Tennessee state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

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s for the

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, and

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, as well as various

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s, were held on August 6, 2020.

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In 2020, Tennessee was a stronghold for the

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, and was considered a reliable "

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." Tennessee had 11 electoral votes in the Electoral college at the time. In the general election, Incumbent United States

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won Tennessee with 60.66% of the vote. The presidential primaries were held on March 3, 2020. Donald Trump won the Republican primary in a landslide victory over former governor

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of Massachusetts and former congressman

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of Illinois.

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Joe Biden garnered the Democratic nomination, beating out

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of Vermont.

Results

March 3, 2020, Primary Results

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Senate

Incumbent

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Senator

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announced that he would not run for re-election on December 17, 2018. Environmentalist, activist and Democratic nominee

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, the first black woman to win a major political party nomination in any statewide race in Tennessee, was defeated by Republican nominee

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, former United States Ambassador to

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and former Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.

Results

August 6, 2020, Primary Results Tennessee U

House of Representatives

Tennessee Congressional Election Results 2020

Tennessee elected nine

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s, each representing one of Tennessee's nine

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Results

State legislature

State senate

Results by senate districts Winners: Elections for 16 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 3, 2020. There was 1 open seat, and 15 incumbents that ran for re-election.

Close races

Two races were decided by a margin of under 10%:

State House of Representatives

Results by State House district Winners: The election of all 99 seats in the

occurred on November 3, 2020. The

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retook the 90th district, where the incumbent

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had defected to become an independent. The

maintained their

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in the state house.

Close races

Seven races were decided by a margin of under 10%:

Notes

References

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Presidential election

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United States Congress

Senate

Results

House of Representatives

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State legislature

State senate

Close races

State House of Representatives

Close races

See also

Notes

References

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