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1980Final results

1980 election for Tennessee House District 59

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Dick Clark (D) won with 63.2% of the vote, defeating William B. Gregory (R) by 26.4 points.

Dick ClarkDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.2%12,727
36.8%7,415
20,142 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

EvenD+26.41980D+57.41982D+39.51984D+20.11986D+9.01990D+3.11992

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET