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1978Final results

1978 election for Tennessee Senate District 7

Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee

Victor Ashe (R) won with 78.5% of the vote, defeating Carl Warner (D) by 57.1 points.

Victor AsheRepublican · winner · incumbent
78.5%33,556
Carl WarnerDemocrat
21.5%9,175
42,731 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+35.91976 specialR+57.11978R+34.61982D+9.81984 specialD+10.11986R+13.61990

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