1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Tennessee House District 45
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Ray Clark (R) won with 57.6% of the vote, defeating John M. Steinhauer (D) by 15.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ray ClarkRepublican · winner
57.6%11,089
John M. SteinhauerDemocrat · incumbent
42.4%8,168
19,257 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