1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Tennessee House District 38
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Robert Beaty (R) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Hugh Dixon (D) by 6.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Robert BeatyRepublican · winner
53.4%5,927
Hugh DixonDemocrat · incumbent
46.6%5,180
11,107 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