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1978Final results

1978 election for Tennessee House District 68

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Roscoe Pickering (D) won with 67.9% of the vote, defeating Helen B. Griffin (R) by 35.8 points.

Roscoe PickeringDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.9%7,181
32.1%3,396
10,577 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

EvenD+40.51982D+20.41984D+50.31986D+23.91992D+18.11994D+21.51996

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET