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1982 general · November 2, 1982

1982 Tennessee House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Tennessee House of Representatives district in the 1982 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 99 seats

After the electionD 60 · R 38 · 1 other
Races99
Changed party0
Unopposed65%64 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 60 · R 38 · Other 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Dana Moore Patterson (D)13.0
HD-2Ruth Montgomery (R)Unopposed
HD-3Ralph Yelton (D)24.5
HD-4Frank Percy (R)Unopposed
HD-5Zane C. Whitson Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-6Ruth Robinson (R)33.4
HD-7Robert L. King (R)Unopposed
HD-8Joe L. Bewley (R)Unopposed
HD-9Bruce Hurley (R)Unopposed
HD-10J. B. Shockley (R)Unopposed
HD-11Nathan Ford (R)Unopposed
HD-12Larry Huskey (R)Unopposed
HD-13Ted Miller (D)Unopposed
HD-14James Charles Hudson III (R)54.5
HD-15Charles Drew (D)26.6
HD-16Charles M. Severance (R)18.7
HD-17Paul Scruggs (R)Unopposed
HD-18Bill Owen (D)8.7
HD-19Loy Smith (R)Unopposed
HD-20W. Townsend Anderson (R)42.8
HD-21M. F. Stafford (R)Unopposed
HD-22Bob Harrill (R)10.0
HD-23Clyde Webb (R)Unopposed
HD-24Steve D. Bivens (D)44.5
HD-25Foster E. Elsea (R)5.1
HD-26Bobby Wood (R)Unopposed
HD-27Bill McAfee (R)Unopposed
HD-28Clarence Robinson (D)Unopposed
HD-29Robert Davis (D)Unopposed
HD-30David Copeland (R)Unopposed
HD-31Paul Starnes (D)Unopposed
HD-32James M. Henry (R)Unopposed
HD-33Randy McNally (R)Unopposed
HD-34Thomas C. Wheeler (D)36.9
HD-35Bill Atchley (R)48.5
HD-36Dennis Mike Robertson (R)Unopposed
HD-37Shelby Rhinehart (D)Unopposed
HD-38Lincoln Davis (D)Unopposed
HD-39Shirley Duer (R)24.9
HD-40Frank Buck (D)82.7
HD-41S. Thomas Burnett (D)Unopposed
HD-42Jerry Jared (D)Unopposed
HD-43Ivory Hillis Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-44Mayo Wix (D)Unopposed
HD-45Ray Clark (R)8.4
HD-46Joe Bell (D)Unopposed
HD-47Rabon W. Johnson (D)Unopposed
HD-48John Bragg (D)Unopposed
HD-49Ed Murray (D)Unopposed
HD-50James R. McKinney (D)Unopposed
HD-51Charles R. Robinson (D)Unopposed
HD-52Bill Covington (D)Unopposed
HD-53Victor Ellis (D)Unopposed
HD-54Harold Love (D)Unopposed
HD-55Michael Murphy (D)47.0
HD-56Steve Cobb (D)Unopposed
HD-57John Chiles Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-58Charles W. Pruitt (D)83.0
HD-59Dick Clark (D)57.4
HD-60Elmer W. Dispayne (D)7.5
HD-61Cliff Frensley (R)18.9
HD-62Clarence Phillips (D)Unopposed
HD-63Martin Sir (D)Unopposed
HD-64J. B. Napier (D)57.4
HD-65C. E. Depreist (D)Unopposed
HD-66Eugene Davidson (D)Unopposed
HD-67David Ussery (R)12.5
HD-68Roscoe Pickering (D)40.5
HD-69Walter Work (D)Unopposed
HD-70Robert V. Gafford (D)20.0
HD-71Herman Wolfe (R)16.7
HD-72James H. Wallace Jr. (IND)Unopposed
HD-73Matt Kisber (D)8.1Incumbent lost
HD-74William C. Herndon Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-75Dale Kelley (R)Unopposed
HD-76Ned McWherter (D)Unopposed
HD-77John Tanner (D)Unopposed
HD-78Don E. Dills (D)Unopposed
HD-79Ray Davis (D)Unopposed
HD-80Robert S. Stallings (D)Unopposed
HD-81Jimmy Naifeh (D)Unopposed
HD-82Floyd Crain (D)Unopposed
HD-83Joe Kent (R)53.9
HD-84David A. Shirley (D)18.0
HD-85Dedrick Withers (D)Unopposed
HD-86Rufus Jones (D)Unopposed
HD-87Roscoe Dixon (D)42.1
HD-88Elbert Gill (D)Unopposed
HD-89Pam Gaia (D)54.7
HD-90Karen R. Williams (R)0.5Incumbent lost
HD-91Lois Deberry (D)Unopposed
HD-92Alvin King (D)Unopposed
HD-93Michael Kernell (D)30.7
HD-94W. A. Nance (R)Unopposed
HD-95U. A. Moore (R)Unopposed
HD-96Joyce Hassell (R)Unopposed
HD-97William Turner (D)39.9
HD-98Harper Brewer (D)Unopposed
HD-99Dan R. Byrd (D)3.2

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