1978Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1978 primary for Tennessee House District 79

Name: 1978 primary for Tennessee House District 79
Start: 1978-08-01
Location: Tennessee

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Floyd Crain (D) won with 52.1% of the vote, defeating Jimmy Bishop (D) by 4.1 points.

Floyd CrainDemocrat · winner

52.1%6,003

Jimmy BishopDemocrat · incumbent

47.9%5,527

11,530 votes

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