1978 primaries · May 1, 1978
1978 Tennessee State Senate primary results, district by district
Every Tennessee State Senate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| SD-1 · Republican primary | Robert O. Burleson (R) | 17.0 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-3 · Republican primary | Thomas J. Garland (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 · Democratic primary | Ray Baird (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 · Republican primary | Buzz Elkins (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 · Democratic primary | Carl Warner (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 · Republican primary | Victor Ashe (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 · Democratic primary | Robert T. Byrd III (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 · Republican primary | Ben Longley (R) | 46.2 | |
| SD-11 · Democratic primary | Tom Dover (D) | 3.9 | |
| SD-11 · Republican primary | Ray Albright (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 · Democratic primary | Tommy Burks (D) | 15.0 | |
| SD-15 · Democratic primary | T. Tommy Cutrer (D) | 22.4 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-17 · Democratic primary | Edward C. Blank (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-19 · Democratic primary | Avon Williams (D) | 44.4 | |
| SD-21 · Democratic primary | Douglas Henry Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-23 · Democratic primary | James E. Sullivan (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-23 · Republican primary | Johnny Crow (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-25 · Democratic primary | Lowell Thomas (D) | 21.0 | |
| SD-25 · Republican primary | Dwight Reasons (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-27 · Democratic primary | Lyle Reid (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 · Democratic primary | John Ford (D) | 71.8 | |
| SD-31 · Republican primary | Curtis Person Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-33 · Democratic primary | Edward Davis (D) | 4.8 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-33 · Republican primary | George Dobbins Jr. (R) | Unopposed |
Tennessee State Senate
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