The 2018 Tennessee House of Representatives election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect 99 seats for the

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. The elections coincided with the

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, and

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elections.

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Gloria Johnson flipped Knoxville's

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13th district, and Democrat Bob Freeman flipped suburban Nashville's 56th district, while

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Chris Hurt Chris Hurt (born July 5, 1972) is an American politician who serves in the Tennessee House of Representatives. A Republican, he represents District 82, which contains parts of Lauderdale, Haywood, and Crockett counties. Biography Chris Hurt att ...

defeated Democratic minority leader

Craig Fitzhugh Calvin "Craig" Fitzhugh (born March 22, 1950) is an American politician. He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing the 82nd District, which encompasses all of Crockett, Haywood and Lauderdale counties. He is a member ...

in west Tennessee's

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82nd district. The Republican Party maintained their

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in the state house.

Predictions

Results summary

Overview

Incumbents defeated

In the primary election

= Republicans

= # District 75:

Tim Wirgau Timothy Wirgau (born September 2, 1963 in Towanda, Pennsylvania) is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing District 75 from January 2011 until January 2019. He was defeated ...

Bruce Griffey Bruce I. Griffey (born February 1963) is an American attorney and politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican, Griffey has represented the 75th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives, based in Henry, Benton, and Stewart C ...

In the general election

= Republicans

= # District 13: Eddie Smith to Gloria Johnson

Results

District 1

Republican primary

General election

District 2

Republican primary

Democratic primary

General election

District 3

Republican primary

General election

District 4

Republican primary

General election

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

Democratic primary

Republican primary

General election

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

Republican primary

Democratic primary

General election

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

References

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