1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Tennessee House District 36
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Anna Belle Obrien (D) won with 56.3% of the vote, defeating James A. Melton (R) by 12.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Anna Belle ObrienDemocrat · winner
56.3%5,721
James A. MeltonRepublican · incumbent
43.7%4,433
10,154 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET