1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1976 election for Tennessee House District 18
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
James T. Richards (R) won with 57.0% of the vote, defeating Harold Winston (D) by 14.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
James T. RichardsRepublican · winner
57.0%9,589
Harold WinstonDemocrat
43.0%7,226
16,815 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET