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1974 general · November 4, 1974

1974 Tennessee House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Tennessee House of Representatives district in the 1974 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 99 seats

After the electionD 63 · R 35 · 1 other
Races99
Changed party15
Unopposed41%41 races
Incumbents defeated8

Every district

D 63 · R 35 · Other 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Clarence Blackburn (D)42.4
HD-2John Chiles Jr. (R)5.1
HD-3Herbert J. Denton Jr. (R)7.7
HD-4Albert E. Miller Sr. (R)14.3
HD-5Robert O. Burleson (R)Unopposed
HD-6Palma Robinson (R)Unopposed
HD-7Robert Good (R)43.8
HD-8Joe L. Bewley (R)Unopposed
HD-9Bruce Hurley (R)Unopposed
HD-10David Miller (D)7.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-11Hobart Ford (R)Unopposed
HD-12Fred C. Atchley (R)Unopposed
HD-13Ted Miller (D)39.1
HD-14Ben Atchley (R)29.8
HD-15Bill Owen (D)20.6Flipped
HD-16Sandra Clark (R)0.5
HD-17Tom Jensen (R)Unopposed
HD-18Michael Rowland (D)17.6Flipped
HD-19Loy Smith (R)22.9
HD-20Clifford Henry (R)37.8
HD-21M. F. Stafford (R)Unopposed
HD-22William C. Watson (D)Unopposed
HD-23Clyde Webb (R)Unopposed
HD-24Ben Longley (R)32.8
HD-25William W. C. Carter Jr. (R)5.0
HD-26Claude Ramsey (R)Unopposed
HD-27William Carter (R)0.3Flipped
HD-28Clarence Robinson (D)46.0
HD-29Bob Davis (D)46.2Flipped
HD-30David Copeland (R)25.0
HD-31Paul Starnes (D)55.7Flipped
HD-32F. Chris Cawood (D)24.9Flipped
HD-33Keith Bissell (D)43.8
HD-34James Elkins (R)Unopposed
HD-35Olen H. Marshall (R)Unopposed
HD-36Anna Belle Obrien (D)12.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-37Shelby Rhinehart (D)26.6
HD-38Hugh Dixon (D)29.1
HD-39Ed Murray (D)Unopposed
HD-40Frank Buck (D)Unopposed
HD-41S. Thomas Burnett (D)Unopposed
HD-42Tommy Burks (D)Unopposed
HD-43Ivory Hillis Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-44Jack Burnett (D)7.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-45John M. Steinhauer (D)41.8
HD-46Gentry Crowell (D)Unopposed
HD-47J. Stanley Rogers (D)Unopposed
HD-48John Bragg (D)Unopposed
HD-49C. E. Depreist (D)Unopposed
HD-50James R. McKinney (D)Unopposed
HD-51Charles R. Robinson (D)Unopposed
HD-52Bill Boner (D)Unopposed
HD-53Victor Ellis (D)42.6
HD-54Harold Love (D)Unopposed
HD-55Michael Murphy (D)54.9
HD-56Steve Cobb (D)25.2
HD-57James Marvin Hopper (R)3.4
HD-58Charles W. Pruitt (D)Unopposed
HD-59Dick Clark (D)Unopposed
HD-60John Hicks (D)Unopposed
HD-61Cletus McWilliams (D)Unopposed
HD-62Clarence Phillips (D)34.7
HD-63W. R. Lowe Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-64William A. Richardson Jr. (D)9.5
HD-65Gene Davidson (D)7.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-66Eugene Davidson (D)Unopposed
HD-67Riley Darnell (D)57.1
HD-68Roscoe Pickering (D)Unopposed
HD-69Walter Work (D)68.5
HD-70Ray Bodiford (R)20.0
HD-71Jimmy Wallace (IND)8.8Flipped
HD-72Edward Bailey (R)2.3
HD-73Roger G. Murray Jr. (D)11.2
HD-74Frank Lashlee (D)32.8Incumbent lost
HD-75L. P. Fuqua (D)UnopposedFlipped
HD-76Ned McWherter (D)Unopposed
HD-77Larry Bates (D)Unopposed
HD-78James Lanier (D)25.4
HD-79Jimmy Bishop (D)62.4
HD-80Robert S. Stallings (D)44.6
HD-81Jimmy Naifeh (D)12.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-82U. A. Moore (R)27.3
HD-83Harold Sterling (R)48.8
HD-84Charles R. Ashford (R)4.8
HD-85Dedrick Withers (D)29.4
HD-86Emmitt Ford (D)Unopposed
HD-87Ira H. Murphy (D)Unopposed
HD-88Elbert Gill (D)35.7
HD-89Pam Gaia (D)23.9Incumbent lost
HD-90John W. Spence Jr. (D)0.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-91Lois Deberry (D)Unopposed
HD-92Alvin King (D)Unopposed
HD-93Michael Kernell (D)41.0Flipped
HD-94R. Brad Martin (R)37.5
HD-95Neal Small (R)47.4
HD-96Edward F. Williams III (R)50.4
HD-97Edward J. Bousson Jr. (R)8.3
HD-98Harper Brewer (D)Unopposed
HD-99James E. Hendren (R)47.2

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