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1968Final results

1968 election for Tennessee Senate District 19

Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee

Avon Williams (D) won with 94.9% of the vote, defeating Leo Lillard (Ind) by 89.7 points.

Avon WilliamsDemocrat · winner
94.9%9,319
Leo LillardIndependent
5.1%504
9,823 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

EvenD+60.02014D+66.42022

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