2020 Tennessee Senate election

2020 Tennessee State Senate election

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16 of the 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Randy McNally Jeff Yarbro
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 5th - Oak Ridge 21st - Nashville
Last election 28 seats 5 seats
Seats before 28 5
Seats won 27 6
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 939,727 321,494
Percentage 71.41% 24.43%
Swing Increase 11.78% Decrease 13.44%

Results:
     Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold
     No election
Vote share:
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%
     50–60%      >90%

Speaker before election

Randy McNally
Republican

Elected Speaker

Randy McNally
Republican

The 2020 Tennessee State Senate election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect 16 of the 33 seats for the Tennessee's State Senate. The elections coincided with the Presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State House elections. The primary elections were held on August 6, 2020,[1] with the exception of presidential primaries held on March 3 of that year.[2]

Republicans lost District 20, which is in the outskirts of Nashville in Davidson County.

  1. ^ "Live: Tennessee Primary Election Results 2020". New York Times. August 7, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. ^ Jonathan Mattise; Kimberlee Kruesi (March 4, 2020). "Biden wins Democratic presidential primary in Tennessee". Associated Press. Retrieved March 4, 2020.