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1976 election for Tennessee House District 2

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Donald W. Hood (D) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating Frank A. Kelley (R) by 6.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Donald W. HoodDemocrat · winner
53.3%5,951
Frank A. KelleyRepublican
46.7%5,214
11,166 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

EvenD+6.61976D+9.71978R+29.61980R+26.81988R+3.81992R+50.21994

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET