1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 election for Tennessee House District 30
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Claude Ramsey (R) won with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Laban Defriese (D) by 10.5 points.
Claude RamseyRepublican · winner
55.3%5,580
Laban DefrieseDemocrat · incumbent
44.7%4,518
10,098 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 1972
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET