1968 primaries · May 1, 1968
1968 Tennessee House of Representatives primary results, district by district
Every Tennessee House of Representatives district in the 1968 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Republican primary | R. Doyle Moore (R) | 6.3 | |
| HD-2 · Republican primary | William Lewis Jenkins (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-3 · Republican primary | Hobart Ford (R) | 10.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-5 · Democratic primary | Paris Coffey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-5 · Republican primary | Thomas O. Shumate (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-6 · Republican primary | J. R. Gamble Jr. (R) | — | |
| HD-7 · Democratic primary | William C. Watson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 · Republican primary | W. E. Michael (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | Forrest Bridges (D) | 22.4 | |
| HD-8 · Republican primary | G. C. Cook (R) | 5.0 | |
| HD-9 · Republican primary | Haskel Ayers (R) | 9.2 | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | J. Bryan Elder (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-10 · Republican primary | James E. Hill Sr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 · Democratic primary | Alex J. Carr (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 · Republican primary | E. T. Freels (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-12 · Democratic primary | P. D. Garland (D) | 28.2 | |
| HD-12 · Republican primary | Howard Swafford (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Larry B. Stanley (D) | 29.8 | |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | Pat B. Lynch (D) | 22.4 | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | Hugh Dixon (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 · Republican primary | Kenneth Witcher (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-17 · Democratic primary | James Lacy (D) | 16.9 | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | James H. Cummings (D) | 23.5 | |
| HD-19 · Democratic primary | W. R. Lowe Jr. (D) | 27.3 | |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | Gentry Crowell (D) | 18.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | Orman West (D) | 6.2 | |
| HD-23 · Democratic primary | Edward C. Blank (D) | — | |
| HD-23 · Republican primary | Clifton B. Marlin (R) | — | |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | Wayne F. Hairrell (D) | — | |
| HD-24 · Republican primary | Fred Thompson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | Leonard Martin (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 · Democratic primary | Roscoe Pickering (D) | 16.8 | |
| HD-27 · Republican primary | Walter A. Sanford (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | W. J. Neese (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 · Republican primary | Halbert Carter Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-30 · Democratic primary | Ernest E. Rhodes (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | Robert L. Vinson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Republican primary | Granville Hinton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | Curtis M. Ross (D) | 41.0 | |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | Joe Taylor (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 · Republican primary | W. H. Walker (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | C. M. Randolph Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Republican primary | Evans Wilson Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 · Democratic primary | Franklin Cochran (D) | — | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | John W. Palmer (D) | 14.6 | |
| HD-ANDERSON · Democratic primary | J. D. Yarnell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-ANDERSON · Republican primary | James Elkins (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-BRADLEY · Democratic primary | James D. Musselwhite (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-BRADLEY · Republican primary | Ben Longley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-CARTER · Republican primary | Fornia D. Peters (R) | 41.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-DAVIDSON 1 · Democratic primary | James R. McKinney (D) | 4.4 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 1 · Republican primary | A. Ray Bess (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 2 · Democratic primary | Larry Cole (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 3 · Democratic primary | Walter Morgan (D) | 1.6 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 4 · Democratic primary | Frances Doyle (D) | 32.8 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 5 · Democratic primary | Harold Love (D) | 71.0 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 6 · Democratic primary | Robert A. Arning (D) | 7.2 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 6 · Republican primary | James E. White (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 7 · Democratic primary | Harold Bradley (D) | 29.5 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 7 · Republican primary | Donald Hildebrand (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 8 · Democratic primary | Harlan Dodson III (D) | 46.5 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 8 · Republican primary | Charles A. Howell III (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 9 · Democratic primary | M. G. Blakemore (D) | 18.2 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 10 · Democratic primary | William L. Scholes (D) | 37.7 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 11 · Democratic primary | John Hicks (D) | 7.0 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 11 · Republican primary | James L. Winfree (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-GIBSON · Democratic primary | Gayle Malone (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-GREENE · Democratic primary | Beverly Williams (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-GREENE · Republican primary | J. Luke Lowery (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMBLEN · Republican primary | Derward K. Trent (R) | 12.5 | |
| HD-HAMILTON 1 · Democratic primary | James W. Vancleave (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 1 · Republican primary | Curtis C. Hixon (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 2 · Democratic primary | Bruce Guthrie (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 2 · Republican primary | David Copeland (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 3 · Democratic primary | S. Richard Holcomb (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 3 · Republican primary | John L. Jones (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 4 · Democratic primary | Bob Davis (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 4 · Republican primary | William W. C. Carter Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 5 · Democratic primary | W. E. Stone (D) | 7.5 | |
| HD-HAMILTON 5 · Republican primary | Ray Albright (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 6 · Democratic primary | Ward Crutchfield (D) | 2.0 | |
| HD-HAMILTON 6 · Republican primary | Paul V. Nolan (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 7 · Democratic primary | J. Gordon Petty (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 7 · Republican primary | Ray White (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-KNOX 1 · Democratic primary | John R. Humble (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-KNOX 1 · Republican primary | Richard W. Kreig (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-KNOX 2 · Democratic primary | Robert J. Booker (D) | 48.3 | |
| HD-KNOX 2 · Republican primary | Joseph McCulley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-KNOX 3 · Democratic primary | Harold Wimberly Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-KNOX 3 · Republican primary | Victor Ashe (R) | 62.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-KNOX 4 · Democratic primary | Theotis Robinson Jr. (D) | 7.0 | |
| HD-KNOX 4 · Republican primary | G. L. Anderson (R) | 3.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-KNOX 5 · Democratic primary | Dewey Y. Keck (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-KNOX 5 · Republican primary | Tom Jensen (R) | 1.0 | |
| HD-KNOX 6 · Democratic primary | Bo Shafer (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-KNOX 6 · Republican primary | Jack Comer (R) | 1.1 | |
| HD-KNOX 7 · Democratic primary | F. Chris Cawood (D) | 39.6 | |
| HD-KNOX 7 · Republican primary | William C. Jones (R) | 17.1 | |
| HD-KNOX 8 · Republican primary | Ralph K. Adcock (R) | 17.1 | |
| HD-MADISON · Democratic primary | Jerry Ross (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-MADISON · Republican primary | G. H. Berryhill (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-MCMINN · Democratic primary | Charles P. Oliver (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-MCMINN · Republican primary | G. L. Aderhold (R) | 22.3 | |
| HD-ROANE · Democratic primary | Tommie F. Brown (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-ROANE · Republican primary | Jack Bowman (R) | 66.7 | |
| HD-SHELBY 1 · Democratic primary | Volney F. Ashley Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 1 · Republican primary | Leonard Dunavant (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 2 · Democratic primary | Cecil K. Miller (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 2 · Republican primary | William L. Huettel (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 3 · Democratic primary | Bruce Jordan (D) | 2.3 | |
| HD-SHELBY 3 · Republican primary | James R. Ashford (R) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-SHELBY 4 · Democratic primary | Tommy Powell (D) | 22.1 | |
| HD-SHELBY 4 · Republican primary | Frank Webb Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 5 · Democratic primary | James I. Taylor (D) | 6.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-SHELBY 6 · Democratic primary | Ira H. Murphy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 7 · Democratic primary | Elbert Gill (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 8 · Democratic primary | Charles C. Burch (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 8 · Republican primary | Frank Madlinger (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 9 · Democratic primary | John N. Wimmer (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 9 · Republican primary | William V. Lawson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 10 · Democratic primary | E. Patton Webb (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 10 · Republican primary | John D. Peeples Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 11 · Democratic primary | Alvin King (D) | 14.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-SHELBY 12 · Democratic primary | Marvin J. Brode (D) | 7.7 | |
| HD-SHELBY 12 · Republican primary | Howard P. Pritchard (R) | 5.4 | |
| HD-SHELBY 13 · Democratic primary | Mario Belluscio (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 13 · Republican primary | W. G. Weldon (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 14 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 14 · Republican primary | Donnelley Hill (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 15 · Republican primary | Thomas B. Avery (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 16 · Democratic primary | Bob Hawks (D) | 18.8 | |
| HD-SULLIVAN 1 · Democratic primary | Richard E. Ladd (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SULLIVAN 1 · Republican primary | William H. Neal (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SULLIVAN 2 · Democratic primary | Carson Scott Webb (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SULLIVAN 2 · Republican primary | Robert J. Bible (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SULLIVAN 3 · Democratic primary | Harry Lee Senter (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SULLIVAN 3 · Republican primary | Herbert J. Denton Jr. (R) | 22.2 | |
| HD-SUMNER · Democratic primary | Melvin Briley (D) | 4.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-WASHINGTON 1 · Democratic primary | James Reece Carter (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-WASHINGTON 1 · Republican primary | Bob Vines (R) | 1.3 | |
| HD-WASHINGTON 2 · Democratic primary | Lloyd H. Blevins (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-WASHINGTON 2 · Republican primary | Robert Good (R) | 8.8 | Incumbent lost |
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