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1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 Tennessee House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Tennessee House of Representatives district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 99 seats

After the electionD 58 · R 39 · 2 other
Races99
Changed party9
Unopposed39%39 races
Incumbents defeated4

Every district

D 58 · R 39 · Other 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1James Craft Akard (D)9.0
HD-2Ruth Montgomery (R)29.6Flipped
HD-3Ralph Yelton (D)5.6
HD-4Frank Percy (R)35.8
HD-5Zane C. Whitson Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-6Palma Robinson (R)Unopposed
HD-7Robert L. King (R)Unopposed
HD-8Joe L. Bewley (R)51.3
HD-9Bruce Hurley (R)6.2
HD-10J. B. Shockley (R)17.9
HD-11Nathan Ford (R)Unopposed
HD-12Larry Huskey (R)Unopposed
HD-13Ted Miller (D)Unopposed
HD-14James Charles Hudson III (R)2.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-15Sharon Bell (R)5.4
HD-16Charles M. Severance (R)25.1
HD-17Paul Scruggs (R)Unopposed
HD-18Bill Owen (D)5.1Flipped
HD-19Loy Smith (R)21.1
HD-20Clifford Henry (R)Unopposed
HD-21M. F. Stafford (R)12.7
HD-22Bob Harrill (R)6.3
HD-23Clyde Webb (R)Unopposed
HD-24Steve D. Bivens (D)34.2
HD-25William W. C. Carter Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-26Bobby Wood (R)Unopposed
HD-27Bill McAfee (R)Unopposed
HD-28Clarence Robinson (D)Unopposed
HD-29Robert Davis (D)28.9
HD-30David Copeland (R)Unopposed
HD-31Paul Starnes (D)Unopposed
HD-32James M. Henry (R)18.8
HD-33Randy McNally (R)47.8
HD-34Thomas C. Wheeler (D)7.2
HD-35Dennis Mike Robertson (R)38.1
HD-36Shirley Duer (R)30.2Flipped
HD-37Shelby Rhinehart (D)Unopposed
HD-38Lincoln Davis (D)13.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-39Ed Murray (D)Unopposed
HD-40Frank Buck (D)Unopposed
HD-41S. Thomas Burnett (D)Unopposed
HD-42Jerry Jared (D)Unopposed
HD-43Ivory Hillis Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-44Mayo Wix (D)18.5
HD-45Ray Clark (R)15.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-46Joe Bell (D)47.0
HD-47Rabon W. Johnson (D)Unopposed
HD-48John Bragg (D)27.6
HD-49C. E. Depreist (D)Unopposed
HD-50James R. McKinney (D)29.3
HD-51Charles R. Robinson (D)Unopposed
HD-52Bill Covington (D)Unopposed
HD-53Victor Ellis (D)Unopposed
HD-54Harold Love (D)Unopposed
HD-55Michael Murphy (D)15.8
HD-56Steve Cobb (D)42.5
HD-57John Chiles Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-58Charles W. Pruitt (D)66.7
HD-59Dick Clark (D)26.4
HD-60Elmer W. Dispayne (D)4.6
HD-61Cliff Frensley (R)Unopposed
HD-62Clarence Phillips (D)23.0
HD-63W. R. Lowe Jr. (D)23.2
HD-64William A. Richardson Jr. (D)44.6
HD-65Ralph Duncan (R)10.2
HD-66Eugene Davidson (D)Unopposed
HD-67David Ussery (R)6.3Flipped
HD-68Roscoe Pickering (D)7.0
HD-69Walter Work (D)17.8
HD-70Herman Wolfe (R)13.3
HD-71James H. Wallace Jr. (IND)45.0
HD-72Dale Kelley (R)19.3
HD-73Ken Baker (R)5.7
HD-74Frank Lashlee (D)14.2
HD-75Ray Davis (D)59.5
HD-76Ned McWherter (D)44.6
HD-77John Tanner (D)Unopposed
HD-78Don E. Dills (D)35.8
HD-79Floyd Crain (D)Unopposed
HD-80Robert S. Stallings (D)52.3
HD-81Jimmy Naifeh (D)Unopposed
HD-82U. A. Moore (R)40.6
HD-83Barry E. Sterling (R)65.9
HD-84David A. Shirley (D)22.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-85Dedrick Withers (D)38.6
HD-86Emmitt Ford (D)Unopposed
HD-87Ira H. Murphy (D)Unopposed
HD-88Elbert Gill (D)61.9
HD-89Pam Gaia (D)48.5
HD-90John W. Spence Jr. (D)1.7
HD-91Lois Deberry (D)Unopposed
HD-92Alvin King (D)Unopposed
HD-93Michael Kernell (D)90.9
HD-94R. Brad Martin (R)Unopposed
HD-95Neal Small (IND)3.5Flipped
HD-96Joe Kent (R)57.3
HD-97William Turner (D)55.5
HD-98Harper Brewer (D)Unopposed
HD-99Harold Byrd (D)11.0

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