Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2024

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2024 Tennessee
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Elections for the Tennessee House of Representatives took place in 2024. The general election was on November 5, 2024. The primary was August 1, 2024. The filing deadline was April 4, 2024.

Following the election, Republicans maintained a 75-24 veto-proof majority.

The Tennessee House of Representatives was one of 85 state legislative chambers with elections in 2024. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.

The August 1 Republican primaries took place in the context of a conflict among House Republicans over a proposal to expand Tennessee's school voucher program. Gov. Bill Lee (R) supported a proposal to expand the state's school voucher program to all school-aged children in the 2024 legislative session. The proposal did not advance to a final vote owing to disagreements between the House and Senate over the details.

For more information on the August 1 Republican primaries, click here.

Party control

See also: Partisan composition of state houses and State government trifectas
Tennessee House of Representatives
Party As of November 5, 2024 After November 6, 2024
     Democratic Party 24 24
     Republican Party 75 75
Total 99 99

Candidates

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Voting information
See also: Voting in Tennessee

Election information in Tennessee: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Oct. 7, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 7, 2024
  • Online: Oct. 7, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: Oct. 29, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Oct. 29, 2024
  • Online: Oct. 29, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: N/A
  • By mail: Received by Nov. 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 16, 2024 to Oct. 31, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

Polls close 7:00 p.m. CST.


General election race ratings

The table below displays race ratings for each race in this chamber from CNalysis.

Incumbents who were not re-elected

See also: Annual State Legislative Competitiveness Report: Vol. 14, 2024

Incumbents defeated in general elections

See also: Incumbents defeated in state legislative elections, 2024

No incumbents lost in general elections. An average of 2.9 incumbents per year lost in even-year general elections from 2010-2022.

Incumbents defeated in primaries

Two incumbents lost in primaries. From 2010 to 2012, the average number of incumbents defeated in primaries each cycle was 3.1.

Name Party Office
Patsy Hazlewood Ends.png Republican House District 27
John Ragan Ends.png Republican House District 33


Retiring incumbents

Seven incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[1] The average number of retirements each election cycle from 2010 to 2022 was 11.1. Those incumbents were:

Name Party Office
John Holsclaw Jr. Ends.png Republican House District 4
Dale Carr Ends.png Republican House District 12
Bryan Richey Ends.png Republican House District 20
Darren Jernigan Electiondot.png Democratic House District 60
Sam Whitson Ends.png Republican House District 65
Curtis Johnson Ends.png Republican House District 68
Dwayne Thompson Electiondot.png Democratic House District 96

Primary election competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in Tennessee. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Tennessee in 2024. Information below was calculated on May 22, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Tennessee had 240 major party candidates run for state legislative office in 2024, the most of any election cycle since 2014. Of the 240 total candidates, 106 were Democrats, a decade-high and up 34% from 2022. There were 134 Republican candidates, one candidate fewer than in 2022.

Tennessee had 41 contested state legislative primaries in 2024, a 14% increase from the previous cycle. Fourteen of the 41 contested primaries were for Democrats. This was the same as in 2020 and up 27% from 11 in 2022. Republicans had 27 contested primaries, up 8% from 2022.

Twenty-eight incumbents faced primary challenges in 2024, representing 26% of all incumbents who ran for re-election. This was higher than the two preceding cycles, but lower than the 2016 and 2018 cycles.

Open seats

The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 2010 to 2024.[2]

Open Seats in Tennessee House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2024
Year Total seats Open seats Seats with incumbents running for re-election
2024 99 7 (7 percent) 92 (93 percent)
2022 99 14 (14 percent) 85 (86 percent)
2020 99 5 (5 percent) 94 (94 percent)
2018 99 23 (23 percent) 76 (77 percent)
2016 99 5 (5 percent) 94 (95 percent)
2014 99 9 (9 percent) 90 (91 percent)
2012 99 11 (11 percent) 88 (89 percent)
2010 99 8 (8 percent) 91 (92 percent)

Legislative referrals

See also: Legislative referral

A legislative referral, or legislatively referred ballot measure, is a ballot measure that appears on the ballot due to a vote of the state legislature. A legislative referral can be a constitutional amendment, state statute, or bond issue.

As of the 2024 election, the state Legislature had to pass a constitutional amendment during two successive legislative sessions with an election in between. During the first legislative session, a simple majority vote was required in both legislative chambers, which amounted to 17 votes in the Senate and 50 votes in the House. During the second legislative session, a two-thirds vote was required in both legislative chambers, which amounted to 22 in the Senate and 66 in the House. Amendments did not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. In Tennessee, amendments must be placed on general election ballots in which there is also a gubernatorial election.

At the time of the 2024 election, Republicans held a 27-6 majority in the Senate and a 75-24 majority in the House. Democrats needed to win 16 Senate seats and 42 House seats to be able to pass legislative referrals without Republican votes. Republicans needed to lose six Senate seats and 10 House seats to lose the same ability.

Process to become a candidate

See also: Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Tennessee

DocumentIcon.jpg See statutes: Chapter 2-5 and Chapter 2-7 of the Tennessee Code

State legislative candidates

A candidate running for the state legislature, whether partisan or independent, must adhere to the same ballot access requirements, which are detailed below.

  1. The candidate must obtain a nominating petition from a county election commission office or the office of the state coordinator of elections.[3][4]
  2. The nominating petition must be signed by the candidate and at least 25 voters who are registered in the candidate's district.[3][4]
  3. The signer of a petition must include the address shown on his or her voter registration card in order for his or her signature to be counted.[4]
  4. The candidate must file the original nominating petition in the office of the county election commission by the first Thursday of April in his or her county of residence. The candidate must also file a certified duplicate in the county election commission office in each county wholly or partially within the candidate's district. This requirement applies to both political party candidates running in the primary and independent candidates running in the general election.[3][4]
  5. There are no filing fees.

Federal and statewide office

A partisan or independent candidate for governor, United States Representative, or United States Senator must obtain a nominating petition from a county election commission office or the office of the state coordinator of elections.[5][6]

  1. The nominating petition must be signed by at least 25 voters who are registered anywhere in Tennessee.[5][7]
  2. The signer of a petition must include the address shown on his or her voter registration card in order for the signature to be counted.[4]
  3. The candidate must file the nominating petition no later than noon on the first Thursday of April.[5][7]
  4. The candidate must file the original nominating petition in the office of the Tennessee State Election Commission. The candidate must also file a certified duplicate in the office of the state coordinator of elections. Both of these must be received by the qualifying deadline.[5][7]
  5. There are no filing fees.

For write-in candidates

In order to have his or her votes tallied, a write-in candidate must file a certificate of write-in candidacy no later than noon on the 50th day before the general election in each county that makes up the district of the listed office. For the offices of governor, United States Senator, and United States Representative, this form must be filed with the Tennessee Coordinator of Elections.[8][9]

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

To be eligible to serve in the Tennessee House of Representatives, a candidate must be:[10]

  • A U.S. citizen
  • 21 years old before the general election
  • A three-year resident of Tennessee before the general election
  • A county resident for 1 year prior to the general election
  • A qualified voter
  • The following situations would eliminate a candidate from qualifying for office:
    • Those who have been convicted of offering or giving a bribe, or of larceny, or any other offense declared infamous by law, unless restored to citizenship in the mode pointed out by law;
    • Those against whom there is a judgment unpaid for any moneys received by them, in any official capacity, due to the United States, to this state, or any county thereof;
    • Those who are defaulters to the treasury at the time of the election, and the election of any such person shall be void;
    • Soldiers, seamen, marines, or airmen in the regular army or navy or air force of the United States; and
    • Members of congress, and persons holding any office of profit or trust under any foreign power, other state of the union, or under the United States.

Salaries and per diem

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2024[11]
SalaryPer diem
$28,405.96/year$326.47/day. Legislators living within 50 miles of the Capitol receive a reduced amount of $47 per day.

When sworn in

See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election

Tennessee legislators assume office on the day they are elected in the general election.[12]

Tennessee political history

Trifectas

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.

Tennessee Party Control: 1992-2024
Five years of Democratic trifectas  •  Fourteen years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Governor D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Senate D D D D R D D D D D D D D R R S S R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

Presidential politics in Tennessee

2020

See also: Presidential election, 2020


Presidential election in Tennessee, 2020
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
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Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R)
 
60.7
 
1,852,475 11
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Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)
 
37.5
 
1,143,711 0
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Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (Independent)
 
1.0
 
29,877 0
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Ye/Michelle Tidball (Independent)
 
0.3
 
10,279 0
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Don Blankenship/William Mohr (Independent)
 
0.2
 
5,365 0
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Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (Independent)
 
0.1
 
4,545 0
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Alyson Kennedy/Malcolm Jarrett (Independent)
 
0.1
 
2,576 0
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Gloria La Riva/Sunil Freeman (Independent)
 
0.1
 
2,301 0
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Roque De La Fuente/Darcy Richardson (Independent)
 
0.1
 
1,860 0
  Other write-in votes
 
0.0
 
862 0

Incumbents are bolded and underlined The results have been certified.

Total votes: 3,053,851


2016

See also: Presidential election, 2016
U.S. presidential election, Tennessee, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes Electoral votes
     Democratic Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine 34.7% 870,695 0
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump/Mike Pence 60.7% 1,522,925 11
     Libertarian Gary Johnson/Bill Weld 2.8% 70,397 0
     Green Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka 0.6% 15,993 0
     Independent Rocky De La Fuente/Michael Steinberg 0.2% 4,075 0
     Independent Alyson Kennedy/Osborne Hart 0.1% 2,877 0
     Independent Mike Smith/Daniel White 0.3% 7,276 0
     - Write-in votes 0.5% 13,789 0
Total Votes 2,508,027 11
Election results via: Tennessee Secretary of State


Tennessee presidential election results (1900-2024)

  • 15 Democratic wins
  • 17 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winning Party D D D D D R D R D D D D D R R R D R R D R R R D D R R R R R R R


See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
  2. ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tennessee Department of Elections, "Qualifying Procedures for Candidates for Tennessee House of Representatives," accessed October 31, 2013
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Tennessee Code, "Chapter 2-5-101," accessed February 22, 2014
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Tennessee Department of Elections, "Qualifying Procedures for Candidates for Governor," accessed November 26, 2013
  6. ↑ Tennessee Code, "Chapter 2-5-103," accessed February 24, 2014
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Tennessee Secretary of State, "Tennessee Candidates for United States Senate," accessed February 25, 2014
  8. ↑ Tennessee Department of Elections, "Write-In Candidacy," accessed October 31, 2013
  9. ↑ Tennessee Code, "Chapter 2-7-133," accessed February 24, 2014
  10. ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "Qualifications for elected offices in Tennessee," accessed December 18, 2013
  11. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
  12. ↑ Tennessee Constitution, "Article II, Section 3," accessed November 1, 2021


Current members of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Cameron Sexton
Majority Leader:William Lamberth
Minority Leader:Karen Camper
Representatives
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District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
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Tim Hicks (R)
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Tim Rudd (R)
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Ed Butler (R)
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Pat Marsh (R)
District 63
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Jay Reedy (R)
District 75
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Joe Towns (D)
District 85
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District 88
District 89
District 90
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District 92
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Ron Gant (R)
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