2020 State Legislature Results -Post Here

[100% pro-life no matter what]

In Tennessee, Democrats flipped SD-20, which is located in Davidson County (Nashville).  It has large overlap with HD-56, which flipped during the 2018 midterms, and is mostly in the outer Southern and Western parts of the county.  It is a Romney-Clinton district where Biden probably improved on Clinton's narrow 2016 margin.  Heidi Campbell (D) defeated two-term incumbent Steve Dickerson (R) by about three and a half points.  Only half of the chamber was up for reelection, but the Democrats cut the Republican advantage from 28-5 to 27-6.

Over on the House side, it appears that not a single district flipped parties.  With that said, one incumbent did lose reelection, as longtime Rep. John DeBerry (90th District), who was kicked out of the Democratic Party for having a quite conservative voting record (especially on abortion, gay marriage, and school choice) and for aligning himself with Republican-leaning organizations, was not able to win his bid for reelection as an Independent in a solidly Democratic district.  He got 23% of the vote.  Democrats held competitive seats in Knox County (TN-13) and Davidson County (TN-56) that they flipped in 2018, while Republicans held close seats in Rutherford County (TN-49) and Shelby County (TN-97), though the rapidly diversifying seat in Northwestern Rutherford County (near the SE Nashville neighborhood of Antioch) was not quite as close as it was in 2018.  It's also worth noting that Glen Casada (TN-63) had no problems winning reelection despite having been stripped of the speakership over ethical failings.  He easily won 60-32-8 over a Democrat and an Independent in his Eastern Williamson County seat.  The General Assembly will remain 73-26 Republican.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

In Tennessee, Democrats flipped SD-20, which is located in Davidson County (Nashville).  It has large overlap with HD-56, which flipped during the 2018 midterms, and is mostly in the outer Southern and Western parts of the county.  It is a Romney-Clinton district where Biden probably improved on Clinton's narrow 2016 margin.  Heidi Campbell (D) defeated two-term incumbent Steve Dickerson (R) by about three and a half points.  Only half of the chamber was up for reelection, but the Democrats cut the Republican advantage from 28-5 to 27-6.

Over on the House side, it appears that not a single district flipped parties.  With that said, one incumbent did lose reelection, as longtime Rep. John DeBerry (90th District), who was kicked out of the Democratic Party for having a quite conservative voting record (especially on abortion, gay marriage, and school choice) and for aligning himself with Republican-leaning organizations, was not able to win his bid for reelection as an Independent in a solidly Democratic district.  He got 23% of the vote.  Democrats held competitive seats in Knox County (TN-13) and Davidson County (TN-56) that they flipped in 2018, while Republicans held close seats in Rutherford County (TN-49) and Shelby County (TN-97), though the rapidly diversifying seat in Northwestern Rutherford County (near the SE Nashville neighborhood of Antioch) was not quite as close as it was in 2018.  It's also worth noting that Glen Casada (TN-63) had no problems winning reelection despite having been stripped of the speakership over ethical failings.  He easily won 60-32-8 over a Democrat and an Independent in his Eastern Williamson County seat.  The General Assembly will remain 73-26 Republican.

Question: why did the Republicans not put up a candidate in TN HD 41 (John Mark Windle’s seat). This is the type of white ancestral rural seat (the last of its kind seemingly in the TN legislature) that would have been a prime pick-up opportunity, considering the results in these kinds of seats in other states.

I honestly don't know, but, it seems like he's a total DINO who is endorsed by a ton of conservative groups.  There was also the fact that part of Glen Casada's scandal was in trying to bribe him.  Maybe that had something to do with him not facing a Republican challenge.

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/tennessee-lawmaker-says-he-rejected-speakers-effort-to-buy-his-vote-on-vouchers-legislation