1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for Tennessee House District 61
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Cliff Frensley (R) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Roy E. Barker (D) by 5.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Cliff FrensleyRepublican · winner
52.8%6,804
Roy E. BarkerDemocrat
47.2%6,087
12,891 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