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1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Tennessee House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Tennessee House of Representatives district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 99 seats

After the electionD 60 · R 38 · 1 other
Races99
Changed party12
Unopposed48%48 races
Incumbents defeated4

Every district

D 60 · R 38 · Other 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Clarence Blackburn (D)27.6
HD-2Donald W. Hood (D)9.7
HD-3Ralph Yelton (D)9.1
HD-4Robert Fisher (R)21.3
HD-5Zane C. Whitson Jr. (R)40.9
HD-6Palma Robinson (R)Unopposed
HD-7Robert L. King (R)29.7
HD-8Joe L. Bewley (R)Unopposed
HD-9Bruce Hurley (R)13.8
HD-10J. B. Shockley (R)6.9
HD-11Nathan Ford (R)Unopposed
HD-12Bill Atchley (R)Unopposed
HD-13Ted Miller (D)27.5
HD-14Bill Nolan (D)9.7Flipped
HD-15Sharon Bell (R)0.5Flipped
HD-16Steve Hall (R)35.2
HD-17Paul Scruggs (R)34.6
HD-18James T. Richards (R)2.0
HD-19Loy Smith (R)50.1
HD-20Clifford Henry (R)Unopposed
HD-21M. F. Stafford (R)Unopposed
HD-22Bob Harrill (R)2.0Flipped
HD-23Clyde Webb (R)Unopposed
HD-24Steve D. Bivens (D)16.6Flipped
HD-25William W. C. Carter Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-26Bobby Wood (R)46.0
HD-27Bill McAfee (R)Unopposed
HD-28Clarence Robinson (D)Unopposed
HD-29Bob Davis (D)46.5
HD-30David Copeland (R)Unopposed
HD-31Paul Starnes (D)60.2
HD-32James M. Henry (R)1.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-33Randy McNally (R)20.8Flipped
HD-34Thomas C. Wheeler (D)1.0Flipped
HD-35Dennis Mike Robertson (R)Unopposed
HD-36David Ledford (D)2.7
HD-37Shelby Rhinehart (D)32.1
HD-38Robert Beaty (R)6.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-39Ed Murray (D)Unopposed
HD-40Frank Buck (D)Unopposed
HD-41S. Thomas Burnett (D)32.1
HD-42Jerry Jared (D)24.3
HD-43Ivory Hillis Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-44Jack Burnett (D)Unopposed
HD-45John M. Steinhauer (D)16.5
HD-46Joe Bell (D)Unopposed
HD-47Rabon W. Johnson (D)Unopposed
HD-48John Bragg (D)Unopposed
HD-49C. E. Depreist (D)Unopposed
HD-50James R. McKinney (D)Unopposed
HD-51Charles R. Robinson (D)Unopposed
HD-52Bill Covington (D)66.9
HD-53Victor Ellis (D)Unopposed
HD-54Harold Love (D)33.9
HD-55Michael Murphy (D)29.1
HD-56Steve Cobb (D)41.8
HD-57John Chiles Jr. (R)41.8
HD-58Charles W. Pruitt (D)Unopposed
HD-59Dick Clark (D)25.5
HD-60Elmer W. Dispayne (D)Unopposed
HD-61Cliff Frensley (R)5.6Flipped
HD-62Clarence Phillips (D)Unopposed
HD-63W. R. Lowe Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-64William A. Richardson Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-65Ralph Duncan (R)2.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-66Eugene Davidson (D)Unopposed
HD-67Riley Darnell (D)Unopposed
HD-68Roscoe Pickering (D)35.8
HD-69Walter Work (D)Unopposed
HD-70Herman Wolfe (R)4.5
HD-71Jimmy Wallace (IND)Unopposed
HD-72Dale Kelley (R)0.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-73Ken Baker (R)8.2Flipped
HD-74Frank Lashlee (D)Unopposed
HD-75Ray Davis (D)Unopposed
HD-76Ned McWherter (D)Unopposed
HD-77John Tanner (D)Unopposed
HD-78James Lanier (D)Unopposed
HD-79Floyd Crain (D)Unopposed
HD-80Robert S. Stallings (D)Unopposed
HD-81Jimmy Naifeh (D)55.7
HD-82U. A. Moore (R)Unopposed
HD-83Barry E. Sterling (R)54.2
HD-84Wendell L. Hartzog (R)3.8
HD-85Dedrick Withers (D)Unopposed
HD-86Emmitt Ford (D)Unopposed
HD-87Ira H. Murphy (D)Unopposed
HD-88Elbert Gill (D)Unopposed
HD-89Pam Gaia (D)38.8
HD-90John W. Spence Jr. (D)8.0
HD-91Lois Deberry (D)Unopposed
HD-92Alvin King (D)Unopposed
HD-93Michael Kernell (D)61.6
HD-94R. Brad Martin (R)40.2
HD-95Neal Small (R)Unopposed
HD-96Joe Kent (R)21.0
HD-97William Turner (D)22.7
HD-98Harper Brewer (D)Unopposed
HD-99Harold Byrd (D)16.4

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