1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Tennessee House District 65
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Ralph Duncan (R) won with 51.2% of the vote, defeating Gene Davidson (D) by 2.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ralph DuncanRepublican · winner
51.2%6,899
Gene DavidsonDemocrat · incumbent
48.8%6,571
13,470 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