1976 general · November 2, 1976
1976 Tennessee election results
Every race on Tennessee's ballot in the 1976 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races126
Changed party10
Unopposed49%62 races
Incumbents defeated4
President
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | Jimmy Carter (D) | 13.0 |
U.S. Senate
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | James Sasser (D) | 5.4 |
U.S. House
D 5 · R 3
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN-1 | James Quillen (R) | 16.8 | |
| TN-2 | John J. Duncan, Jr. (R) | 25.6 | |
| TN-3 | Marilyn Lloyd (D) | 36.4 | |
| TN-4 | Albert Gore (D) | 88.1 | |
| TN-5 | Clifford Allen (D) | 84.9 | |
| TN-6 | Robin L. Beard Jr. (R) | 28.9 | |
| TN-7 | Ed Jones (D) | Unopposed | |
| TN-8 | Harold Ford (D) | 22.2 |
Tennessee State Senate
D 12 · R 5 · 3 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 | Carl Moore (D) | 12.0 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-4 | Ben W. Hooper II (R) | 20.7 | |
| SD-6 | Ben Atchley (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | Victor Ashe (R) | 35.9 | |
| SD-8 | Carl Koella Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 | William H. Ortwein (D) | 0.2 | Flipped |
| SD-12 | Anna Belle Obrien (D) | 22.8 | Flipped |
| SD-14 | Ernest Crouch (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 | John R. Rucker (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-18 | Bill Boner (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-20 | John Hicks (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-22 | Halbert Harvill (D) | 48.8 | |
| SD-24 | Milton H. Hamilton Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 | John Wilder (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-28 | Edgar H. Gillock (D) | 28.6 | |
| SD-30 | James H. White (D) | 41.6 | |
| SD-32 | Leonard Dunavant (R) | 31.9 |
Tennessee House of Representatives
D 66 · R 32 · Other 1 · 7 changed party
Tennessee
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; MIT Election Data and Science Lab