1980Final results
1980 Republican primary for Tennessee Senate District 2
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Bill Ammons (R) won with 58.5% of the vote, defeating Howard Bledsoe (R) by 17.1 points.
Bill AmmonsRepublican · winner
58.5%4,489
Howard BledsoeRepublican
41.5%3,181
7,670 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET