Not to be confused with 2020 United States Senate election in Tennessee .
2020 Tennessee State Senate election
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Randy McNally
Jeff Yarbro
Party
Republican
Democratic
Leader's seat
5th district
21st district
Last election
27 seats
5 seats
Seats before
27
5
Seats won
26
6
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
939,727
321,494
Percentage
71.41%
24.43%
Republicans:
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Unopposed
Democrats:
50–60%
Unopposed
No election:
Speaker before election
Randy McNally
Republican
Elected Speaker
Randy McNally
Republican
Elections to 16 of 33 seats in the Tennessee Senate will be held on November 3, 2020, along with elections for the State House of Representatives , and the United States president among others.[1]
Primary elections were held on August 6, 2020,[2] with the exception of presidential primaries held on March 3 of that year.[3]
Retirements [ ]
One incumbent did not run for re-election in 2020. That incumbent is:
Republicans [ ]
District 26: Dolores Gresham : Retiring
Incumbents defeated [ ]
In the general election [ ]
Republicans [ ]
District 20: Steven Dickerson lost to Heidi Campbell .
Predictions [ ]
Source
Ranking
As of
The Cook Political Report [4]
Safe R
October 21, 2020
Results summary [ ]
Summary of the November 3, 2020 Tennessee Senate election results
Party
Candidates
Votes
Seats
No.
%
Before
Up
Won
After
+/–
Republican
15
939,727
71.41
28
15
14
14
1
Democratic
10
321,494
24.43
5
1
2
6
1
Independent
3
52,928
4.02
0
0
0
0
Write-in
1
1,777
0.14
0
0
0
0
Total
1,315,926
100
33
16
16
33
Source: [1]
Popular vote
Republican
71.41%
Democratic
24.43%
Other
4.16%
Senate seats
Republican
87.50%
Democratic
12.50%
Close races [ ]
Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
District 10, 6.32%
District 20, 3.52% (gain)
Red denotes races won by Republicans. Blue denotes races won by Democrats.
Summary of results by State Senate District [ ]
State Senate District[5]
Incumbent
Party
Elected Senator
Party
2nd
Art Swann
Rep
Art Swann
Rep
4th
Jon Lundberg
Rep
Jon Lundberg
Rep
6th
Becky Duncan Massey
Rep
Becky Duncan Massey
Rep
8th
Frank S. Niceley
Rep
Frank S. Niceley
Rep
10th
Todd Gardenhire
Rep
Todd Gardenhire
Rep
12th
Ken Yager
Rep
Ken Yager
Rep
14th
Shane Reeves
Rep
Shane Reeves
Rep
16th
Janice Bowling
Rep
Janice Bowling
Rep
18th
Ferrell Haile
Rep
Ferrell Haile
Rep
20th
Steven Dickerson
Rep
Heidi Campbell
Dem
22nd
Bill Powers
Rep
Bill Powers
Rep
24th
John Stevens
Rep
John Stevens
Rep
26th
Dolores Gresham
Rep
Page Walley
Rep
28th
Joey Hensley
Rep
Joey Hensley
Rep
30th
Sara Kyle
Dem
Sara Kyle
Dem
32nd
Paul Rose
Rep
Paul Rose
Rep
Detailed results by State Senate District [ ]
District 2 [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
General election [ ]
District 4 [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
Democratic primary [ ]
General election [ ]
District 6 [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
Democratic primary [ ]
General election [ ]
District 8 [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
General election [ ]
District 10 [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
Democratic primary [ ]
General election [ ]
District 12 [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
General election [ ]
District 14 [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
Democratic primary [ ]
General election [ ]
District 16 [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
Democratic primary [ ]
General election [ ]
District 18 [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
General election [ ]
District 20 [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
Democratic primary [ ]
Polling [ ]
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size[a]
Margin of error
Steve Dickerson (R)
Heidi Campbell (D)
Undecided
Change Research/Heidi Campbell [A]
August 31 – September 1, 2020
531 (LV)
± 4.2%
47%
49%
4%
General election [ ]
District 22 [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
Democratic primary [ ]
General election [ ]
District 24 [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
General election [ ]
District 26 [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
Democratic primary [ ]
General election [ ]
District 28 [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
General election [ ]
District 30 [ ]
Democratic primary [ ]
General election [ ]
District 32 [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
Democratic primary [ ]
General election [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ Key: A – all adults RV – registered voters LV – likely voters V – unclear
Partisan clients
^ Poll sponsored by Campbell's campaign
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