1980 primaries · May 1, 1980
1980 Tennessee State Senate primary results, district by district
Every Tennessee State Senate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 · Democratic primary | Carl Moore (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 · Republican primary | Bill Ammons (R) | 17.1 | |
| SD-4 · Republican primary | Ben W. Hooper II (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 · Republican primary | Ben Atchley (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-8 · Democratic primary | F. D. Gibson III (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-8 · Republican primary | Carl Koella Jr. (R) | 16.4 | |
| SD-10 · Democratic primary | William H. Ortwein (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 · Republican primary | Gene Hunt (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 · Democratic primary | Anna Belle Obrien (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 · Republican primary | William Eugene Scandlyn (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 · Democratic primary | Ernest Crouch (D) | 1.4 | |
| SD-14 · Republican primary | Pedro A. Paz (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 · Democratic primary | John R. Rucker (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 · Republican primary | Thomas Lee Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-18 · Democratic primary | Joe L. Crockett (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-20 · Democratic primary | John Hicks (D) | 7.7 | |
| SD-20 · Republican primary | Joseph E. Ellis Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-22 · Democratic primary | Riley Darnell (D) | 26.1 | |
| SD-22 · Republican primary | Alton R. Boyd (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-24 · Democratic primary | Milton H. Hamilton Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-24 · Republican primary | Garry Lee Phillips (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 · Democratic primary | John Wilder (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 · Republican primary | Ray Bodiford (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-28 · Democratic primary | Edgar H. Gillock (D) | 7.3 | |
| SD-28 · Republican primary | Joe Crawford (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-30 · Democratic primary | James H. White (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-30 · Republican primary | Samuel L. Gentry Jr. (R) | 39.9 | |
| SD-32 · Democratic primary | Joe L. Linton (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 · Republican primary | Leonard Dunavant (R) | Unopposed |
Tennessee State Senate
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