1980Final results
1980 election for Tennessee Senate District 10
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
William H. Ortwein (D) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Gene Hunt (R) by 0.7 points.
William H. OrtweinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
50.3%19,634
Gene HuntRepublican
49.7%19,366
39,000 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