2024 Tennessee House of Representatives election explained

2024 Tennessee House of Representatives election should not be confused with 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee.

Election Name:2024 Tennessee House of Representatives election
Country:Tennessee
Type:legislative
Previous Election:2022 Tennessee House of Representatives election
Previous Year:2022
Next Election:2026 Tennessee House of Representatives election
Next Year:2026
Seats For Election:99 Seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives
Majority Seats:50
Election Date:November 5, 2024
Image1:File:TN Speaker Cameron Sexton.jpg
Leader1:Cameron Sexton
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Leaders Seat1:25th District
Last Election1:75 seats
Seats Before1:75
Leader2:Karen Camper
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Leaders Seat2:87th District
Last Election2:24 seats
Seats Before2:24
Seats Needed2: 26
Map Size:400px
Speaker of the House
Before Election:Cameron Sexton
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
Ongoing:yes

The 2024 Tennessee House of Representatives election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect 99 seats for the Tennessee House of Representatives. The elections will coincide with the Presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State Senate elections. The primary election were held on August 1, 2024.[1]

Partisan background

In the 2020 presidential election in Tennessee, Republican Donald Trump won 74 State House districts, while Democrat Joe Biden won 25 districts.

Leading up to the 2024 State House elections, Democrats did not hold any districts that Trump had won. Conversely, Republicans held a district that Biden had carried in 2020: District 97 in Memphis, where Biden won with a 5.1% margin.

Retirements

Seven incumbents did not seek re-election.

Republicans

  1. District 4: John Holsclaw Jr. retired.[2]
  2. District 12: Dale Carr retired.[3]
  3. District 20: Bryan Richey retired to run for State Senate.[4]
  4. District 65: Sam Whitson retired.[5]
  5. District 68: Curtis Johnson retired.[6]

Democrats

  1. District 60: Darren Jernigan retired.[7]
  2. District 96: Dwayne Thompson retired.[8]

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

Two incumbent representatives, both Republicans, were defeated in the August 1 primary election.

Republicans

  1. District 27: Patsy Hazlewood lost renomination to Michele Reneau.[9]
  2. District 33: John Ragan lost renomination to Rick Scarbrough.[10]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
270toWin[11] July 17, 2024
CNalysis[12] August 18, 2024
Sabato's Crystal Ball[13] June 18, 2024

Results summary

Summary of the November 5, 2024 Tennessee House of Representatives election
PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
%UpWon+/–
Republican89TBD75TBD
Democratic81TBD24TBD
Independents19TBD0TBD
TotalTBD99

Closest races

Overview

District! colspan="3"
IncumbentStatusCandidates[14]
RepresentativePartyFirst elected
1John CrawfordRepublican2016Incumbent runningnowrap
2Bud HulseyRepublican2014Incumbent runningnowrap
3Timothy HillRepublican2023 (special)Incumbent runningnowrap
4John Holsclaw Jr.Republican2014Incumbent retiringnowrap
  • Renea Jones (Republican)
5David HawkRepublican2002Incumbent runningnowrap
  • David Hawk (Republican)
  • Rebecca Anderson (Independent)
6Tim HicksRepublican2020Incumbent runningnowrap
  • Tim Hicks (Republican)
  • Brad Batt (Democratic)
7Rebecca AlexanderRepublican2020Incumbent runningnowrap
8Jerome MoonRepublican2017 (appointed)Incumbent runningnowrap
9Gary HicksRepublican2016Incumbent runningnowrap
10Rick EldridgeRepublican2018Incumbent runningnowrap
11Jeremy FaisonRepublican2010Incumbent runningnowrap
12Dale CarrRepublican2012Incumbent retiringnowrap
  • Fred Atchley (Republican)
  • Leslie P Braddock (Democratic)
13Robert StevensRepublican2022Incumbent runningnowrap
14Jason ZacharyRepublican2015 (special)Incumbent runningnowrap
15Sam McKenzieDemocratic2020Incumbent runningnowrap
16Michele CarringerRepublican2020Incumbent runningnowrap
  • Michele Carringer (Republican)
  • Lauren Carver (Democratic)
  • Sean Eastham (Independent)
17Andrew FarmerRepublican2012Incumbent runningnowrap
18Elaine DavisRepublican2020Incumbent runningnowrap
19Dave WrightRepublican2018Incumbent runningnowrap
  • Dave Wright (Republican)
  • Siobhan Costanzo (Democratic)
20Bryan RicheyRepublican2022Incumbent retiring to run for State Senatenowrap
  • Tom Stinnett (Republican)
  • Karen Gertz (Democratic)
21Lowell RussellRepublican2018Incumbent runningnowrap
22Dan HowellRepublican2014Incumbent runningnowrap
  • Dan Howell (Republican)
  • Anna Miller Grabowski (Democratic)
23Mark CochranRepublican2018Incumbent runningnowrap
24Kevin D. RaperRepublican2022Incumbent runningnowrap
25Cameron SextonRepublican2010Incumbent runningnowrap
26Greg MartinRepublican2022 (appointed)Incumbent runningnowrap
27Patsy HazlewoodRepublican2014Incumbent lost renominationnowrap
  • Michele Reneau (Republican)
  • Kathy Lennon (Democratic)
28Yusuf HakeemDemocratic2018Incumbent runningnowrap
29Greg VitalRepublican2018Incumbent runningnowrap
  • Greg Vital (Republican)
  • Ryan Scofield (Democratic)
30Esther HeltonRepublican2018Incumbent runningnowrap
31Ron TravisRepublican2012Incumbent runningnowrap
  • Ron Travis (Republican)
  • Brittany Warfel (Democratic)
  • William Jenkins (Independent)
32Monty FrittsRepublican2012Incumbent runningnowrap
33John RaganRepublican2010Incumbent lost renominationnowrap
  • Richard Scarbrough (Republican)
  • Anne Backus (Democratic)
34Tim RuddRepublican2016Incumbent runningnowrap
  • Tim Rudd (Republican)
  • Amelia Pant (Democratic)
35William SlaterRepublican2022Incumbent runningnowrap
36Dennis PowersRepublican2010Incumbent runningnowrap
37Charlie BaumRepublican2022Incumbent runningnowrap
38Kelly KeislingRepublican2022Incumbent runningnowrap
39Iris RudderRepublican2018Incumbent runningnowrap
40Michael HaleRepublican2022Incumbent runningnowrap
  • Michael Hale (Republican)
  • Daniel Hawthorne (Democratic)
41Ed ButlerRepublican2022Incumbent running
42Ryan WilliamsRepublican2010Incumbent running
43Paul SherrellRepublican2016Incumbent runningnowrap
44William LamberthRepublican2012Incumbent running
45Johnny GarrettRepublican2018Incumbent running
46Clark BoydRepublican2018Incumbent running
47Rush BrickenRepublican2018Incumbent running
48Bryan TerryRepublican2018Incumbent running
49Mike SparksRepublican2010Incumbent running
50Bo MitchellDemocratic2012Incumbent running
51Aftyn BehnDemocratic2023 (special)Incumbent running
52Justin JonesDemocratic2023 (special)Incumbent running
53Jason PowellDemocratic2012Incumbent running
54Vincent B. DixieDemocratic2018Incumbent runningnowrap
55John Ray ClemmonsDemocratic2014Incumbent runningnowrap
56Bob FreemanDemocratic2012Incumbent runningnowrap
57Susan LynnRepublican2012Incumbent running
58Harold M. Love Jr.Democratic2012Incumbent runningnowrap
59Caleb HemmerDemocratic2022Incumbent runningnowrap
60Darren JerniganDemocratic2012Incumbent retiring
61Gino BulsoRepublican2022Incumbent running
62Pat MarshRepublican2009 (special)Incumbent runningnowrap
63Jake McCalmonRepublican2022Incumbent running
64Scott CepickyRepublican2018Incumbent running
65Sam WhitsonRepublican2016Incumbent retiring
66Sabi "Doc" KumarRepublican2014Incumbent running
67Ronnie GlynnDemocratic2022Incumbent running
68Curtis JohnsonRepublican2004Incumbent retiring
69Jody BarrettRepublican2022Incumbent runningnowrap
70Clay DoggettRepublican2018Incumbent running
71Kip CapleyRepublican2022Incumbent running
72Kirk HastonRepublican2018Incumbent runningnowrap
73Chris ToddRepublican2018Incumbent runningnowrap
74Jay ReedyRepublican2014Incumbent runningnowrap
75Jeff BurkhartRepublican2022Incumbent running
76Tandy DarbyRepublican2020Incumbent running
77Rusty GrillsRepublican2020Incumbent runningnowrap
78Mary LittletonRepublican2012Incumbent running
79Brock MartinRepublican2022Incumbent runningnowrap
80Johnny ShawDemocratic2000Incumbent running
81Debra MoodyRepublican2012Incumbent runningnowrap
82Chris HurtRepublican2018Incumbent runningnowrap
83Mark WhiteRepublican2010Incumbent running
84Joe TownsDemocratic1994Incumbent runningnowrap
85Jesse ChismDemocratic2018Incumbent runningnowrap
86Justin J. PearsonDemocratic2023 (special)Incumbent runningnowrap
87Karen CamperDemocratic2008Incumbent runningnowrap
88Larry MillerDemocratic1992Incumbent running
89Justin LaffertyRepublican2018Incumbent running
90Gloria JohnsonDemocratic2012Incumbent runningnowrap
91Torrey HarrisDemocratic2020Incumbent runningnowrap
92Todd WarnerRepublican2020Incumbent running
93G. A. HardawayDemocratic2006Incumbent running
94Ron GantRepublican2016Incumbent running
95Kevin VaughanRepublican2017 (special)Incumbent runningnowrap
96Dwayne ThompsonDemocratic2016Incumbent retiringnowrap
  • Gabby Salinas (Democratic)
97John GillespieRepublican2020Incumbent running
98Antonio ParkinsonDemocratic2011 (special)Incumbent running
99Tom LeatherwoodRepublican2018Incumbent runningnowrap

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Note: Only Johnson County has reported write-in vote totals for this seat's primary.

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Note: Only Unicoi County has reported write-in totals for this seat's primary.

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District 47

Republican primary

Note: only write-in totals from Coffee County are included.

Democratic primary

No candidates qualified for the Democratic primary. Of the 1,292 Democratic ballots cast in Coffee County, 48 were write-in votes, with the rest leaving this seat blank.

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No candidates qualified for the Republican primary. 98 write-in votes were cast.

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District 54

Republican primary

No candidates qualified for the Republican primary. 38 write-in votes were cast.

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District 55

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No candidates qualified for the Republican primary. 44 write-in votes were cast.

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District 56

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No candidates qualified for the Republican primary. 167 write-in votes were cast.

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District 58

Republican primary

No candidates qualified for the Republican primary. 32 write-in votes were cast.

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District 59

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No candidates qualified for the Republican primary. 336 write-in votes were cast.

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District 62

Note: As of August 5, only Lincoln County has released write-in totals for the District 62 primaries.

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No candidates qualified for the Democratic primary. 31 write-in votes were cast.

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District 90

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Gloria Johnson ran for the concurrent senate election, as well as her house seat.

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District 99

Democratic primary

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 98 write-in votes were cast.

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2024 . 2023-09-21 . Ballotpedia . en.
  2. News: Scheele. Clarice. State rep. and experienced candidate pine for Carter Co. property assessor. November 8, 2023. WJHL-TV. May 7, 2024.
  3. News: Farrell. Jeff. Carr says he won't seek re-election. December 22, 2023. The Mountain Press. May 7, 2024.
  4. News: Friedman. Adam. Tennessee’s school voucher debate turns to competitive Republican state House and Senate primaries. May 2, 2024. Tennessee Lookout. May 7, 2024. Republicans Reps. Dale Carr of Sevierville, Bryan Richey of Maryville and Whitson all opposed school vouchers and are not running for reelection in their House seats..
  5. News: Brown. Melissa. Williamson County state Rep. Sam Whitson will not seek reelection. December 14, 2023. The Tennessean. May 7, 2024.
  6. News: West. Emily R.. Clarksville Rep. Curtis Johnson retiring after this year in the Tennessee House. November 7, 2023. WTVF. May 7, 2024.
  7. News: Rau. Nate. Mayor O'Connell hires Rep. Jernigan for legislative role. October 27, 2023. Axios Nashville. May 7, 2024. Jernigan says he'll serve out his term but won't run for re-election next year..
  8. News: Robinson. Melek. TN State Rep. Dwayne Thompson not running for re-election. March 1, 2024. WMC-TV. May 7, 2024.
  9. News: D'Urso. William. Rep. Patsy Hazlewood loses Tennessee House seat. August 2, 2024. Chattanooga Times Free Press. August 2, 2024.
  10. News: Smith. Donna. Scarbrough beats Ragan in Republican Primary for state seat; Capshaw wins commission seat. August 1, 2024. The Oak Ridger. August 2, 2024.
  11. Web site: State Legislature Interactive Map: State House - 270toWin . 2024-07-17 . 270toWin.com.
  12. Web site: 24 TN Forecast . 2024-06-14 . projects.cnalysis.com.
  13. Web site: Jacobson. Louis. 2024's Battleground State Legislative Chambers. June 18, 2024. July 16, 2024.
  14. Web site: Candidate Petitions . SoS TN . 18 April 2024.