1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1976 election for Tennessee House District 3
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Ralph Yelton (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Charles B. Sine (R) by 2.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Ralph YeltonDemocrat · winner
51.0%6,166
Charles B. SineRepublican
49.0%5,919
12,085 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