2020 Tennessee Senate election should not be confused with 2020 United States Senate election in Tennessee.
| Election Name: | 2020 Tennessee State Senate election |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | legislative |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Tennessee Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2022 Tennessee Senate election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Seats For Election: | 16 of the 33 seats in the Tennessee State Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 17 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 2020 |
| Leader1: | Randy McNally |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat1: | 5th - Oak Ridge |
| Last Election1: | 28 seats |
| Seats Before1: | 28 |
| Seats1: | 27 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 939,727 |
| Percentage1: | 71.41% |
| Swing1: | 11.78% |
| Leader2: | Jeff Yarbro |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat2: | 21st - Nashville |
| Last Election2: | 5 seats |
| Seats Before2: | 5 |
| Seats Needed2: | 12 |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 321,494 |
| Percentage2: | 24.43% |
| Swing2: | 13.44% |
| Speaker | |
| Before Election: | Randy McNally |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Randy McNally |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
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.
One incumbent did not run for re-election in 2020. That incumbent was:
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | |||||
| Republican | 15 | 939,727 | 71.41 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 27 | 1 | ||
| Democratic | 10 | 321,494 | 24.43 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Source: https://sos-tn-gov-files.tnsosfiles.com/Nov%202020%20General%20Totals.pdf | ||||||||||
Two races were decided by a margin of under 10%:
| District | Winner | Margin | |
|---|---|---|---|
| District 10 | data-sort-value=1 | 6.32% | |
| District 20 | data-sort-value=1 (gain) | 3.52% |
| District | Incumbent | Results | Candidates[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Party | First elected | ||||||
| District 2 | Art Swann | Republican | 2017 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||
| District 4 | Jon Lundberg | Republican | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||
| District 6 | Becky Duncan Massey | Republican | 2011 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||
| District 8 | Frank S. Niceley | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||
| District 10 | Todd Gardenhire | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||
| District 12 | Ken Yager | Republican | 2008 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||
| District 14 | Shane Reeves | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||
| District 16 | Janice Bowling | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||
| District 18 | Ferrell Haile | Republican | 2010 2011 2012 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||
| District 20 | Steven Dickerson | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | nowrap | |||
| District 22 | Bill Powers | Republican | 2019 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||
| District 24 | John Stevens | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||
| District 26 | Dolores Gresham | Republican | 2008 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. | nowrap | |||
| District 28 | Joey Hensley | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||
| District 30 | Sara Kyle | Democratic | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||
| District 32 | Paul Rose | Republican | 2019 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |||
| align=center | District 2 • District 4 • District 6 • District 8 • District 10 • District 12 • District 14 • District 16 • District 18 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 26 • District 28 • District 30 • District 32 |
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