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1982Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1982 election for Tennessee House District 73

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Matt Kisber (D) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Ken Baker (R) by 8.1 points.

Matt KisberDemocrat · winner
54.0%7,164
Ken BakerRepublican · incumbent
46.0%6,095
13,259 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+8.21978R+5.71980D+8.11982D+23.21986D+7.11990D+6.91992

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