1968Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1968 election for Tennessee Senate District 32
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Bill Riggins (R) won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Hugh W. Stanton Jr. (D) by 9.0 points.
Bill RigginsRepublican · winner
54.5%18,585
Hugh W. Stanton Jr.Democrat · incumbent
45.5%15,504
34,089 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET