1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Tennessee House of Representatives: Davidson 6
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Michael Murphy (D) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating James E. White (R) by 3.3 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Michael MurphyDemocrat · winner
51.7%7,610
James E. WhiteRepublican · incumbent
48.3%7,117
14,727 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
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)