1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Tennessee House of Representatives: Sullivan 1
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
John M. Gwen Flemming (D) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating William H. Neal (R) by 13.0 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
John M. Gwen FlemmingDemocrat · winner
56.5%5,154
William H. NealRepublican · incumbent
43.5%3,969
9,123 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)