2018 Tennessee House of Representatives election


The 2018 Tennessee House of Representatives election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect 99 seats for the Tennessee House of Representatives. The elections coincided with the Governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State Senate elections.
Democrat Gloria Johnson flipped Knoxville's Suburban 13th district, and Democrat Bob Freeman flipped suburban Nashville's 56th district, while Republican Chris Hurt defeated Democratic minority leader Craig Fitzhugh in west Tennessee's rural 82nd district. The Republican Party maintained their supermajority in the state house.
Both the speaker and the minority leader retired, and their seats were subsequently won by the opposing party.

Overview

Incumbents defeated

In the primary election

Republicans
  1. District 75: Tim Wirgau to Bruce Griffey

In the general election

Republicans
  1. District 13: Eddie Smith to Gloria Johnson

Results

District 8

District 16

District 24

District 32

District 40

District 48

District 56

Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives Beth Harwell chose not to run for re-election.

District 62

Republican Primary
Democratic Primary
General Election

District 63

Democratic Primary
General Election

District 64

Republican Primary
Democratic Primary
General Election

District 72

District 80

District 82

Democrat minority leader Craig Fitzhugh decided to not run for re-election.

District 90

District 98

District 99

Ron Lollar died on July 6, 2018, from a heart attack. Tom Leatherwood replaced the Republican ticket.