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99 Seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives 50 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Tennessee |
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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.
Predictions
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report[1] | Safe R | October 21, 2020 |
Results summary
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 | ||||||
Source: [1] |
Close races
Seven races were decided by a margin of under 10%:
District | Winner | Margin |
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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% |
Results
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District | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Representative | Party | Electoral history | |||
District 1 | John Crawford | Republican | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 2 | Bud Hulsey | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 3 | Timothy Hill | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent retired to run for the US House. New member elected. Republican Hold |
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District 4 | John Holsclaw Jr. | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 5 | David Hawk | Republican | 2002 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 6 | James Van Huss | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Republican Hold. |
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District 7 | Matthew Hill | Republican | 2004 | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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District 8 | Jerome Moon | Republican | 2017 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 9 | Gary Hicks | Republican | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 10 | Rick Eldridge | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 11 | Jeremy Faison | Republican | 2010 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 12 | Dale Carr | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 13 | Gloria Johnson | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 14 | Jason Zachary | Republican | 2015 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 15 | Rick Staples | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic Hold. |
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District 16 | Bill Dunn | Republican | 1994 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican Hold. |
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District 17 | Andrew Farmer | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 18 | Martin Daniel | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican Hold. |
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District 19 | Dave Wright | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 20 | Bob Ramsey | Republican | 2008 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 21 | Lowell Russell | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 22 | Dan Howell | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 23 | Mark Cochran | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 24 | Mark Hall | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 25 | Cameron Sexton | Republican | 2010 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 26 | Robin Smith | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 27 | Patsy Hazlewood | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 28 | Yusuf Hakeem | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 29 | Mike Carter | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 30 | Esther Helton | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 31 | Ron Travis | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 32 | Kent Calfee | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 33 | John Ragan | Republican | 2010 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 34 | Tim Rudd | Republican | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 35 | Jerry Sexton | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 36 | Dennis Powers | Republican | 2010 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 37 | Charlie Baum | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 38 | Kelly Keisling | Republican | 2010 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 39 | Iris Rudder | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 40 | Terri Lynn Weaver | Republican | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 41 | John Windle | Democratic | 1994 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 42 | Ryan Williams | Republican | 2010 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 43 | Paul Sherrell | Republican | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 44 | William Lamberth | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 45 | Johnny Garrett | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 46 | Clark Boyd | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 47 | Rush Bricken | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 48 | Bryan Terry | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 49 | Mike Sparks | Republican | 2010 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 50 | Bo Mitchell | Democratic | 2012 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 51 | Bill Beck | Democratic | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 52 | Mike Stewart | Democratic | 2008 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 53 | Jason Powell | Democratic | 2012 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 54 | Vincent Dixie | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 55 | John Ray Clemmons | Democratic | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 56 | Bob Freeman | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 57 | Susan Lynn | Republican | 2013 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 58 | Harold Love | Democratic | 2012 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 59 | Jason Potts | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 60 | Darren Jernigan | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 61 | Brandon Ogles | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 62 | Pat Marsh | Republican | 2009 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 63 | Glen Casada | Republican | 2002 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 64 | Scott Cepicky | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 65 | Sam Whitson | Republican | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 66 | Sabi "Doc" Kumar | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 67 | Jason Hodges | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 68 | Curtis Johnson | Republican | 2004 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 69 | Michael Curcio | Republican | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 70 | Clay Doggett | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 71 | David Byrd | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 72 | Kirk Haston | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 73 | Chris Todd | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 74 | Jay Reedy | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 75 | Bruce Griffey | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 76 | Andrew Holt | Republican | 2010 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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District 77 | Rusty Grills | Republican | 2020 (Special Election) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 78 | Mary Littleton | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 79 | Curtis Halford | Republican | 2008 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 80 | Johnny Shaw | Democratic | 2000 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 81 | Debra Moody | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 82 | Chris Hurt | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 83 | Mark White | Republican | 2010 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 84 | Joe Towns | Democratic | 1994 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 85 | Jesse Chism | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 86 | Barbara Cooper | Democratic | 1996 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 87 | Karen Camper | Democratic | 2008 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 88 | Larry Miller | Democratic | 1994 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 89 | Justin Lafferty | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 90 | John DeBerry | Independent | 1994 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
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District 91 | London Lamar | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 92 | Thomas R. Tillis | Republican | 2016 | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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District 93 | G. A. Hardaway | Democratic | 2006 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 94 | Ron Gant | Republican | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 95 | Kevin Vaughan | Republican | 2017 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 96 | Dwayne Thompson | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 97 | Jim Coley | Republican | 2006 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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District 98 | Antonio Parkinson | Democratic | 2011 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District 99 | Tom Leatherwood | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Retirements
5 incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. The incumbents are:
Republicans
- District 3 Timothy Hill retired to run for Tennessee's 1st Congressional District
- District 16 Bill Dunn
- District 18 Martin Daniel
- District 76 Andrew Holt
- District 97 Jim Coley
Democrats
No democrats retired in 2020
Incumbents defeated
Republicans
- District 6 James Van Huss lost to Tim Hicks
- District 7 Matthew Hill lost to Rebecca Alexander
- District 92 Thomas R. Tillis lost to Todd Warner
Democrats
- District 15 Rick Staples lost to Sam McKenzie
Independents
- 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.)
Detailed results by State House district
District 1
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Crawford (incumbent) | 5,724 | 100 | |
Total votes | 5,724 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Crawford (incumbent) | 22,456 | 100 | |
Total votes | 22,456 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 2
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bud Hulsey (incumbent) | 8,668 | 100 | |
Total votes | 8,668 | 100 |
Democratic primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Arvil Love Jr. | 1,248 | 100 | |
Total votes | 1,248 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bud Hulsey (incumbent) | 23,315 | 77.1 | |
Democratic | Arvil Love Jr. | 6,915 | 22.9 | |
Total votes | 30,230 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 3
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Scotty Campbell | 6,376 | 73.5 | |
Republican | Neal Kerney | 2,301 | 26.5 | |
Total votes | 8,677 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Scotty Campbell | 23,878 | 100 | |
Total votes | 23,878 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 4
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Holsclaw Jr. (incumbent) | 5,682 | 62.7 | |
Republican | Bob Acuff | 1,865 | 20.6 | |
Republican | Tim Lingerfelt | 1,516 | 16.7 | |
Total votes | 9,063 | 100 |
Democratic primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bobby Harrell | 825 | 100 | |
Total votes | 825 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Holsclaw Jr. (incumbent) | 20,582 | 81.4 | |
Democratic | Bobby Harrell | 4,708 | 18.6 | |
Total votes | 25,290 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 5
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Hawk (incumbent) | 6,384 | 100 | |
Total votes | 6,384 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Hawk | 21,277 | 100 | |
Total votes | 21,277 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 6
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tim Hicks | 5,412 | 57.5 | |
Republican | James Van Huss (incumbent) | 3,997 | 42.5 | |
Total votes | 9,409 | 100 |
Democratic primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brad Batt | 1,417 | 100 | |
Total votes | 1,417 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tim Hicks | 21,557 | 72.7 | |
Democratic | Brad Batt | 8,107 | 27.3 | |
Total votes | 29,664 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 7
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rebecca Alexander | 5,081 | 63.1 | |
Republican | Matthew Hill (incumbent) | 2,970 | 36.9 | |
Total votes | 8,051 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rebecca Alexander | 18,136 | 100 | |
Total votes | 18,136 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 8
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jerome Moon (incumbent) | 6,931 | 100 | |
Total votes | 6,931 | 100 |
Democratic primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jay Clark | 1,734 | 100 | |
Total votes | 1,734 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jerome Moon (incumbent) | 23,762 | 74.9 | |
Democratic | Jay Clark | 7,971 | 25.1 | |
Total votes | 31,733 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 9
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gary Hicks (incumbent) | 6,057 | 100 | |
Total votes | 6,057 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gary Hicks (incumbent) | 21,132 | 100 | |
Total votes | 21,132 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 10
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rick Eldridge (incumbent) | 3,967 | 100 | |
Total votes | 3,967 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rick Eldridge (incumbent) | 17,156 | 100 | |
Total votes | 17,156 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 11
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jeremy Faison (incumbent) | 5,768 | 100 | |
Total votes | 5,768 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jeremy Faison (incumbent) | 19,693 | 100 | |
Total votes | 19,693 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 12
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dale Carr (incumbent) | 6,675 | 100 | |
Total votes | 6,675 | 100 |
Democratic primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bennett Lapides | 930 | 100 | |
Total votes | 930 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dale Carr (incumbent) | 23,858 | 81.3 | |
Democratic | Bennett Lapides | 5,502 | 18.7 | |
Total votes | 29,360 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 13
Democratic primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gloria Johnson (incumbent) | 5,031 | 100 | |
Total votes | 5,031 | 100 |
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Elaine Davis | 4,066 | 100 | |
Total votes | 4,066 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gloria Johnson (incumbent) | 14,242 | 52.9 | |
Republican | Elaine Davis | 12,664 | 47.1 | |
Total votes | 29,906 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 14
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jason Zachary (incumbent) | 9,039 | 100 | |
Total votes | 9,039 | 100 |
Democratic primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Justin Davis | 3,673 | 100 | |
Total votes | 3,673 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jason Zachary (incumbent) | 26,539 | 64.6 | |
Democratic | Justin Davis | 14,558 | 35.4 | |
Total votes | 41,097 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 15
Democratic primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sam McKenzie | 2,032 | 39.6 | |
Democratic | Matthew Park | 2,007 | 39.1 | |
Democratic | Rick Staples (incumbent) | 1,095 | 21.3 | |
Total votes | 5,134 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sam McKenzie | 13,158 | 72.9 | |
Independent | Troy Jones | 4,887 | 27.1 | |
Total votes | 18,045 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
See also
References
- ^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.