Tennessee state legislative election results, 2024
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The sections below contain analysis of election results in the state legislative elections for Tennessee in 2024.
General election results
Senate
- See also: Tennessee State Senate elections, 2024
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Retiring incumbents
Senate
One incumbent did not file for re-election in 2024.[1] The average number of retirements each election cycle from 2010 to 2022 was 2.7. That incumbent was:
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| Art Swann |  Republican |
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House
Seven incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[2] The average number of retirements each election cycle from 2010 to 2022 was 11.1. Those incumbents were:
Primary election competitiveness
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.
Senate
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Tennessee State Senate from 2010 to 2024.[3]
| Open Seats in Tennessee State Senate elections: 2010 - 2024 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 16 | 1 (6 percent) | 15 (94 percent) |
| 2022 | 17 | 3 (18 percent) | 14 (82 percent) |
| 2020 | 16 | 1 (6 percent) | 15 (94 percent) |
| 2018 | 18 | 3 (17 percent) | 15 (83 percent) |
| 2016 | 16 | 1 (6 percent) | 15 (94 percent) |
| 2014 | 18 | 4 (22 percent) | 14 (78 percent) |
| 2012 | 16 | 5 (31 percent) | 11 (69 percent) |
| 2010 | 17 | 2 (12 percent) | 15 (88 percent) |
House
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 2010 to 2024.[4]
| Open Seats in Tennessee House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2024 | |||
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| 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) |
See also
- Elections
- Elections calendar
- Elections by state and year
- State Poll Opening and Closing Times
- State legislative elections, 2024
Footnotes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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