1980Final results
1980 election for Tennessee House District 85
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Dedrick Withers (D) won with 69.3% of the vote, defeating Larry Garrett (R) by 38.6 points.
Dedrick WithersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.3%9,512
Larry GarrettRepublican
30.7%4,217
13,729 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