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1968Final results

1968 election for Tennessee House District HAMILTON 7

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Ray White (R) won with 66.0% of the vote, defeating J. Gordon Petty (D) by 31.9 points.

Ray WhiteRepublican · winner
66.0%7,223
34.0%3,728
10,951 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968

Races before and after

EvenR+31.91968R+13.21970

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET