1982 general · November 2, 1982
1982 Tennessee election results
Every race on Tennessee's ballot in the 1982 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races128
Changed party0
Unopposed60%77 races
Incumbents defeated2
U.S. Senate
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | James Sasser (D) | 23.9 |
Governors
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | Lamar Alexander (R) | 19.1 |
U.S. House
D 6 · R 3
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN-1 | James Quillen (R) | 51.2 | |
| TN-2 | John J. Duncan, Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| TN-3 | Marilyn Lloyd Bouquard (D) | 25.5 | |
| TN-4 | Jim Cooper (D) | 32.3 | |
| TN-5 | Bill Boner (D) | 60.3 | |
| TN-6 | Albert Gore (D) | Unopposed | |
| TN-7 | Donald Sundquist (R) | 1.0 | |
| TN-8 | Ed Jones (D) | 49.7 | |
| TN-9 | Harold Ford (D) | 46.1 |
Tennessee State Senate
D 11 · R 7
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Robert O. Burleson (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Thomas J. Garland (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | James Elkins (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | Victor Ashe (R) | 34.6 | |
| SD-9 | Ben Longley (R) | 13.3 | |
| SD-11 | Ray Albright (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | Jim Lewis (D) | 1.5 | |
| SD-15 | Tommy Burks (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-17 | Robert T. Rochelle (D) | 36.2 | |
| SD-19 | Avon Williams (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 | Douglas Henry Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-23 | William A. Richardson Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-25 | Frank Lashlee (D) | 4.6 | |
| SD-27 | Lowell Thomas (D) | 34.5 | |
| SD-29 | John Ford (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-30 | Steve Cohen (D) | 8.2 | |
| SD-31 | Curtis Person Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-33 | Edward Davis (D) | Unopposed |
Tennessee House of Representatives
D 60 · R 38 · Other 1
Tennessee
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab