5] Environmentalist, activist andDemocratic nomineeMarquita Bradshaw, the first black woman to win a major political party nomination in any statewide race in Tennessee,[6] was defeated by Republican nomineeBill Hagerty, former United States Ambassador toJapan and former Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.[7]
| 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% | |||
| Republicanhold | |||||
August 6, 2020 primary results

| 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% | ||

| 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% | ||

Tennessee elected nineU.S. representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's ninecongressional districts.
| District | Republican | Democratic | Others | Total | Result | ||||
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| 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% | |
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Results by senate districts
Winners: Republican hold Democratic hold Democratic gain No election |
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Elections for 16 of the 33 seats inTennessee's State Senate were held on November 3, 2020. There was 1 open seat, and 15 incumbents that ran for re-election.[11]
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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| No. | % | Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | |||
| Republican | 15 | 939,727 | 71.41 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 27 | ||
| Democratic | 10 | 321,494 | 24.43 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Independent | 3 | 52,928 | 4.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Write-in | 2 | 1,777 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1,315,926 | 100 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 33 | |||
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Two races were decided by a margin of under 10%:
| District | Winner | Margin |
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| District 10 | Republican | 6.32% |
| District 20 | Democratic (gain) | 3.52% |
Results by State House districts
Winners: Republican hold Democratic hold Democratic gain |
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The election of all 99 seats in theTennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 3, 2020.
TheDemocratic Party retook the 90th district, where the incumbentJohn DeBerry had defected to become an independent. TheRepublican Party maintained theirsupermajority in the state house.
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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| No. | % | No. | +/– | ||||||
| Republican | 79 | 1,740,193 | 67.24 | 73 | |||||
| Democratic | 58 (+1 write-in) | 800,069 | 30.92 | 26 | |||||
| Independent | 8 | 46,611 | 1.80 | 0 | |||||
| Write-in | 974 | 0.04 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 2,587,847 | 100.00 | 99 | ||||||
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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 | 8.0% |
| District 56 | Democratic | 8.4% |
| District 18 | Republican | 9.8% |
| District 67 | Democratic | 9.8% |
State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020