1972Final results
1972 election for Tennessee Senate District 32
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Leonard Dunavant (R) won with 82.9% of the vote, defeating Hawthorne Wallis (D) by 65.9 points.
Leonard DunavantRepublican · winner
82.9%29,473
Hawthorne WallisDemocrat
17.1%6,068
35,541 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