2016 Tennessee House of Representatives election

For related races, see 2016 United States state legislative elections.

Not to be confused with 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee.

The 2016 Tennessee House of Representatives election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect 99 seats for the Tennessee House of Representatives. The elections coincided with the Presidential, U.S. House, and State Senate elections.

2016 Tennessee House of Representatives election

← 2014 November 8, 2016 2018 →
99 Seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives 50 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Beth Harwell Craig Fitzhugh Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 56th: Nashville 82nd: Ripley Last election 73 seats 26 seats Seats won 74 25 Seat change 1 1
Results by gains and holds Results by winning party vote share Results:      Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold Vote Share:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Speaker of the House before election Beth Harwell Republican Elected Speaker of the House Beth Harwell Republican

Republican Paul Sherrell flipped the rural 43rd district, and Republican Michael Curcio flipped the rural 69th district, while Democrat Dwayne Thompson flipped Memphis's suburban 96th district. The Republican Party also maintained their supermajority in the state house.^[1][2]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing[3]	Safe R	May 18, 2016

Results summary

Summary of the November 8, 2016 Tennessee House election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–
	Republican				74	1
	Democratic				25	1
	Independent				0
	Write-in				0
Total				100.00	99
Source:

Popular vote Republican   % Democratic   % Independent   % Write-ins   %

House seats Republican   74.75% Democratic   25.25%

Close races

See also

• 2016 Tennessee elections
• 2016 Tennessee Senate election