The 2020 Tennessee State Senate elections 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
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,
U.S. House
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, and
State House elections.
Republicans lost District 20, which is in the outskirts of Nashville.
Primary election
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s were held on August 6, 2020, with the exception of presidential primaries held on March 3 of that year.
Retirements
One incumbent did not run for re-election in 2020. That incumbent is:
Republicans
#District 26:
Dolores Gresham
Dolores Gresham (born July 16, 1942) is a Republican politician from Tennessee. She was elected to the Tennessee Senate in the 2008 elections after having served three terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Her Senate District 26 encompas ...
: Retiring
Incumbents defeated
In the general election
Republicans
#District 20:
Steven Dickerson
Steven Dickerson is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Tennessee Senate, representing District 20 from January 8, 2013 until November 3, 2020.
Education
Dickerson earned his BA in history from Sewanee: The University ...
lost to
Heidi Campbell.
Predictions
Results summary
Close races
Two races were decided by a margin of under 10%:
Overview
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
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
See also
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2020 Tennessee elections
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2020 Tennessee House of Representatives election
Notes
;Partisan clients
References
External links
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* (State affiliate of the U.S.
League of Women Voters
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Senate
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Tennessee Senate
The Tennessee Senate is the upper house of the U.S. state of Tennessee's state legislature, which is known formally as the Tennessee General Assembly.
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Tennessee Senate elections