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1968 general · February 6, 1968

1968 Tennessee House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Tennessee House of Representatives district in the 1968 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

1970 general →

Races89
Changed party0
Unopposed34%30 races
Incumbents defeated6

Every district

D 49 · R 49 · Other 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1R. Doyle Moore (R)Unopposed
HD-2William Lewis Jenkins (R)Unopposed
HD-3Hobart Ford · Glenn Quarles (R)Unopposed
HD-5Thomas O. Shumate (R)3.1
HD-6J. R. Gamble Jr. · Fred Huffstetler (R)Unopposed
HD-7William C. Watson (D)1.5Incumbent lost
HD-8G. C. Cook (R)3.7Incumbent lost
HD-9Haskel Ayers (R)Unopposed
HD-10J. Bryan Elder (D)4.4Incumbent lost
HD-11E. T. Freels (R)3.8
HD-12Howard Swafford (R)7.5
HD-13Larry B. Stanley (D)Unopposed
HD-14Pat B. Lynch · Joe I. Majors (D)Unopposed
HD-16Hugh Dixon (D)Unopposed
HD-17James Lacy (D)49.8
HD-18James H. Cummings · Ewing Smith Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-19Thornton Thornton · W. R. Lowe Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-21Gentry Crowell (D)Unopposed
HD-22Orman West (D)Unopposed
HD-23Edward C. Blank · William A. Richardson Jr. (D)-5.0
HD-24J. P. Kimbrell · Carter Witt (IND)-4.0
HD-26Leonard Martin (D)28.8
HD-27Roscoe Pickering · Frank J. Runyon (D)22.9
HD-28W. J. Neese (D)Unopposed
HD-29Halbert Carter Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-30Edward Bailey (R)12.4
HD-31Granville Hinton (R)28.1
HD-32Curtis M. Ross (D)Unopposed
HD-33W. H. Walker (R)3.9
HD-34C. M. Randolph Jr. (D)16.0
HD-35Franklin Cochran · Ned McWherter (D)Unopposed
HD-37Frank Garner · John W. Palmer (D)Unopposed
HD-ANDERSONJames Elkins (R)6.1
HD-BRADLEYBen Longley (R)37.5
HD-CARTERFornia D. Peters (R)Unopposed
HD-DAVIDSON 1James R. McKinney (D)28.0
HD-DAVIDSON 2Larry Cole (D)Unopposed
HD-DAVIDSON 3Walter Morgan (D)Unopposed
HD-DAVIDSON 4Frances Doyle (D)73.5
HD-DAVIDSON 5Harold Love (D)84.1
HD-DAVIDSON 6James E. White (R)20.6Incumbent lost
HD-DAVIDSON 7Harold Bradley (D)20.2
HD-DAVIDSON 8Charles A. Howell III (R)16.9
HD-DAVIDSON 9M. G. Blakemore (D)Unopposed
HD-DAVIDSON 10William L. Scholes (D)Unopposed
HD-DAVIDSON 11John Hicks (D)23.5
HD-GIBSONGayle Malone (D)Unopposed
HD-GREENEGlenn Broyles (R)22.7
HD-HAMBLENDerward K. Trent (R)Unopposed
HD-HAMILTON 1James W. Vancleave (D)8.2
HD-HAMILTON 2David Copeland (R)9.7
HD-HAMILTON 3S. Richard Holcomb (D)35.6
HD-HAMILTON 4Bob Davis (D)2.1
HD-HAMILTON 5Ray Albright (R)7.0
HD-HAMILTON 6Paul V. Nolan (R)14.6
HD-HAMILTON 7Ray White (R)31.9
HD-KNOX 1Richard W. Kreig (R)3.8
HD-KNOX 2Robert J. Booker (D)52.6
HD-KNOX 3Victor Ashe (R)31.7
HD-KNOX 4G. L. Anderson (R)26.2
HD-KNOX 5Tom Jensen (R)28.8
HD-KNOX 6Jack Comer (R)4.8
HD-KNOX 7William C. Jones (R)8.4
HD-KNOX 8Ralph K. Adcock (R)Unopposed
HD-MADISONG. H. Berryhill (R)22.7
HD-MCMINNG. L. Aderhold (R)21.3
HD-ROANEJack Bowman (R)0.4
HD-SHELBY 1Leonard Dunavant (R)26.3
HD-SHELBY 2William L. Huettel (R)48.5
HD-SHELBY 3Bruce Jordan (D)1.4
HD-SHELBY 4Tommy Powell (D)18.9
HD-SHELBY 5James I. Taylor (D)20.8
HD-SHELBY 6Ira H. Murphy (D)Unopposed
HD-SHELBY 7Elbert Gill (D)Unopposed
HD-SHELBY 8Charles C. Burch (D)41.9
HD-SHELBY 9William V. Lawson (R)17.2
HD-SHELBY 10John D. Peeples Jr. (R)3.7
HD-SHELBY 11Alvin King (D)Unopposed
HD-SHELBY 12Howard P. Pritchard (R)3.9
HD-SHELBY 13W. G. Weldon (R)50.5
HD-SHELBY 14Donnelley Hill (R)30.8
HD-SHELBY 15Thomas B. Avery (R)43.7
HD-SHELBY 16Bob Hawks (D)Unopposed
HD-SULLIVAN 1William H. Neal (R)16.7
HD-SULLIVAN 2Robert J. Bible (R)29.2
HD-SULLIVAN 3Herbert J. Denton Jr. (R)19.5Incumbent lost
HD-SUMNERMelvin Briley (D)Unopposed
HD-WASHINGTON 1Bob Vines (R)6.3Incumbent lost
HD-WASHINGTON 2Robert Good (R)5.0

Tennessee House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner