1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for Tennessee House District 73
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Ken Baker (R) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating Tom Hensley (D) by 8.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ken BakerRepublican · winner
54.1%5,884
Tom HensleyDemocrat
45.9%4,994
10,878 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