1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Tennessee House District 8
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Keith Bissell (D) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating G. C. Cook (R) by 1.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Keith BissellDemocrat · winner
50.6%14,318
G. C. CookRepublican · incumbent
49.4%13,987
28,306 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