1976Final results
1976 election for Tennessee House District 71
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Jimmy Wallace (Ind) won with 58.0% of the vote, defeating James W. McKnight (D) by 16.1 points.
Jimmy WallaceIndependent · winner · incumbent
58.0%7,688
James W. McKnightDemocrat
42.0%5,561
13,249 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