1968Final results
1968 election for Tennessee Senate District 5
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Ray Baird (D) won with 59.9% of the vote, defeating Garvin W. Walls (R) by 19.9 points.
Ray BairdDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.9%16,180
Garvin W. WallsRepublican
40.1%10,815
26,995 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