1978Final results
1978 election for Tennessee House District 52
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Bill Covington (D) won with 83.5% of the vote, defeating Russell Staub (Ind) by 66.9 points.
Bill CovingtonDemocrat · winner
83.5%5,459
Russell StaubIndependent
16.5%1,081
6,540 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