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

November 8, 2016
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:      Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold
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 maintained their supermajority in the state house.

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: [1]

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

House seats Republican   74.75% Democratic   25.25%

Results

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Representative	Party	Electoral history
District 1		Republican			Y John Crawford (Republican)
District 2	Bud Hulsey	Republican	2014
District 3	Timothy Hill	Republican	2012
District 4	John Holsclaw Jr.	Republican	2014
District 5	David Hawk	Republican	2002	Incumbent won re-election.	Y David Hawk (Republican)
District 6	James Van Huss	Republican	2012
District 7	Matthew Hill	Republican	2004
District 8	Jerome Moon	Republican	2017
District 9		Republican
District 10		Republican
District 11	Jeremy Faison	Republican	2010	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Jeremy Faison (Republican)
District 12	Dale Carr	Republican	2012
District 13
District 14	Jason Zachary	Republican	2015
District 15	Rick Staples	Democratic	2016
District 16	Bill Dunn	Republican	1994
District 17	Andrew Farmer	Republican	2012
District 18	Martin Daniel	Republican	2014
District 19		Republican
District 20	Robert Ramsey	Republican	2008
District 21		Republican
District 22	Dan Howell	Republican	2014	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Dan Howell (Republican)
District 23		Republican
District 24		Republican
District 25	Cameron Sexton	Republican	2010
District 26		Republican
District 27	Patsy Hazlewood	Republican	2014	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Patsy Hazlewood (Republican)
District 28		Democratic
District 29	Mike Carter	Republican	2012	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Mike Carter (Republican)
District 30		Republican
District 31	Ron Travis	Republican	2012
District 32	Kent Calfee	Republican	2012	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Kent Calfee (Republican)
District 33	John Ragan	Republican	2010	Incumbent won re-election.	Y John Ragan (Republican)
District 34		Republican
District 35	Jerry Sexton	Republican	2014	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Jerry Sexton (Republican)
District 36	Dennis Powers	Republican	2010	Incumbent won re-election.
District 37		Republican
District 38	Kelly Keisling	Republican	2010	Incumbent won re-election.
District 39		Republican
District 40		Republican
District 41	John Windle	Democratic	1994	Incumbent won re-election.	Y John Windle (Democratic)
District 42	Ryan Williams	Republican	2010	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Ryan Williams (Republican)
District 43		Democratic
District 44	William Lamberth	Republican	2012	Incumbent won re-election.	Y William Lamberth (Republican)
District 45		Republican
District 46		Republican
District 47		Republican
District 48	Bryan Terry	Republican	2014
District 49	Mike Sparks	Republican	2010
District 50	Bo Mitchell	Democratic	2012	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Bo Mitchell (Democratic)
District 51	Bill Beck	Democratic	2014	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Bill Beck (Democratic)
District 52	Mike Stewart	Democratic	2008	Incumbent won re-election.
District 53	Jason Powell	Democratic	2012	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Jason Powell (Democratic)
District 54		Democratic
District 55	John Ray Clemmons	Democratic	2014	Incumbent won re-election.	Y John Ray Clemmons (Democratic)
District 56
District 57	Susan Lynn	Republican	2013	Incumbent won re-election.
District 58	Harold Love	Democratic	2012	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Harold Love (Democratic)
District 59		Democratic		Incumbent won re-election.
District 60		Democratic		Incumbent won re-election.	Y Darren Jernigan (Democratic)
District 61		Republican		Incumbent won re-election.
District 62	Pat Marsh	Republican	2009	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Pat Marsh (Republican)
District 63	Glen Casada	Republican	2002	Incumbent won re-election.
District 64		Republican		Incumbent won re-election.
District 65		Republican		Incumbent won re-election.
District 66	Sabi Kumar	Republican	2014	Incumbent won re-election.
District 67		Democratic		Incumbent won re-election.
District 68	Curtis Johnson	Republican	2004	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Curtis Johnson (Republican)
District 69		Democratic
District 70		Republican		Incumbent won re-election.
District 71	David Byrd	Republican	2014	Incumbent won re-election.	Y David Byrd (Republican)
District 72		Republican		Incumbent won re-election.
District 73		Republican		Incumbent won re-election.
District 74	Jay Reedy	Republican	2014	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Jay Reedy (Republican)
District 75		Republican		Incumbent won re-election.
District 76		Republican
District 77		Republican		Incumbent won re-election.
District 78	Mary Littleton	Republican	2012	Incumbent won re-election.
District 79	Curtis Halford	Republican	2008	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Curtis Halford (Republican)
District 80	Johnny Shaw	Democratic	2000	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Johnny Shaw (Democratic)
District 81	Debra Moody	Republican	2012	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Debra Moody (Republican)
District 82		Democratic
District 83	Mark White	Republican	2010	Incumbent won re-election.
District 84	Joe Towns Jr.	Democratic	1994	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Jo Towns Jr. (Democratic)
District 85		Democratic		Incumbent won re-election.
District 86	Barbara Cooper	Democratic	1996	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Barbara Cooper (Democratic)
District 87	Karen Camper	Democratic	2008	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Karen Camper (Democratic)
District 88	Larry Miller	Democratic	1994	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Larry Miller (Democratic)
District 89		Republican		Incumbent won re-election.
District 90		Democratic
District 91
District 92		Republican
District 93	G.A. Hardaway	Democratic	2006	Incumbent won re-election.	Y G.A. Hardaway (Democratic)
District 94		Republican		Incumbent won re-election.
District 95	Kevin Vaughan	Republican	2017	Incumbent won re-election.
District 96		Republican
District 97	Jim Coley	Republican	2006
District 98	Antonio Parkinson	Democratic	2011	Incumbent won re-election.	Y Antonio Parkinson (Democratic)
District 99		Republican

District 41

General election

Tennessee House of Representatives District 41 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Windle (incumbent)	12,238	54.98%
	Republican	Ed Butler	10,021	45.02%
Total votes			22,259	100.0
	Democratic hold

See also

• 2016 Tennessee elections
• 2016 Tennessee Senate election