2022 Tennessee House of Representatives election


The 2022 Tennessee House of Representatives election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect 99 seats for the Tennessee House of Representatives. The elections coincided with the governor, U.S. House, and State Senate elections.
Republicans gained two seats, thereby further expanding their supermajority in the state house. John Windle lost his re-election bid after registering as an Independent.

Partisan background

In the 2020 presidential election in Tennessee, Republican Donald Trump won 74 State House districts, while Democrat Joe Biden won 25 districts.
Leading up to the 2022 State House elections, a Democrat, who registered as an Independent, represented a district that Trump won in 2020: District 41 in rural Tennessee. Conversely, Republicans held one district that Biden carried in 2020: District 97 in Memphis.

Retirements

Republicans

Democrats

Incumbents defeated

In the primary election

Republicans

In the general election

Independents

Results summary

Closest races

Four races were decided by a margin of 10% or less:
DistrictWinnerMargin
District 67data-sort-value=1 1.34%
District 59data-sort-value=1 4.76%
District 41data-sort-value=1 5.18%
District 18data-sort-value=1 8.22%

Results

District 8

District 16

District 24

District 32

District 40

District 48

District 56

District 64

District 72