2020 Tennessee elections
Tennessee state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Primary elections for U.S Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives were held on August 6, 2020.
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Federal offices
President of the United States
Tennessee, a stronghold for the Republican Party (United States) and thus a reliable "red state", has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral college. The presidential primaries were held on March 3, 2020. Incumbent United States President Donald Trump won the Republican primary in a landslide victory over former governor Bill Weld of Massachusetts and former congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois. Vice President Joe Biden garnered the Democratic nomination, beating out Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
United States House of Representatives
Tennessee will elect nine US Representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine Congressional Districts.
| District | Democratic Nominee | Republican Nominee | Independent Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| District 1 | Blair Walsingham, U.S. Air Force Veteran | Diana Harshbarger, pharmacist | |
| District 2 | Renee Hoyos, businesswoman and environmentalist | Tim Burchett, incumbent U.S. Representative | |
| District 3 | Meg Gorman, businesswoman | Chuck Fleischmann, incumbent U.S. Representative | |
| District 4 | Christopher Hale, former Obama White House staffer | Scott DesJarlais, incumbent U.S. Representative | |
| District 5 | Jim Cooper, incumbent U.S. Representative | n/a | Craig Wildenradt, bartender |
| District 6 | Christopher Finley, restaurant owner | John Rose, incumbent U.S. Representative | |
| District 7 | Kiran Sreepada, public policy consultant | Mark Green, incumbent U.S. Representative | |
| District 8 | Erika Stotts Pearson, former teacher | David Kustoff, incumbent U.S. Representative | |
| District 9 | Steve Cohen, incumbent U.S. Representative | Charlotte Bergmann, businesswoman |
State offices
State Senate
There are a total of 16 senate seats up for election in 2020 with 1 open seat. 15 incumbents are running for re-election.[1] In December 2018, Senator Lamar Alexander, a Republican incumbent who has held a seat since 2003, said he would not run for a fourth term in 2020.[2] Environmentalist, activist and Democratic nominee Marquita Bradshaw, the first Black woman to win a major political party nomination in any statewide race in Tennessee,[3] will face Republican nominee Bill Hagerty, former United States Ambassador to Japan and former Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.[4]
State Assembly
References
- "Tennessee State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- @burgessev (December 17, 2018). "HOLY COW Lamar Alexander: "I will not be a candidate for re-election to the United States Senate in 2020"" (Tweet). Retrieved September 11, 2020 – via Twitter.
- Plazas, David. "Marquita Bradshaw could make history in Tennessee Senate race, but the fight is uphill all the way | Plazas". The Tennessean. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- "U.S. Ambassador Bill Hagerty to run for U.S. Senate, says his boss, President Trump, in endorsement tweet". timesfreepress.com. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
External links
- Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Tennessee", Voting & Elections Toolkits
- "Tennessee: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
- "League of Women Voters of Tennessee". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
- Tennessee at Ballotpedia
- "Election Guides: Tennessee", Spreadthevote.org. (Guidance to help voters get to the polls; addresses transport, childcare, work, information challenges)
- "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures,
State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020