1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Tennessee House District 81
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Jimmy Naifeh (D) won with 56.3% of the vote, defeating Albert Kelley (R) by 12.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jimmy NaifehDemocrat · winner
56.3%5,503
Albert KelleyRepublican · incumbent
43.7%4,280
9,783 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