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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.

In District 41, longtime Democratic incumbent John Windle filed to run as an independent after representing the district for nearly three decades; he was known for his support of Second Amendment rights, and reporting noted that Democratic Party leaders had considered removing him from the Democratic primary ballot because his positions were out of step with party leadership, prompting his decision to run as an independent. Windle was defeated by Republican Ed Butler in the general election.

Republicans gained two seats, thereby further expanding their supermajority in the state house.

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 (Trump +63.3%). Conversely, Republicans held one district that Biden carried in 2020: District 97 in Memphis (Biden +5.1%).

Retirements

Republicans

Democrats

Incumbents defeated

In the primary election

Republicans

In the general election

Independents

  • District 41: John Windle lost re-election to Ed Butler.

Predictions

Results summary

Closest races

Four races were decided by a margin of 10% or less:

Overview

Results

District 1

District 2

District 3

District 4

District 5

District 6

District 7

District 8

District 9

District 10

District 11

District 12

District 13

District 14

District 15

District 16

District 17

District 18

District 19

District 20

District 21

District 22

District 23

District 24

District 25

District 26

District 27

District 28

District 29

District 30

District 31

District 32

District 33

District 34

District 35

District 36

District 37

District 38

District 39

District 40

District 41

District 42

District 43

District 44

District 45

District 46

District 47

District 48

District 49

District 50

District 51

District 52

District 53

District 54

District 55

District 56

District 57

District 58

District 59

District 60

District 61

District 62

District 63

District 64

District 65

District 66

District 67

District 68

District 69

District 70

District 71

District 72

District 73

District 74

District 75

District 76

District 77

District 78

District 79

District 80

District 81

District 82

District 83

District 84

District 85

District 86

District 87

District 88

District 89

District 90

District 91

District 92

District 93

District 94

District 95

District 96

District 97

District 98

District 99

See also

References