1970 primaries · May 1, 1970
1970 Tennessee House of Representatives primary results, district by district
Every Tennessee House of Representatives district in the 1970 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Republican primary | Bill Bowers (R) | 8.9 | |
| HD-2 · Republican primary | Bruce Hurley (R) | 14.5 | |
| HD-3 · Republican primary | Hobart Ford (R) | 14.1 | |
| HD-5 · Democratic primary | Paris Coffey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-5 · Republican primary | Clifford Stiner (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-6 · Republican primary | Fred Huffstetler (R) | — | |
| HD-7 · Democratic primary | William C. Watson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 · Republican primary | James E. Vestal (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | Keith Bissell (D) | 25.0 | |
| HD-8 · Republican primary | G. C. Cook (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-9 · Republican primary | William Blakley (R) | 12.8 | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | Harry D. Sabine (D) | 5.1 | |
| HD-10 · Republican primary | Lester Hill (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 · Democratic primary | S. Thomas Burnett (D) | 10.4 | |
| HD-11 · Republican primary | E. T. Freels (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-12 · Democratic primary | Shelby Rhinehart (D) | 13.9 | |
| HD-12 · Republican primary | Howard Swafford (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Ivory Hillis Jr. (D) | 31.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | J. Stanley Rogers (D) | 5.9 | |
| HD-14 · Republican primary | Clyde V. Myers (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | Hugh Dixon (D) | 39.8 | |
| HD-16 · Republican primary | A. B. McCall (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-17 · Democratic primary | Tommy Burks (D) | 21.3 | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | James H. Cummings (D) | 19.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-19 · Democratic primary | John C. Bomar (D) | 20.6 | |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | Gentry Crowell (D) | 26.6 | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | Orman West (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Democratic primary | Cletus W. Williams (D) | 11.2 | |
| HD-23 · Republican primary | Clifton B. Marlin (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | John A. Roberts (D) | — | |
| HD-24 · Republican primary | Floyd E. Rushing Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | Leonard Martin (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Republican primary | Lurton Powers (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 · Democratic primary | Roscoe Pickering (D) | 17.3 | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | W. J. Neese (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | T. Ray Campbell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 · Republican primary | John Walton West (R) | 21.4 | |
| HD-30 · Republican primary | Edward Bailey (R) | 7.3 | |
| HD-31 · Republican primary | Granville Hinton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | Curtis M. Ross (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | Rollie A. Byrd (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 · Republican primary | W. H. Walker (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | C. M. Randolph Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Republican primary | J. T. Dunbar (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 · Democratic primary | Ned McWherter (D) | 11.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-35 · Republican primary | Richard Fickle (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | James Lanier (D) | 6.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-ANDERSON · Democratic primary | Lilly Rose Claiborne (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-ANDERSON · Republican primary | James Elkins (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-BRADLEY · Democratic primary | Harold Crisp (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-BRADLEY · Republican primary | Ben Longley (R) | 38.6 | |
| HD-CARTER · Democratic primary | Ross E. Morrell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-CARTER · Republican primary | Albert E. Miller Sr. (R) | 29.8 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 1 · Democratic primary | James R. McKinney (D) | 26.4 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 2 · Democratic primary | Charles R. Robinson (D) | 45.6 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 3 · Democratic primary | Bill Boner (D) | 36.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-DAVIDSON 4 · Democratic primary | Frances Doyle (D) | 50.6 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 5 · Democratic primary | Harold Love (D) | 80.6 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 6 · Democratic primary | Michael Murphy (D) | 20.1 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 6 · Republican primary | James E. White (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 7 · Democratic primary | Harold Bradley (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 8 · Democratic primary | John P. Brown Jr. (D) | 33.9 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 8 · Republican primary | James Marvin Hopper (R) | 18.9 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 9 · Democratic primary | Charles W. Pruitt (D) | 25.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-DAVIDSON 10 · Democratic primary | Earl C. Shacklett Jr. (D) | 50.3 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 10 · Republican primary | William L. Scholes (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 11 · Democratic primary | John Hicks (D) | 16.1 | |
| HD-DAVIDSON 11 · Republican primary | Rick Knox (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-GIBSON · Democratic primary | Wayne Hunt (D) | 6.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-GIBSON · Republican primary | Kenneth Crocker (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-GREENE · Republican primary | Glenn Broyles (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMBLEN · Democratic primary | Jim W. Stambaugh (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMBLEN · Republican primary | Howard S. Spoone (R) | 1.3 | |
| HD-HAMILTON 1 · Democratic primary | James W. Vancleave (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 1 · Republican primary | Allen Edgar (R) | 18.1 | |
| HD-HAMILTON 2 · Democratic primary | Lloyd F. Arrowood (D) | 5.4 | |
| HD-HAMILTON 2 · Republican primary | David Copeland (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 3 · Democratic primary | S. Richard Holcomb (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 3 · Republican primary | John L. Jones (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 4 · Democratic primary | Bob Davis (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 4 · Republican primary | William W. C. Carter Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 5 · Democratic primary | Laban Defriese (D) | 9.7 | |
| HD-HAMILTON 5 · Republican primary | James McKelvey (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 6 · Democratic primary | Robert Frazier (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 6 · Republican primary | William Carter (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 7 · Democratic primary | Joe A. Murphy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HAMILTON 7 · Republican primary | Dale Engstrom (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-KNOX 1 · Republican primary | Richard W. Kreig (R) | 58.7 | |
| HD-KNOX 2 · Democratic primary | Robert J. Booker (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-KNOX 3 · Democratic primary | Edward F. Irwin (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-KNOX 3 · Republican primary | Victor Ashe (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-KNOX 4 · Democratic primary | Ted Miller (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-KNOX 4 · Republican primary | G. L. Anderson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-KNOX 5 · Republican primary | Tom Jensen (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-KNOX 6 · Democratic primary | Jack Comer (R) | 35.9 | |
| HD-KNOX 6 · Republican primary | Jack Comer (R) | 26.2 | |
| HD-KNOX 7 · Democratic primary | Edward Mann (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-KNOX 7 · Republican primary | Paul D. Tindell (R) | 28.8 | |
| HD-KNOX 8 · Republican primary | Loy Smith (R) | 8.1 | |
| HD-MADISON · Democratic primary | David Carter (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-MADISON · Republican primary | G. H. Berryhill (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-MCMINN · Democratic primary | Ray Williams (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-MCMINN · Republican primary | Clyde Webb (R) | 4.9 | |
| HD-ROANE · Democratic primary | Gerald Largen (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-ROANE · Republican primary | Jack Bowman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 1 · Democratic primary | Larry G. Pegrim (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 1 · Republican primary | Leonard Dunavant (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 2 · Republican primary | Harold Sterling (R) | 23.7 | |
| HD-SHELBY 3 · Democratic primary | Patrick Johnson Jr. (D) | 40.6 | |
| HD-SHELBY 3 · Republican primary | Charles R. Ashford (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 4 · Democratic primary | Tommy Powell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 4 · Republican primary | Neal Small (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 5 · Democratic primary | Harold Ford (D) | 25.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-SHELBY 6 · Democratic primary | Ira H. Murphy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 6 · Republican primary | Melvin Cummings (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 7 · Democratic primary | Elbert Gill (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 7 · Republican primary | William Dawkins (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 8 · Democratic primary | Russell X. Thompson (D) | 11.0 | |
| HD-SHELBY 9 · Democratic primary | Thomas Troope (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 9 · Republican primary | William V. Lawson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 10 · Democratic primary | James H. White (D) | 9.1 | |
| HD-SHELBY 10 · Republican primary | John D. Peeples Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 11 · Democratic primary | Alvin King (D) | 16.7 | |
| HD-SHELBY 11 · Republican primary | Clifford D. Miller Sr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 12 · Democratic primary | James E. Williams (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 12 · Republican primary | Howard P. Pritchard (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 13 · Republican primary | W. G. Weldon (R) | 25.6 | |
| HD-SHELBY 14 · Democratic primary | Steve Cohen (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 14 · Republican primary | Donnelley Hill (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 15 · Republican primary | Edward F. Williams III (R) | 21.8 | |
| HD-SHELBY 16 · Democratic primary | Bob Hawks (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHELBY 16 · Republican primary | Clair Vanderschaaf (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SULLIVAN 1 · Democratic primary | John M. Gwen Flemming (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SULLIVAN 1 · Republican primary | William H. Neal (R) | 33.2 | |
| HD-SULLIVAN 2 · Democratic primary | Thomas R. Ramsey Jr. (D) | 53.3 | |
| HD-SULLIVAN 2 · Republican primary | Robert J. Bible (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SULLIVAN 3 · Democratic primary | Vaughn Brewer (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SULLIVAN 3 · Republican primary | Herbert J. Denton Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SUMNER · Democratic primary | Melvin Briley (D) | 50.6 | |
| HD-SUMNER · Republican primary | Sandra Coley Harris (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-WASHINGTON 1 · Republican primary | Palma Robinson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-WASHINGTON 2 · Republican primary | Robert Good (R) | 21.0 |
Tennessee House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner