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1980Final results

1980 election for Tennessee House District 97

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

William Turner (D) won with 77.8% of the vote, defeating W. Page Gregory (R) by 55.5 points.

William TurnerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
77.8%9,042
W. Page GregoryRepublican
22.2%2,585
11,629 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+0.11976D+22.71978D+55.51980D+39.91982D+17.61986D+2.51988

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