1980Final results
1980 election for Tennessee Senate District 32
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Leonard Dunavant (R) won with 64.4% of the vote, defeating Joe L. Linton (D) by 28.8 points.
Leonard DunavantRepublican · winner
64.4%43,066
Joe L. LintonDemocrat
35.6%23,815
66,882 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