1980 primaries · May 1, 1980
1980 Tennessee House of Representatives primary results, district by district
Every Tennessee House of Representatives district in the 1980 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | James Craft Akard (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-1 · Republican primary | Harold D. Necessary (R) | 6.7 | |
| HD-2 · Democratic primary | Albert Bryant Arrington (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-2 · Republican primary | Ruth Montgomery (R) | 69.0 | |
| HD-3 · Democratic primary | Ralph Yelton (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-3 · Republican primary | Ralph Lincoln (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-4 · Republican primary | Frank Percy (R) | 29.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-5 · Republican primary | Zane C. Whitson Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-6 · Republican primary | Palma Robinson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 · Republican primary | Robert L. King (R) | 29.4 | |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | Vance L. Overbay (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-8 · Republican primary | Joe L. Bewley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-9 · Democratic primary | Wayne Christian (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-9 · Republican primary | Bruce Hurley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | Ron E. Owen (D) | 63.2 | |
| HD-10 · Republican primary | J. B. Shockley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 · Republican primary | Nathan Ford (R) | 49.3 | |
| HD-12 · Republican primary | Larry Huskey (R) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Ted Miller (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | Bill Nolan (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 · Republican primary | James Charles Hudson III (R) | 53.0 | |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | Margaret Ervin (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-15 · Republican primary | Sharon Bell (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | Bob Farmer (D) | 19.2 | |
| HD-16 · Republican primary | Charles M. Severance (R) | 3.7 | |
| HD-17 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-17 · Republican primary | Paul Scruggs (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | Bill Owen (D) | 52.2 | |
| HD-18 · Republican primary | David H. Adams Sr. (R) | 3.6 | |
| HD-19 · Democratic primary | James A. McBee (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-19 · Republican primary | Loy Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20 · Republican primary | Clifford Henry (R) | 62.7 | |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | Paul Bivens (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-21 · Republican primary | M. F. Stafford (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | James Allan Watson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Republican primary | Bob Harrill (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Republican primary | Clyde Webb (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | Steve D. Bivens (D) | 85.7 | |
| HD-24 · Republican primary | Margaret Gilliland (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Republican primary | William W. C. Carter Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Republican primary | Bobby Wood (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 · Republican primary | Bill McAfee (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | Clarence Robinson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Robert Davis (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 · Republican primary | Mary Jean Howard (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-30 · Republican primary | David Copeland (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | Paul Starnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | Larry E. Wheeler (D) | 51.8 | |
| HD-32 · Republican primary | James M. Henry (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | Steven R. Seivers (D) | 45.1 | |
| HD-33 · Republican primary | Randy McNally (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | Thomas C. Wheeler (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Republican primary | Jeff Hall (R) | 35.0 | |
| HD-35 · Democratic primary | John A. McNeil Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 · Republican primary | Dennis Mike Robertson (R) | 31.6 | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | Eugene Turner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-36 · Republican primary | Shirley Duer (R) | 46.3 | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | Shelby Rhinehart (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | Lincoln Davis (D) | 10.4 | |
| HD-38 · Republican primary | Robert Beaty (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | Ed Murray (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-40 · Democratic primary | Frank Buck (D) | 81.1 | |
| HD-41 · Democratic primary | S. Thomas Burnett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-42 · Democratic primary | Jerry Jared (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-43 · Democratic primary | Ivory Hillis Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-44 · Democratic primary | Mayo Wix (D) | 9.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-44 · Republican primary | Cecil L. Corley Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-45 · Democratic primary | John M. Steinhauer (D) | 6.7 | |
| HD-45 · Republican primary | Ray Clark (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-46 · Democratic primary | Joe Bell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-46 · Republican primary | James T. Carr Sr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-47 · Democratic primary | Rabon W. Johnson (D) | 55.0 | |
| HD-48 · Democratic primary | John Bragg (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48 · Republican primary | D. C. Daniel Jr. (R) | 12.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-49 · Democratic primary | C. E. Depreist (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-50 · Democratic primary | James R. McKinney (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-50 · Republican primary | Gerlie V. Rickard (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-51 · Democratic primary | Charles R. Robinson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-52 · Democratic primary | Bill Covington (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-53 · Democratic primary | Victor Ellis (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-53 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-54 · Democratic primary | Harold Love (D) | 70.5 | |
| HD-55 · Democratic primary | Michael Murphy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-55 · Republican primary | John Stiltz (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-56 · Democratic primary | Steve Cobb (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-56 · Republican primary | Charles Lamb (R) | 43.9 | |
| HD-57 · Republican primary | John Chiles Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-58 · Democratic primary | Charles W. Pruitt (D) | 26.2 | |
| HD-58 · Republican primary | Wade Hughey (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-59 · Democratic primary | Dick Clark (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-59 · Republican primary | William B. Gregory (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-60 · Democratic primary | Elmer W. Dispayne (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-60 · Republican primary | Betty Cannon (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-61 · Republican primary | Cliff Frensley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | Clarence Phillips (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-62 · Republican primary | Kathy Duke (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-63 · Democratic primary | W. R. Lowe Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-63 · Republican primary | John W. Childress (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-64 · Democratic primary | William A. Richardson Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-64 · Republican primary | Tim Hughes (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-65 · Democratic primary | Jerry M. Duren (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-65 · Republican primary | Ralph Duncan (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | Eugene Davidson (D) | 67.7 | |
| HD-66 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-67 · Democratic primary | Charles C. Gentry (D) | 0.1 | |
| HD-67 · Republican primary | David Ussery (R) | 22.6 | |
| HD-68 · Democratic primary | Roscoe Pickering (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-68 · Republican primary | Edward Calvin Boone (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-69 · Democratic primary | Walter Work (D) | 25.6 | |
| HD-69 · Republican primary | Tom Woodall (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-70 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Walker (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-70 · Republican primary | Herman Wolfe (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 · Democratic primary | Charles H. Williams Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 · Democratic primary | Robert L. McKee (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 · Republican primary | Dale Kelley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-73 · Democratic primary | Donald Stephenson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-73 · Republican primary | Ken Baker (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-74 · Democratic primary | Frank Lashlee (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-74 · Republican primary | Fred J. Gamlin (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-75 · Democratic primary | Ray Davis (D) | 6.7 | |
| HD-75 · Republican primary | Robert B. Lowery (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-76 · Democratic primary | Ned McWherter (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-76 · Republican primary | Bennie Castleman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-77 · Democratic primary | John Tanner (D) | 50.2 | |
| HD-78 · Democratic primary | Don E. Dills (D) | 23.8 | |
| HD-78 · Republican primary | Gerald W. Ketchum (R) | 12.7 | |
| HD-79 · Democratic primary | Floyd Crain (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-80 · Democratic primary | Robert S. Stallings (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-80 · Republican primary | Harrel M. Kee (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-81 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Naifeh (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-82 · Democratic primary | John C. Gilliland (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-82 · Republican primary | U. A. Moore (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 · Republican primary | Barry E. Sterling (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 · Democratic primary | David A. Shirley (D) | 35.9 | |
| HD-84 · Republican primary | Wendell L. Hartzog (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-85 · Democratic primary | Dedrick Withers (D) | 33.2 | |
| HD-85 · Republican primary | Larry Garrett (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-86 · Democratic primary | Emmitt Ford (D) | 48.7 | |
| HD-87 · Democratic primary | Ira H. Murphy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-88 · Democratic primary | Elbert Gill (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-88 · Republican primary | Wesley Clark Hyatt (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | Pam Gaia (D) | 23.5 | |
| HD-89 · Republican primary | James Strickland (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 · Democratic primary | John W. Spence Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 · Republican primary | Karen R. Williams (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-91 · Democratic primary | Lois Deberry (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-92 · Democratic primary | Alvin King (D) | 50.4 | |
| HD-93 · Democratic primary | Michael Kernell (D) | 14.1 | |
| HD-94 · Republican primary | R. Brad Martin (R) | 54.2 | |
| HD-95 · Democratic primary | Michael M. Beck (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 · Republican primary | Sam Young (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 · Democratic primary | Allen E. Williams (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 · Republican primary | Joe Kent (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-97 · Democratic primary | William Turner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-97 · Republican primary | W. Page Gregory (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | Harper Brewer (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-99 · Democratic primary | Harold Byrd (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-99 · Republican primary | David E. Ferguson (R) | 18.6 |
Tennessee House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner