1974 primaries · May 1, 1974
1974 Tennessee House of Representatives primary results, district by district
Every Tennessee House of Representatives district in the 1974 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Races155
Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | Clarence Blackburn (D) | 24.9 | |
| HD-1 · Republican primary | Frank P. Miller (R) | 8.6 | |
| HD-2 · Democratic primary | J. A. Stout (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-2 · Republican primary | John Chiles Jr. (R) | 45.8 | |
| HD-3 · Democratic primary | Ralph Yelton (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-3 · Republican primary | Herbert J. Denton Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | John Large (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-4 · Republican primary | Albert E. Miller Sr. (R) | 47.3 | |
| HD-5 · Republican primary | Robert O. Burleson (R) | 13.3 | |
| HD-6 · Republican primary | Palma Robinson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 · Democratic primary | Rodney Strong (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 · Republican primary | Robert Good (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-8 · Republican primary | Joe L. Bewley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-9 · Republican primary | Bruce Hurley (R) | 47.6 | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | David Miller (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-10 · Republican primary | Howard S. Spoone (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 · Republican primary | Hobart Ford (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-12 · Republican primary | Fred C. Atchley (R) | 43.4 | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Ted Miller (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-13 · Republican primary | G. L. Anderson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | Murl Householder (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 · Republican primary | Ben Atchley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | Bill Owen (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-15 · Republican primary | Edith Dickey (R) | 10.4 | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | Bill Rolen (D) | 9.1 | |
| HD-16 · Republican primary | Sandra Clark (R) | 46.0 | |
| HD-17 · Republican primary | Tom Jensen (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | Michael Rowland (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-18 · Republican primary | Ted S. Lundy (R) | 8.1 | |
| HD-19 · Democratic primary | William Boyd Wyrick (D) | 9.2 | |
| HD-19 · Republican primary | Loy Smith (R) | 9.7 | |
| HD-20 · Democratic primary | Victor M. Hodge (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20 · Republican primary | Clifford Henry (R) | 3.4 | |
| HD-21 · Republican primary | M. F. Stafford (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | William C. Watson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Republican primary | Clyde Webb (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | Jack B. McKellip (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 · Republican primary | Ben Longley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | Hugh C. Gallagher (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Republican primary | William W. C. Carter Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Republican primary | Claude Ramsey (R) | 66.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-27 · Democratic primary | Sam P. McConnell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 · Republican primary | William Carter (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | Clarence Robinson (D) | 19.3 | |
| HD-28 · Republican primary | Ron Garner (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Bob Davis (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 · Republican primary | Bob Johnson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-30 · Democratic primary | John E. Wright (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-30 · Republican primary | David Copeland (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | Paul Starnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Republican primary | Katherine Bowman (R) | 10.7 | |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | F. Chris Cawood (D) | 8.0 | |
| HD-32 · Republican primary | Donald Jake Gamble (R) | 0.3 | |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | Keith Bissell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 · Republican primary | Leonard M. McCoig (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Republican primary | James Elkins (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 · Republican primary | Olen H. Marshall (R) | 18.4 | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | Anna Belle Clement (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-36 · Republican primary | James A. Melton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | Shelby Rhinehart (D) | 6.0 | |
| HD-37 · Republican primary | Howard Swafford (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | Hugh Dixon (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-38 · Republican primary | Charles W. McKinney (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | Ed Murray (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-40 · Democratic primary | Frank Buck (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-41 · Democratic primary | S. Thomas Burnett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-42 · Democratic primary | Tommy Burks (D) | 33.3 | |
| HD-43 · Democratic primary | Ivory Hillis Jr. (D) | 23.8 | |
| HD-44 · Democratic primary | Jack Burnett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-44 · Republican primary | Cecil L. Corley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-45 · Democratic primary | John M. Steinhauer (D) | 52.0 | |
| HD-45 · Republican primary | Sandra Coley Harris (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-46 · Democratic primary | Gentry Crowell (D) | 6.8 | |
| HD-47 · Democratic primary | J. Stanley Rogers (D) | 27.8 | |
| HD-48 · Democratic primary | John Bragg (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-49 · Democratic primary | C. E. Depreist (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-50 · Democratic primary | James R. McKinney (D) | 34.6 | |
| HD-51 · Democratic primary | Charles R. Robinson (D) | 47.2 | |
| HD-52 · Democratic primary | Bill Boner (D) | 20.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-53 · Democratic primary | Victor Ellis (D) | 62.8 | |
| HD-53 · Republican primary | Charles O. French (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-54 · Democratic primary | Harold Love (D) | 36.8 | |
| HD-55 · Democratic primary | Michael Murphy (D) | 80.0 | |
| HD-55 · Republican primary | Malcolm Rust (R) | 4.3 | |
| HD-56 · Democratic primary | Steve Cobb (D) | 36.2 | |
| HD-56 · Republican primary | Jim Rau (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57 · Democratic primary | Boyd Fulton (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57 · Republican primary | James Marvin Hopper (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-58 · Democratic primary | Charles W. Pruitt (D) | 44.4 | |
| HD-59 · Democratic primary | Dick Clark (D) | 56.2 | |
| HD-60 · Democratic primary | John Hicks (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-61 · Democratic primary | Cletus McWilliams (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | Clarence Phillips (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-62 · Republican primary | Kenneth Phillips (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-63 · Democratic primary | W. R. Lowe Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-64 · Democratic primary | William A. Richardson Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-65 · Democratic primary | Gene Davidson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-65 · Republican primary | G. L. Teague (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | Eugene Davidson (D) | 10.9 | |
| HD-67 · Democratic primary | Riley Darnell (D) | 31.0 | |
| HD-68 · Democratic primary | Roscoe Pickering (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-69 · Democratic primary | Walter Work (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-70 · Democratic primary | Michael J. Lowry (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-70 · Republican primary | Ray Bodiford (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 · Democratic primary | Franklin A. Ivey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 · Republican primary | Edward Bailey (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-73 · Democratic primary | Roger G. Murray Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-73 · Republican primary | John D. Graham (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-74 · Democratic primary | Frank Lashlee (D) | 22.4 | |
| HD-74 · Republican primary | L. Parnell Taylor (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-75 · Democratic primary | L. P. Fuqua (D) | 27.3 | |
| HD-75 · Republican primary | Jack Cunningham (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-76 · Democratic primary | Ned McWherter (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-77 · Democratic primary | Larry Bates (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-78 · Democratic primary | James Lanier (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-78 · Republican primary | Bill Acred (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-79 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Bishop (D) | 11.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-79 · Republican primary | Elma Ross (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-80 · Democratic primary | Robert S. Stallings (D) | 19.7 | |
| HD-80 · Republican primary | Paul E. Nelms (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-81 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Naifeh (D) | 54.8 | |
| HD-81 · Republican primary | Albert Kelley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-82 · Democratic primary | Nick Chandler (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-82 · Republican primary | U. A. Moore (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 · Democratic primary | Mark Saripkin (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 · Republican primary | Harold Sterling (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 · Democratic primary | William R. Key (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 · Republican primary | Charles R. Ashford (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-85 · Democratic primary | Dedrick Withers (D) | 3.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-85 · Republican primary | J. W. Benefield (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-86 · Democratic primary | Emmitt Ford (D) | 42.9 | |
| HD-87 · Democratic primary | Ira H. Murphy (D) | 75.1 | |
| HD-88 · Democratic primary | Elbert Gill (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-88 · Republican primary | John Wilkerson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | Pam Gaia (D) | 8.2 | |
| HD-89 · Republican primary | Doy L. Daniels (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 · Democratic primary | John W. Spence Jr. (D) | 19.0 | |
| HD-90 · Republican primary | Henry Craft Jr. (R) | 32.1 | |
| HD-91 · Democratic primary | Lois Deberry (D) | 79.7 | |
| HD-92 · Democratic primary | Alvin King (D) | 29.0 | |
| HD-93 · Democratic primary | Michael Kernell (D) | 5.6 | |
| HD-93 · Republican primary | J. Paul McAnally (R) | 30.6 | |
| HD-94 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-94 · Republican primary | R. Brad Martin (R) | 24.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-95 · Democratic primary | Byron Peel (D) | 35.3 | |
| HD-95 · Republican primary | Neal Small (R) | 7.5 | |
| HD-96 · Democratic primary | Travis Yarbrough (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 · Republican primary | Edward F. Williams III (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-97 · Democratic primary | William Turner (D) | 40.7 | |
| HD-97 · Republican primary | Edward J. Bousson Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | Harper Brewer (D) | 20.6 | |
| HD-99 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-99 · Republican primary | James E. Hendren (R) | 53.9 |
Tennessee House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner