1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Tennessee House District 84
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
David A. Shirley (D) won with 61.1% of the vote, defeating Wendell L. Hartzog (R) by 22.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
David A. ShirleyDemocrat · winner
61.1%10,676
Wendell L. HartzogRepublican · incumbent
38.9%6,784
17,460 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