1970Final results

1970 election for Tennessee House of Representatives: Shelby 6

Name: 1970 election for Tennessee House of Representatives: Shelby 6
Start: 1970-11-03
Location: Tennessee

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Ira H. Murphy (D) won re-election with 93.8% of the vote, defeating Melvin Cummings (R) by 87.7 points.

Ira H. MurphyDemocrat · winner · incumbent

93.8%5,683

6.2%374

6,057 votes

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