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1980Final results

1980 election for Tennessee House District 68

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Roscoe Pickering (D) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Edward Calvin Boone (R) by 7.0 points.

Roscoe PickeringDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.5%6,902
46.5%6,000
12,902 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+40.51982D+20.41984D+50.31986D+23.91992D+18.11994D+21.51996

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