1976 general · November 2, 1976

1976 Tennessee House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Tennessee House of Representatives district in the 1976 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 99 seats

After the electionD 66 · R 32 · 1 other
Races99
Changed party7
Unopposed54%53 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 66 · R 32 · Other 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Clarence Blackburn (D)82.7
HD-2Donald W. Hood (D)6.6Flipped
HD-3Ralph Yelton (D)2.0Flipped
HD-4Robert Fisher (R)3.5
HD-5Robert O. Burleson (R)14.1
HD-6Palma Robinson (R)12.6
HD-7Robert Good (R)14.0
HD-8Joe L. Bewley (R)Unopposed
HD-9Bruce Hurley (R)15.5
HD-10J. B. Shockley (R)3.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-11Nathan Ford (R)30.0
HD-12Fred C. Atchley (R)Unopposed
HD-13Ted Miller (D)Unopposed
HD-14Paul Scruggs (R)16.5
HD-15Bill Nolan (D)14.7
HD-16Steve Hall (R)6.1
HD-17Tom Jensen (R)Unopposed
HD-18James T. Richards (R)14.1Flipped
HD-19Loy Smith (R)27.8
HD-20Clifford Henry (R)Unopposed
HD-21M. F. Stafford (R)14.5
HD-22William C. Watson (D)Unopposed
HD-23Clyde Webb (R)18.6
HD-24Ben Longley (R)0.8
HD-25William W. C. Carter Jr. (R)15.0
HD-26Bobby Wood (R)8.7
HD-27Bill McAfee (R)24.7
HD-28Clarence Robinson (D)Unopposed
HD-29Bob Davis (D)Unopposed
HD-30David Copeland (R)43.3
HD-31Paul Starnes (D)Unopposed
HD-32F. Chris Cawood (D)38.9
HD-33Keith Bissell (D)Unopposed
HD-34James Elkins (R)11.7
HD-35Dennis Mike Robertson (R)28.8
HD-36David Ledford (D)13.5
HD-37Shelby Rhinehart (D)Unopposed
HD-38Hugh Dixon (D)Unopposed
HD-39Ed Murray (D)Unopposed
HD-40Frank Buck (D)Unopposed
HD-41S. Thomas Burnett (D)Unopposed
HD-42Tommy Burks (D)Unopposed
HD-43Ivory Hillis Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-44Jack Burnett (D)Unopposed
HD-45John M. Steinhauer (D)Unopposed
HD-46Joe Bell (D)Unopposed
HD-47Rabon W. Johnson (D)Unopposed
HD-48John Bragg (D)Unopposed
HD-49C. E. Depreist (D)31.8
HD-50James R. McKinney (D)Unopposed
HD-51Charles R. Robinson (D)Unopposed
HD-52E. Marvin Fleming Sr. (D)69.1
HD-53Victor Ellis (D)Unopposed
HD-54Harold Love (D)Unopposed
HD-55Michael Murphy (D)Unopposed
HD-56Steve Cobb (D)Unopposed
HD-57John Chiles Jr. (R)0.9
HD-58Charles W. Pruitt (D)Unopposed
HD-59Dick Clark (D)Unopposed
HD-60Elliot Ozment (D)Unopposed
HD-61Cletus McWilliams (D)30.2
HD-62Clarence Phillips (D)Unopposed
HD-63Walter Bussart (D)Unopposed
HD-64William A. Richardson Jr. (D)48.5
HD-65Gene Davidson (D)16.2
HD-66Eugene Davidson (D)Unopposed
HD-67Riley Darnell (D)53.3
HD-68Roscoe Pickering (D)Unopposed
HD-69Walter Work (D)Unopposed
HD-70Herman Wolfe (R)5.1
HD-71Jimmy Wallace (IND)16.1
HD-72Bob Butler (D)2.2Flipped
HD-73Roger G. Murray Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-74Frank Lashlee (D)Unopposed
HD-75L. P. Fuqua (D)Unopposed
HD-76Ned McWherter (D)Unopposed
HD-77John Tanner (D)Unopposed
HD-78James Lanier (D)Unopposed
HD-79Jimmy Bishop (D)48.0
HD-80Robert S. Stallings (D)Unopposed
HD-81Jimmy Naifeh (D)Unopposed
HD-82U. A. Moore (R)Unopposed
HD-83Harold Sterling (R)Unopposed
HD-84Charles R. Ashford (R)77.5
HD-85Dedrick Withers (D)Unopposed
HD-86Emmitt Ford (D)Unopposed
HD-87Ira H. Murphy (D)89.6
HD-88Elbert Gill (D)48.5
HD-89Pam Gaia (D)42.6
HD-90John W. Spence Jr. (D)23.4
HD-91Lois Deberry (D)Unopposed
HD-92Alvin King (D)Unopposed
HD-93Michael Kernell (D)52.3
HD-94R. Brad Martin (R)Unopposed
HD-95Neal Small (R)55.5
HD-96Edward F. Williams III (R)Unopposed
HD-97William Turner (D)0.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-98Harper Brewer (D)Unopposed
HD-99Harold Byrd (D)1.5FlippedIncumbent lost

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