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1974 election for Tennessee House District 15

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Bill Owen (D) won with 60.3% of the vote, defeating Edith Dickey (R) by 20.6 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

Bill OwenDemocrat · winner
60.3%4,971
Edith DickeyRepublican
39.7%3,276
8,247 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 1974

Races before and after

EvenR+2.31972D+20.61974D+14.71976R+0.51978

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)