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The 2022 United States state legislative elections were held on November 8, 2022, for 88 state legislative chambers in 46 states. [1] Across the fifty states , approximately 56 percent of all upper house seats and 92 percent of all lower house seats were up for election.
Summary of the November 8, 2022 Tennessee Senate election results Party Candidates Votes Seats No. % Before Up Won After +/– Republican: 15 546,264 70.64 27 13 13 27 Democratic: 10 207,273 26.81 6 4 4 6 Independent: 3 19,716 2.55 0 0 0 0 Total: 773,253 100.00 33 17 17 33 Source:
The Tennessee Legislature drew new maps for Tennessee's congressional districts to account for the new 2020 census data. The Republican Party had a trifecta in the Tennessee Government at the time, giving them full control of the redistricting process. Legislators drew the maps for the state from late 2021 through early 2022. [2]
A guide to Tennessee's 2022 midterm election results, including who won Tennessee governor, U.S. House races, legislative races as well as four constitutional amendments.
In the 2020 presidential election in Tennessee, Republican Donald Trump won 74 State House districts, while Democrat Joe Biden won 25 districts. Leading up to the 2022 State House elections, a Democrat, who registered as an Independent, represented a district that Trump won in 2020: District 41 in rural Tennessee (Trump +63.3%).
Kustoff cruised to victory in 2022, earning 74% of the vote that November. This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Sarah Freeman will face Republican Incumbent David Kustoff ...
Elections were held in the United States on November 8, 2022, with the exception of absentee balloting.During this U.S. midterm election, which occurred during the term of incumbent president Joe Biden of the Democratic Party, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were contested to determine the 118th United States Congress.
The last time Republicans held a trifecta in Washington came in 2017 and 2018 during Trump's first term, when he signed into law dozens of bills including a $1.5 trillion tax cut.