1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1974 election for Tennessee House District 71
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Jimmy Wallace (Ind) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating Franklin A. Ivey (D) by 8.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jimmy WallaceIndependent · winner
54.4%5,448
Franklin A. IveyDemocrat
45.6%4,566
10,014 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