1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Tennessee Senate District 2
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Carl Moore (D) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating Hayden Baker (R) by 12.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Carl MooreDemocrat · winner
53.3%21,522
Hayden BakerRepublican · incumbent
41.4%16,695
Albert Bryant ArringtonIndependent
5.3%2,145
40,363 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