1976Final results
1976 election for Tennessee House District 79
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Jimmy Bishop (D) won with 74.0% of the vote, defeating Joe Green (Ind) by 48.0 points.
Jimmy BishopDemocrat · winner · incumbent
74.0%8,175
Joe GreenIndependent
26.0%2,869
11,044 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