1980Final results
1980 election for Tennessee House District 73
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Ken Baker (R) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Donald Stephenson (D) by 5.7 points.
Ken BakerRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.8%7,186
Donald StephensonDemocrat
47.2%6,412
13,598 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