1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Tennessee House District 38
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Lincoln Davis (D) won with 56.7% of the vote, defeating Robert Beaty (R) by 13.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Lincoln DavisDemocrat · winner
56.7%7,758
Robert BeatyRepublican · incumbent
43.3%5,920
13,678 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