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1970 general · November 3, 1970

1970 Tennessee House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Tennessee House of Representatives district in the 1970 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 99 seats

After the electionD 56 · R 43
Races89
Changed party14
Unopposed27%24 races
Incumbents defeated12

Every district

D 56 · R 43

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Bill Bowers (R)29.2
HD-2Bruce Hurley (R)12.5
HD-3Hobart Ford · Glenn Quarles (R)Unopposed
HD-5Paris Coffey (D)4.4Flipped
HD-6M. F. Stafford · Fred Huffstetler (R)29.7
HD-7William C. Watson (D)10.8
HD-8Keith Bissell (D)1.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-9William Blakley (R)36.0
HD-10Lester Hill (R)3.8Flipped
HD-11S. Thomas Burnett (D)36.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-12Shelby Rhinehart (D)4.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-13Ivory Hillis Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-14J. Stanley Rogers · Ed Murray (D)31.1
HD-16Hugh Dixon (D)20.1
HD-17Tommy Burks (D)Unopposed
HD-18James H. Cummings · John Bragg (D)Unopposed
HD-19John C. Bomar · W. R. Lowe Jr. (D)32.9
HD-21Gentry Crowell (D)Unopposed
HD-22Orman West (D)58.3
HD-23Cletus W. Williams · William A. Richardson Jr. (D)1.2
HD-24Carter Witt · John A. Roberts (D)4.9Incumbent lost
HD-26Leonard Martin (D)61.6
HD-27Roscoe Pickering · Riley Darnell (D)Unopposed
HD-28W. J. Neese (D)Unopposed
HD-29T. Ray Campbell (D)11.0Flipped
HD-30Edward Bailey (R)18.4
HD-31Granville Hinton (R)Unopposed
HD-32Curtis M. Ross (D)Unopposed
HD-33Rollie A. Byrd (D)0.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-34C. M. Randolph Jr. (D)16.9
HD-35Larry Bates · Ned McWherter (D)28.7
HD-37James Lanier · Frank Garner (D)14.4
HD-ANDERSONJames Elkins (R)9.3
HD-BRADLEYBen Longley (R)17.4
HD-CARTERAlbert E. Miller Sr. (R)59.2
HD-DAVIDSON 1James R. McKinney (D)Unopposed
HD-DAVIDSON 2Charles R. Robinson (D)Unopposed
HD-DAVIDSON 3Bill Boner (D)Unopposed
HD-DAVIDSON 4Frances Doyle (D)72.4
HD-DAVIDSON 5Harold Love (D)Unopposed
HD-DAVIDSON 6Michael Murphy (D)3.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-DAVIDSON 7Harold Bradley (D)Unopposed
HD-DAVIDSON 8James Marvin Hopper (R)5.0
HD-DAVIDSON 9Charles W. Pruitt (D)63.6Incumbent lost
HD-DAVIDSON 10Earl C. Shacklett Jr. (D)24.9Incumbent lost
HD-DAVIDSON 11John Hicks (D)47.5
HD-GIBSONKenneth Crocker (R)2.8Flipped
HD-GREENEGlenn Broyles (R)Unopposed
HD-HAMBLENHoward S. Spoone (R)13.6
HD-HAMILTON 1Allen Edgar (R)0.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-HAMILTON 2David Copeland (R)36.1
HD-HAMILTON 3S. Richard Holcomb (D)29.3
HD-HAMILTON 4Bob Davis (D)2.5
HD-HAMILTON 5Laban Defriese (D)1.8Flipped
HD-HAMILTON 6William Carter (R)17.5
HD-HAMILTON 7Dale Engstrom (R)13.2
HD-KNOX 1Richard W. Kreig (R)Unopposed
HD-KNOX 2Robert J. Booker (D)Unopposed
HD-KNOX 3Victor Ashe (R)40.9
HD-KNOX 4G. L. Anderson (R)3.8
HD-KNOX 5Tom Jensen (R)Unopposed
HD-KNOX 6Jack Comer (R)Unopposed
HD-KNOX 7Paul D. Tindell (R)29.9
HD-KNOX 8Loy Smith (R)78.9
HD-MADISONG. H. Berryhill (R)10.7
HD-MCMINNClyde Webb (R)6.9
HD-ROANEJack Bowman (R)17.4
HD-SHELBY 1Leonard Dunavant (R)35.3
HD-SHELBY 2Harold Sterling (R)Unopposed
HD-SHELBY 3Charles R. Ashford (R)4.6Flipped
HD-SHELBY 4Tommy Powell (D)21.3
HD-SHELBY 5Harold Ford (D)47.3Incumbent lost
HD-SHELBY 6Ira H. Murphy (D)87.7
HD-SHELBY 7Elbert Gill (D)37.7
HD-SHELBY 8Russell X. Thompson (D)Unopposed
HD-SHELBY 9William V. Lawson (R)18.4
HD-SHELBY 10John D. Peeples Jr. (R)2.6
HD-SHELBY 11Alvin King (D)93.0
HD-SHELBY 12James E. Williams (D)4.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-SHELBY 13W. G. Weldon (R)54.1
HD-SHELBY 14Donnelley Hill (R)59.5
HD-SHELBY 15Edward F. Williams III (R)55.1
HD-SHELBY 16Bob Hawks (D)Unopposed
HD-SULLIVAN 1John M. Gwen Flemming (D)13.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-SULLIVAN 2Robert J. Bible (R)11.9
HD-SULLIVAN 3Herbert J. Denton Jr. (R)1.1
HD-SUMNERMelvin Briley (D)47.9
HD-WASHINGTON 1Palma Robinson (R)Unopposed
HD-WASHINGTON 2Robert Good (R)Unopposed

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