2020 Tennessee House of Representatives election
The 2020 Tennessee House of Representatives election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect 99 seats for the Tennessee House of Representatives. The elections coincided with the Presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State Senate elections.
The Democratic Party retook the 90th district, where the incumbent John DeBerry had defected to become an independent. The Republican Party maintained their supermajority in the state house.
Retirements
Five representatives retired, one of whom retired to run for other offices.Republicans
- District 3: Timothy Hill retired to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in Tennessee's 1st congressional district.
- District 16: Bill Dunn retired.
- District 18: Martin Daniel retired.
- District 76: Andrew Holt retired.
- District 97: Jim Coley retired.
Democrats
''No democrats retired in 2020''Incumbents defeated
In primary elections
Two Republicans lost renomination.Republicans
- District 6: James Van Huss lost renomination to Tim Hicks.
- District 7: Matthew Hill lost renomination to Rebecca Alexander.
- District 92: Rick Tillis lost renomination to Todd Warner.
Democrats
Two Democrats lost renomination.- District 15: Rick Staples lost renomination to Sam McKenzie.
- District 90: John DeBerry lost renomination to Torrey Harris.
In general elections
Independents
One Independent lost re-election to a Democrat.- District 90: John DeBerry lost to Torrey Harris.
Results summary
Close races
Seven races were decided by a margin of under 10%:| District | Winner | Margin |
| District 97 | data-sort-value=1 | 1.6% |
| District 13 | data-sort-value=1 | 5.8% |
| District 49 | data-sort-value=1 | 7.8% |
| District 83 | data-sort-value=1 | 8.0% |
| District 56 | data-sort-value=1 | 8.4% |
| District 18 | data-sort-value=1 | 9.8% |
| District 67 | data-sort-value=1 | 9.8% |