1978Final results
1978 election for Tennessee Senate District 29
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
John Ford (D) won with 96.8% of the vote, defeating Cornelia Crenshaw (Ind) by 93.5 points.
John FordDemocrat · winner · incumbent
96.8%19,380
Cornelia CrenshawIndependent
3.2%651
20,031 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