1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Tennessee House District 32
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
James M. Henry (R) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating F. Chris Cawood (D) by 1.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
James M. HenryRepublican · winner
50.8%5,583
F. Chris CawoodDemocrat · incumbent
49.2%5,408
10,991 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET