2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee

2020 Tennessee's 2nd congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Tim Burchett; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Tim Burchett; Republican

2020 Tennessee's 1st congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Phil Roe; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Diana Harshbarger; Republican

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee
All 9 Tennessee seats to the United States House of Representatives
Turnout	69.30% 14.84 pp
	Democratic hold; Republican hold

The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Tennessee, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.

Following the 2020 elections, no seats changed hands, leaving the Tennessee delegation at a 7-2 Republican majority.

Overview

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	228,181	74.71%	68,617	22.47%	8,625	2.82%	305,423	100.0%	Republican hold
District 2	238,907	67.64%	109,684	31.06%	4,606	1.30%	353,197	100.0%	Republican hold
District 3	215,571	67.30%	97,687	30.50%	7,041	2.20%	320,299	100.0%	Republican hold
District 4	223,802	66.67%	111,908	33.33%	0	0.00%	335,710	100.0%	Republican hold
District 5	0	0.00%	252,155	99.99%	14	0.01%	252,169	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 6	257,572	73.68%	83,852	23.99%	8,154	2.33%	349,578	100.0%	Republican hold
District 7	245,188	69.93%	95,839	27.33%	9,608	2.74%	350,635	100.0%	Republican hold
District 8	227,216	68.47%	97,890	29.50%	6,747	2.03%	331,853	100.0%	Republican hold
District 9	48,818	20.10%	187,905	77.37%	6,157	2.53%	242,880	100.0%	Democratic hold
Total	1,685,255	59.30%	1,105,537	38.90%	50,952	1.79%	2,841,744	100.0%

Popular vote

Republican			59.30%
Democratic			38.90%
Other			1.79%

House seats

Republican			77.78%
Democratic			22.22%

District 1

The 1st district is based in northeast Tennessee, encompassing all of Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington counties and parts of Jefferson and Sevier counties, and includes the Tri-Cities region. The incumbent is Republican Phil Roe, who was re-elected with 77.1% of the vote in 2018.^[2] On January 3, 2020, Roe announced he was retiring from Congress and will not run for a seventh term.^[3] His successor, Diana Harshbarger is the ninth person (not counting caretakers) to represent the district since 1921.

In the general election, Republican Diana Harshbarger won against Democratic challenger Blair Walsingham.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Diana Harshbarger, pharmacist^[4]^[5]

Eliminated in primary

Jay Adkins^[6]
Phil Arlinghaus, radio producer ^[7]
Richard Baker^[6]
Chance Cansler^[6]
John Clark, former mayor of Kingsport^[4]^[8]
Rusty Crowe, state senator^[9]^[10]^[11]
Steve Darden, former mayor of Johnson City^[8]^[12]
Chad Fleenor^[6]
Robert Franklin^[6]
Josh Gapp, physician^[13]
David Hawk, state representative^[4]
Timothy Hill, state representative^[4]^[14]
Chuck Miller^[6]
Carter Quillen, mechanical engineer, businessman, and merchant craftsman^[6]
Nichole Williams, former sales representative and former intern for Phil Roe^[15]

Declined

Dan Eldridge, former mayor of Washington County^[8]
Jeremy Faison, state representative^[4]^[16]
Jon Lundberg, state senator^[4]^[17]
Jason Mumpower, former state representative^[8]
Ashley Nickloes, Air National Guard pilot and candidate for Tennessee's 2nd congressional district in 2018^[10]
David Purkey, former Tennessee Commissioner of Safety and Homeland Security^[8]
Ron Ramsey, former lieutenant governor of Tennessee^[8]
Phil Roe, incumbent U.S. representative^[4]

Endorsements

Diana Harshbarger

U.S. presidents

Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States (2017–2021)

Steve Darden

Local officials

Jeff Banyas, former mayor of Johnson City^[18]

Timothy Hill

Federal officials

Rick Santorum, former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (1995–2007)^[19]

State officials

Rick Eldridge, state representative^[20]

Local officials

Mike Taylor, mayor of Johnson County^[21]

Organizations

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Rusty Crowe	Steve Darden	Josh Gapp	Diana Harshbarger	David Hawk	Timothy Hill	Other	Undecided
Spry Strategies/WJHL 11	July 28–30, 2020	665 (LV)	± 4.5%	16%	9%	12%	16%	6%	10%	17%^[b]	14%
Spry Strategies/WJHL 11	June 21–24, 2020	800 (LV)	± 4%	14%	6%	6%	22%	6%	11%	13%^[c]	21%

Primary results

Republican primary results^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diana Harshbarger	18,074	19.2
	Republican	Timothy Hill	15,731	16.7
	Republican	Rusty Crowe	15,179	16.1
	Republican	Josh Gapp	13,379	14.2
	Republican	Steve Darden	11,647	12.4
	Republican	John Clark	8,826	9.4
	Republican	David B. Hawk	4,717	5.0
	Republican	Nicole Williams	2,803	3.0
	Republican	Jay Adkins	1,635	1.7
	Republican	Carter M. Quillen	853	0.9
	Republican	Richard Baker	298	0.3
	Republican	Chad Fleenor	282	0.3
	Republican	Phil Arlinghaus	274	0.3
	Republican	Robert D. Franklin	229	0.2
	Republican	Chuck Miller	189	0.2
	Republican	Chance Cansler	147	0.2
Total votes			94,263	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Blair Walsingham, U.S. Air Force veteran^[25]

Withdrawn

Larry Smith, history professor^[26]
Chris Rowe, U.S. Army veteran^[27] (Endorsed Walsingham)

Endorsements

Blair Walsingham

Individuals

Mark Hamill, actor, voice actor, and writer^[28]
Kristen Johnston, actress^[28]
Debra Messing, actress^[28]
Rosie O'Donnell, comedian, producer, actress, author, and television personality^[28]
Piper Perabo, actress^[28]
Andrew Yang, businessman, entrepreneur, non-profit leader and 2020 Presidential candidate^[29]
Dani Cook, local personality and health care activist^[30]

Organizations

Black Coffee Justice^[31]
Humanity Forward^[31]
Income Movement^[31]
Indivisible-Greene County, Tennessee chapter^[31]
Moms Demand Action^[31]
No Dem Left Behind^[31]
Tri-Cities Women of Color^[31]
Washington County Young Democrats^[31]

Political parties

Humanity First Party^[31]

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Blair Walsingham	6,076	52.7
	Democratic	Chris Rowe	3,869	33.6
	Democratic	Larry Smith	1,572	13.7
	Democratic	Anthony Rock (write-in)	3	0.0
Total votes			11,520	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[33]	Safe R	July 2, 2020
Inside Elections^[34]	Safe R	June 2, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[35]	Safe R	July 2, 2020
Politico^[36]	Safe R	April 19, 2020
Daily Kos^[37]	Safe R	June 3, 2020
RCP^[38]	Safe R	June 9, 2020
Niskanen^[39]	Safe R	June 7, 2020

Results

Tennessee's 1st congressional district, 2020^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diana Harshbarger	228,181	74.7
	Democratic	Blair Walsingham	68,617	22.5
	Independent	Steve Holder	8,621	2.8
	Write-in		4	0.0
Total votes			305,423	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

The 2nd district is located in eastern Tennessee, anchored by Knoxville. The incumbent is Republican Tim Burchett, who was elected with 65.9% of the vote in 2018 and re-elected in 2020.