1978 primaries · May 1, 1978
1978 Tennessee House of Representatives primary results, district by district
Every Tennessee House of Representatives district in the 1978 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | Clarence Blackburn (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-1 · Republican primary | Harold D. Necessary (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-2 · Democratic primary | Donald W. Hood (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-2 · Republican primary | Charles M. McNeill (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-3 · Democratic primary | Ralph Yelton (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-3 · Republican primary | Thomas E. Kerney (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | John Large (D) | 0.2 | |
| HD-4 · Republican primary | Robert Fisher (R) | 6.8 | |
| HD-5 · Democratic primary | Mike Hunter (D) | 13.6 | |
| HD-5 · Republican primary | Zane C. Whitson Jr. (R) | 11.6 | |
| HD-6 · Republican primary | Palma Robinson (R) | 48.0 | |
| HD-7 · Democratic primary | James Reece Carter (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 · Republican primary | Robert L. King (R) | 9.0 | |
| HD-8 · Republican primary | Joe L. Bewley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-9 · Democratic primary | Wayne Christian (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-9 · Republican primary | Bruce Hurley (R) | 43.8 | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | David Miller (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-10 · Republican primary | J. B. Shockley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 · Republican primary | Nathan Ford (R) | 38.5 | |
| HD-12 · Republican primary | Bill Atchley (R) | 15.7 | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Ted Miller (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-13 · Republican primary | Charles Watson III (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | Bill Nolan (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 · Republican primary | Tom E. Harris (R) | 16.3 | |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | Margaret Ervin (D) | 34.6 | |
| HD-15 · Republican primary | Sharon Bell (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | Jack Cunningham (D) | 1.7 | |
| HD-16 · Republican primary | Steve Hall (R) | 63.0 | |
| HD-17 · Democratic primary | Harold Winston (D) | 17.3 | |
| HD-17 · Republican primary | Paul Scruggs (R) | 61.7 | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | Bill Owen (D) | 35.4 | |
| HD-18 · Republican primary | James T. Richards (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-19 · Democratic primary | C. J. Rucker (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-19 · Republican primary | Loy Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20 · Republican primary | Clifford Henry (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-21 · Republican primary | M. F. Stafford (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | James Mike Cantrell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Republican primary | Bob Harrill (R) | 3.8 | |
| HD-23 · Republican primary | Clyde Webb (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | Steve D. Bivens (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 · Republican primary | Paul W. Bloomer (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Republican primary | William W. C. Carter Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | Charles Bearden (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Republican primary | Bobby Wood (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 · Republican primary | Bill McAfee (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | Clarence Robinson (D) | 22.6 | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Bob Davis (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 · Republican primary | Leland Fussell (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-30 · Republican primary | David Copeland (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | Paul Starnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Republican primary | Hank Hill (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | F. Chris Cawood (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 · Republican primary | James M. Henry (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | Don A. Layton (D) | 35.4 | |
| HD-33 · Republican primary | Randy McNally (R) | 49.1 | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | Thomas C. Wheeler (D) | 6.3 | |
| HD-34 · Republican primary | Laurence R. Dry Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 · Republican primary | Dennis Mike Robertson (R) | 17.1 | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | David Ledford (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-36 · Republican primary | Shirley Duer (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | Shelby Rhinehart (D) | 23.5 | |
| HD-37 · Republican primary | William Stuart (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | Hugh Dixon (D) | 4.0 | |
| HD-38 · Republican primary | Robert Beaty (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | Ed Murray (D) | 48.7 | |
| HD-40 · Democratic primary | Frank Buck (D) | 37.0 | |
| HD-41 · Democratic primary | S. Thomas Burnett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-41 · Republican primary | John Hubert Little (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-42 · Democratic primary | Jerry Jared (D) | 26.1 | |
| HD-43 · Democratic primary | Ivory Hillis Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-44 · Democratic primary | Jack Burnett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-45 · Democratic primary | John M. Steinhauer (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-45 · Republican primary | Claude F. Peacock (R) | 11.9 | |
| HD-46 · Democratic primary | Joe Bell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-47 · Democratic primary | Rabon W. Johnson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48 · Democratic primary | John Bragg (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-49 · Democratic primary | C. E. Depreist (D) | 28.5 | |
| HD-50 · Democratic primary | James R. McKinney (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-51 · Democratic primary | Charles R. Robinson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-52 · Democratic primary | Bill Covington (D) | 28.3 | |
| HD-53 · Democratic primary | Victor Ellis (D) | 38.3 | |
| HD-54 · Democratic primary | Harold Love (D) | 57.7 | |
| HD-54 · Republican primary | L. Vincent Williams (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-55 · Democratic primary | Michael Murphy (D) | 39.6 | |
| HD-55 · Republican primary | Mark Albert Dumdei (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-56 · Democratic primary | Steve Cobb (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-56 · Republican primary | Charles D. Burns (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57 · Democratic primary | Bill Caldwell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57 · Republican primary | John Chiles Jr. (R) | 67.0 | |
| HD-58 · Democratic primary | Charles W. Pruitt (D) | 43.0 | |
| HD-59 · Democratic primary | Dick Clark (D) | 56.8 | |
| HD-59 · Republican primary | James E. Abernathy (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-60 · Democratic primary | Elmer W. Dispayne (D) | 19.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-60 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-61 · Democratic primary | Roy E. Barker (D) | 5.7 | |
| HD-61 · Republican primary | Cliff Frensley (R) | 43.2 | |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | Clarence Phillips (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-63 · Democratic primary | W. R. Lowe Jr. (D) | 5.3 | |
| HD-64 · Democratic primary | William A. Richardson Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-65 · Democratic primary | Gene Davidson (D) | 8.5 | |
| HD-65 · Republican primary | Ralph Duncan (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | Eugene Davidson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-67 · Democratic primary | Riley Darnell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-68 · Democratic primary | Roscoe Pickering (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-68 · Republican primary | Helen B. Griffin (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-69 · Democratic primary | Walter Work (D) | 65.4 | |
| HD-70 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Walker (D) | 54.0 | |
| HD-70 · Republican primary | Herman Wolfe (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 · Democratic primary | Bob Butler (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 · Republican primary | Dale Kelley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-73 · Democratic primary | Tom Hensley (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-73 · Republican primary | Ken Baker (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-74 · Democratic primary | Frank Lashlee (D) | 32.4 | |
| HD-75 · Democratic primary | Ray Davis (D) | 2.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-76 · Democratic primary | Ned McWherter (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-77 · Democratic primary | John Tanner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-78 · Democratic primary | James Lanier (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-79 · Democratic primary | Floyd Crain (D) | 4.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-80 · Democratic primary | Robert S. Stallings (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-81 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Naifeh (D) | 28.1 | |
| HD-81 · Republican primary | John Wilkerson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-82 · Republican primary | U. A. Moore (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 · Democratic primary | Doug Howell (D) | 7.6 | |
| HD-83 · Republican primary | Barry E. Sterling (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 · Democratic primary | David A. Shirley (D) | 8.9 | |
| HD-84 · Republican primary | Wendell L. Hartzog (R) | 58.5 | |
| HD-85 · Democratic primary | Dedrick Withers (D) | 66.6 | |
| HD-86 · Democratic primary | Emmitt Ford (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-87 · Democratic primary | Ira H. Murphy (D) | 14.8 | |
| HD-88 · Democratic primary | Elbert Gill (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | Pam Gaia (D) | 44.0 | |
| HD-89 · Republican primary | Aaron F. Tatum (R) | 38.5 | |
| HD-90 · Democratic primary | John W. Spence Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 · Republican primary | Gerald Gaia (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-91 · Democratic primary | Lois Deberry (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-92 · Democratic primary | Alvin King (D) | 80.5 | |
| HD-93 · Democratic primary | Michael Kernell (D) | 59.5 | |
| HD-93 · Republican primary | Charles C. Jones (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-94 · Democratic primary | Joyce Hassell (D) | 35.3 | |
| HD-94 · Republican primary | R. Brad Martin (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 · Republican primary | Neal Small (R) | 14.6 | |
| HD-96 · Democratic primary | Joseph T. Kirkland (D) | 42.4 | |
| HD-96 · Republican primary | Joe Kent (R) | 18.4 | |
| HD-97 · Democratic primary | William Turner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-97 · Republican primary | Edward J. Bousson Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | Harper Brewer (D) | 38.7 | |
| HD-99 · Democratic primary | Harold Byrd (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-99 · Republican primary | David E. Ferguson (R) | 9.6 |
Tennessee House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner