1976 primaries · May 1, 1976
1976 Tennessee House of Representatives primary results, district by district
Every Tennessee House of Representatives district in the 1976 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | Clarence Blackburn (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-2 · Democratic primary | Donald W. Hood (D) | 23.1 | |
| HD-2 · Republican primary | Frank A. Kelley (R) | 23.8 | |
| HD-3 · Democratic primary | Ralph Yelton (D) | 0.1 | |
| HD-3 · Republican primary | Charles B. Sine (R) | 20.8 | |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | John Large (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-4 · Republican primary | Robert Fisher (R) | 8.7 | |
| HD-5 · Democratic primary | Mike Hunter (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-5 · Republican primary | Robert O. Burleson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-6 · Democratic primary | Thomas J. Flynn Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-6 · Republican primary | Palma Robinson (R) | 22.9 | |
| HD-7 · Democratic primary | James T. Bowman (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 · Republican primary | Robert Good (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-8 · Republican primary | Joe L. Bewley (R) | 75.3 | |
| HD-9 · Democratic primary | Clyde Willis (D) | 10.2 | |
| HD-9 · Republican primary | Bruce Hurley (R) | 57.0 | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | David Miller (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-10 · Republican primary | J. B. Shockley (R) | 26.7 | |
| HD-11 · Democratic primary | Richard Stokely (D) | 36.8 | |
| HD-11 · Republican primary | Nathan Ford (R) | 14.1 | |
| HD-12 · Republican primary | Fred C. Atchley (R) | 3.0 | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Ted Miller (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | Robert J. Haws (D) | 0.9 | |
| HD-14 · Republican primary | Paul Scruggs (R) | 25.5 | |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | Bill Nolan (D) | 43.0 | |
| HD-15 · Republican primary | Steve Richardson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | Bill Rolen (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 · Republican primary | Steve Hall (R) | 49.3 | |
| HD-17 · Republican primary | Tom Jensen (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | Harold Winston (D) | 33.5 | |
| HD-18 · Republican primary | James T. Richards (R) | 2.9 | |
| HD-19 · Democratic primary | Virginia R. Adams (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-19 · Republican primary | Loy Smith (R) | 49.0 | |
| HD-20 · Republican primary | Clifford Henry (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | Edwin T. Smith (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-21 · Republican primary | M. F. Stafford (R) | 16.4 | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | William C. Watson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Democratic primary | Howard F. Scott (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Republican primary | Clyde Webb (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | Steve D. Bivens (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 · Republican primary | Ben Longley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | Robert F. Maffett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Republican primary | William W. C. Carter Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | Glenn S. Senters Sr. (D) | 14.3 | |
| HD-26 · Republican primary | Bobby Wood (R) | 4.7 | |
| HD-27 · Democratic primary | David Parker (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 · Republican primary | Bill McAfee (R) | 31.2 | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | Clarence Robinson (D) | 26.2 | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Bob Davis (D) | 18.4 | |
| HD-30 · Democratic primary | Dick Hearn (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-30 · Republican primary | David Copeland (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | Paul Starnes (D) | 39.4 | |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | F. Chris Cawood (D) | 24.9 | |
| HD-32 · Republican primary | Howard Patton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | Keith Bissell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | Marshall E. Rasnake (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Republican primary | James Elkins (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 · Democratic primary | George T. Malone (D) | 7.1 | |
| HD-35 · Republican primary | Dennis Mike Robertson (R) | 44.8 | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | David Ledford (D) | 18.0 | |
| HD-36 · Republican primary | James A. Melton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | Shelby Rhinehart (D) | 3.2 | |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | Hugh Dixon (D) | 0.1 | |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | Ed Murray (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-40 · Democratic primary | Frank Buck (D) | 52.7 | |
| HD-41 · Democratic primary | S. Thomas Burnett (D) | 64.3 | |
| HD-42 · Democratic primary | Tommy Burks (D) | 55.7 | |
| HD-43 · Democratic primary | Ivory Hillis Jr. (D) | 20.0 | |
| HD-44 · Democratic primary | Jack Burnett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-45 · Democratic primary | John M. Steinhauer (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-46 · Democratic primary | Joe Bell (D) | 12.0 | |
| HD-47 · Democratic primary | Rabon W. Johnson (D) | 4.5 | |
| HD-48 · Democratic primary | John Bragg (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-49 · Democratic primary | C. E. Depreist (D) | 2.5 | |
| HD-49 · Republican primary | Robert N. Anderson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-50 · Democratic primary | James R. McKinney (D) | 48.7 | |
| HD-51 · Democratic primary | Charles R. Robinson (D) | 24.9 | |
| HD-52 · Democratic primary | E. Marvin Fleming Sr. (D) | 26.6 | |
| HD-52 · Republican primary | Aubrey Waffird (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-53 · Democratic primary | Victor Ellis (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-54 · Democratic primary | Harold Love (D) | 29.8 | |
| HD-55 · Democratic primary | Michael Murphy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-55 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-56 · Democratic primary | Steve Cobb (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-56 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-57 · Democratic primary | Thomas W. Brothers (D) | 24.5 | |
| HD-57 · Republican primary | John Chiles Jr. (R) | 37.2 | |
| HD-58 · Democratic primary | Charles W. Pruitt (D) | 44.2 | |
| HD-59 · Democratic primary | Dick Clark (D) | 64.4 | |
| HD-59 · Republican primary | Rick Knox (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-60 · Democratic primary | Elliot Ozment (D) | 7.5 | |
| HD-61 · Democratic primary | Cletus McWilliams (D) | 33.0 | |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | Clarence Phillips (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-63 · Democratic primary | Walter Bussart (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-64 · Democratic primary | William A. Richardson Jr. (D) | 16.2 | |
| HD-64 · Republican primary | Alice Algood (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-65 · Democratic primary | Gene Davidson (D) | 36.1 | |
| HD-65 · Republican primary | Clay H. New (R) | 1.9 | |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | Eugene Davidson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-67 · Democratic primary | Riley Darnell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-67 · Republican primary | Mercer McKinney (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-68 · Democratic primary | Roscoe Pickering (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-69 · Democratic primary | Walter Work (D) | 53.7 | |
| HD-70 · Democratic primary | Homer Snodgrass (D) | 7.9 | |
| HD-70 · Republican primary | Herman Wolfe (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 · Democratic primary | Bill McKnight (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 · Democratic primary | Bob Butler (D) | 16.7 | |
| HD-72 · Republican primary | G. Tillman Stewart (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-73 · Democratic primary | Roger G. Murray Jr. (D) | 46.9 | |
| HD-74 · Democratic primary | Frank Lashlee (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-75 · Democratic primary | L. P. Fuqua (D) | 27.0 | |
| HD-76 · Democratic primary | Ned McWherter (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-77 · Democratic primary | John Tanner (D) | 29.7 | |
| HD-78 · Democratic primary | James Lanier (D) | 39.5 | |
| HD-79 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Bishop (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-80 · Democratic primary | Robert S. Stallings (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-81 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Naifeh (D) | 46.9 | |
| HD-82 · Republican primary | U. A. Moore (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 · Republican primary | Harold Sterling (R) | 47.1 | |
| HD-84 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 · Republican primary | Charles R. Ashford (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-85 · Democratic primary | Dedrick Withers (D) | 14.7 | |
| HD-86 · Democratic primary | Emmitt Ford (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-87 · Democratic primary | Ira H. Murphy (D) | 35.3 | |
| HD-88 · Democratic primary | Elbert Gill (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-88 · Republican primary | Bonnie Bobango (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | Pam Gaia (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 · Republican primary | James T. Robertson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 · Democratic primary | John W. Spence Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 · Republican primary | Carolyn T. Lawson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-91 · Democratic primary | Lois Deberry (D) | 71.5 | |
| HD-92 · Democratic primary | Alvin King (D) | 5.4 | |
| HD-93 · Democratic primary | Michael Kernell (D) | 62.6 | |
| HD-93 · Republican primary | Charles W. Cato II (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-94 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-94 · Republican primary | R. Brad Martin (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 · Democratic primary | Byron Peel (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 · Republican primary | Neal Small (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 · Republican primary | Edward F. Williams III (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-97 · Democratic primary | William Turner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-97 · Republican primary | Edward J. Bousson Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | Harper Brewer (D) | 38.3 | |
| HD-99 · Democratic primary | Harold Byrd (D) | 38.6 | |
| HD-99 · Republican primary | James E. Hendren (R) | Unopposed |
Tennessee House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner