1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Tennessee House District 14
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
James Charles Hudson III (R) won with 49.9% of the vote, defeating Bill Nolan (D) by 2.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
James Charles Hudson IIIRepublican · winner
49.9%6,787
Bill NolanDemocrat · incumbent
47.5%6,467
Brenda EasterdayIndependent
1.4%186
Dan L. WalkerIndependent
1.2%167
13,608 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The candidates
James Charles Hudson III (R)Bill Nolan (D)
Also on the ballot: Brenda Easterday (Independent), 1.4%; Dan L. Walker (Independent), 1.2%