1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for Tennessee House District 18
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Bill Owen (D) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating David H. Adams Sr. (R) by 5.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Bill OwenDemocrat · winner
52.5%12,211
David H. Adams Sr.Republican
47.5%11,027
23,238 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