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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 7, 2020

Despite all of the state House seats and half of the Senate seats up for reelection yesterday, most incumbents went unchallenged in their primaries or easily defeated challengers. However, four House members did lose their re-election bids. They are: Republicans Matthew Hill of Jonesborough, Rick Tillis of Lewisburg, and Micah Van Huss of Gray; and Democrat Rick Staples of Knoxville. Hill — a former deputy speaker and 16 year veteran of the General Assembly — lost to Rebecca Alexander in a 27 point landslide. Tillis lost to Todd Warner by an eight point margin. And Van Huss suffered a 15 point loss to Tim Hicks. Staples will lose to either Sam McKenzie or Matthew Park, who are locked in a tight race for first place. The Tennessean has a wrap up of all contested races.