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1970Final results

1970 election for Tennessee House District 9

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

William Blakley (R) won with 68.0% of the vote, defeating Roy Asbury (Ind) by 36.0 points.

William BlakleyRepublican · winner
68.0%4,979
Roy AsburyIndependent
32.0%2,342
7,323 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

EvenR+13.81978R+6.21980R+0.41984D+7.51988D+34.01990D+25.31992

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET