1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Tennessee House District 44
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Jack Burnett (D) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Cecil L. Corley (R) by 7.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jack BurnettDemocrat · winner
53.9%4,193
Cecil L. CorleyRepublican · incumbent
46.1%3,588
7,781 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