2020 Tennessee Senate election


The 2020 Tennessee State Senate election 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, U.S. House, and State House elections. The primary elections were held on August 6, 2020, with the exception of presidential primaries held on March 3 of that year.
Republicans lost District 20, which is in the outskirts of Nashville in Davidson County.

Retirements

One incumbent did not run for re-election in 2020. That incumbent was:

Republicans

  1. District 26: Dolores Gresham: Retiring

Incumbents defeated

In the general election

Republicans

  1. District 20: Steven Dickerson lost to Heidi Campbell.

Results summary

Close races

Two races were decided by a margin of under 10%:
DistrictWinnerMargin
District 10data-sort-value=1 6.32%
District 20data-sort-value=1 3.52%