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1982Final results

1982 election for Tennessee House District 18

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Bill Owen (D) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Larry W. Cash (R) by 8.7 points.

Bill OwenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.3%7,444
Larry W. CashRepublican
45.7%6,254
13,698 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1982

Races before and after

EvenR+14.11976R+2.01978D+5.11980D+8.71982R+45.01986R+41.61994

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET