2018 Tennessee House of Representatives election

For related races, see 2018 United States state legislative elections.
Not to be confused with 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee.
2018 Tennessee House of Representatives election
November 6, 2018
99 Seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives
50 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Beth Harwell
(retired) 		Craig Fitzhugh
(retired)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 56th: Nashville 82nd: Ripley
Last election 74 seats 25 seats
Seats won 73 26
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 1,255,205 825,295
Percentage 59.70% 39.25%
Swing 6.09% 7.90%

     Republican gain      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold

     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

Glen Casada
Republican

The 2018 Tennessee House of Representatives election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect 99 seats for the Tennessee House of Representatives. The elections coincided with the Governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State Senate elections.

Democrat Gloria Johnson flipped Knoxville's Suburban 13th district, and Democrat Bob Freeman flipped suburban Nashville's 56th district, while Republican Chris Hurt defeated Democratic minority leader Craig Fitzhugh in west Tennessee's rural 82nd district. The Republican Party maintained their supermajority in the state house.

Both the speaker and the minority leader retired, and their seats were subsequently won by the opposing party.

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