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1978Final results

1978 election for Tennessee Senate District 11

Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee

Ray Albright (R) won with 60.7% of the vote, defeating Tom Dover (D) by 21.3 points.

Ray AlbrightRepublican · winner · incumbent
60.7%19,428
Tom DoverDemocrat
39.3%12,599
32,027 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

EvenR+9.91970R+16.61974R+21.31978R+27.92006R+30.32018R+5.92026

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