1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1970 election for Tennessee House District 5
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Paris Coffey (D) won with 52.2% of the vote, defeating Clifford Stiner (R) by 4.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Paris CoffeyDemocrat · winner
52.2%5,227
Clifford StinerRepublican
47.8%4,791
10,018 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 1970
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET