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1980 election for Tennessee House District 95

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Neal Small (Ind) won with 39.8% of the vote, defeating Michael M. Beck (D) by 3.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Neal SmallIndependent · winner · incumbent
39.8%6,837
36.3%6,234
Sam YoungRepublican
24.0%4,123
17,195 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

EvenR+55.51976D+12.31980R+54.71984R+47.21986R+20.61988R+49.41992

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