1982 primaries · May 1, 1982
1982 Tennessee House of Representatives primary results, district by district
Every Tennessee House of Representatives district in the 1982 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | Dana Moore Patterson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-1 · Republican primary | Harold D. Necessary (R) | 3.4 | |
| HD-2 · Republican primary | Ruth Montgomery (R) | 52.2 | |
| HD-3 · Democratic primary | Ralph Yelton (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-3 · Republican primary | Don F. Mason Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-4 · Republican primary | Frank Percy (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-5 · Republican primary | Zane C. Whitson Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-6 · Democratic primary | James Brooks (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-6 · Republican primary | Ruth Robinson (R) | 21.7 | |
| HD-7 · Republican primary | Robert L. King (R) | 54.8 | |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-8 · Republican primary | Joe L. Bewley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-9 · Republican primary | Bruce Hurley (R) | 13.2 | |
| HD-10 · Republican primary | J. B. Shockley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 · Republican primary | Nathan Ford (R) | 9.5 | |
| HD-12 · Republican primary | Larry Huskey (R) | 13.6 | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Ted Miller (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | Byron Stover (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 · Republican primary | James Charles Hudson III (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | Charles Drew (D) | 4.8 | |
| HD-15 · Republican primary | Raleigh Wynn Jr. (R) | 9.4 | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | Mark Cawood (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 · Republican primary | Charles M. Severance (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-17 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-17 · Republican primary | Paul Scruggs (R) | 70.8 | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | Bill Owen (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-18 · Republican primary | Larry W. Cash (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-19 · Republican primary | Loy Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20 · Democratic primary | Roy S. Merritt (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20 · Republican primary | W. Townsend Anderson (R) | 5.5 | |
| HD-21 · Republican primary | M. F. Stafford (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | Truman Tucker (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Republican primary | Bob Harrill (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Republican primary | Clyde Webb (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | Steve D. Bivens (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 · Republican primary | Margaret Gilliland (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | Wendell Brown (D) | 0.3 | |
| HD-25 · Republican primary | Foster E. Elsea (R) | 31.6 | |
| HD-26 · Republican primary | Bobby Wood (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 · Republican primary | Bill McAfee (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | Clarence Robinson (D) | 50.5 | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Robert Davis (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-30 · Republican primary | David Copeland (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | Paul Starnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 · Republican primary | James M. Henry (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 · Republican primary | Randy McNally (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | Thomas C. Wheeler (D) | 49.1 | |
| HD-34 · Republican primary | Earl Branum (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 · Republican primary | Bill Atchley (R) | 4.6 | |
| HD-36 · Republican primary | Dennis Mike Robertson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | Shelby Rhinehart (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | Lincoln Davis (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | A. F. Barone (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-39 · Republican primary | Shirley Duer (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-40 · Democratic primary | Frank Buck (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-41 · Democratic primary | S. Thomas Burnett (D) | 23.4 | |
| HD-42 · Democratic primary | Jerry Jared (D) | 47.0 | |
| HD-43 · Democratic primary | Ivory Hillis Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-44 · Democratic primary | Mayo Wix (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-45 · Democratic primary | John R. Bradley (D) | 7.8 | |
| HD-45 · Republican primary | Ray Clark (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-46 · Democratic primary | Joe Bell (D) | 49.7 | |
| HD-47 · Democratic primary | Rabon W. Johnson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48 · Democratic primary | John Bragg (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-49 · Democratic primary | Ed Murray (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-50 · Democratic primary | James R. McKinney (D) | 7.6 | |
| HD-51 · Democratic primary | Charles R. Robinson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-52 · Democratic primary | Bill Covington (D) | 85.9 | |
| HD-53 · Democratic primary | Victor Ellis (D) | 11.6 | |
| HD-54 · Democratic primary | Harold Love (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-55 · Democratic primary | Michael Murphy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-55 · Republican primary | John Stiltz (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-56 · Democratic primary | Steve Cobb (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57 · Republican primary | John Chiles Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-58 · Democratic primary | Charles W. Pruitt (D) | 22.3 | |
| HD-59 · Democratic primary | Dick Clark (D) | 42.2 | |
| HD-59 · Republican primary | Patrick K. Hales (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-60 · Democratic primary | Elmer W. Dispayne (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-60 · Republican primary | Betty Cannon (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-61 · Democratic primary | Mary Clinard (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-61 · Republican primary | Cliff Frensley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | Clarence Phillips (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-63 · Democratic primary | Martin Sir (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-64 · Democratic primary | J. B. Napier (D) | 16.4 | |
| HD-65 · Democratic primary | C. E. Depreist (D) | 13.9 | |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | Eugene Davidson (D) | 72.0 | |
| HD-67 · Democratic primary | H. W. Smith (D) | 38.9 | |
| HD-67 · Republican primary | David Ussery (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-68 · Democratic primary | Roscoe Pickering (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-68 · Republican primary | Donald B. Corlew (R) | 3.5 | |
| HD-69 · Democratic primary | Walter Work (D) | 55.2 | |
| HD-70 · Democratic primary | Robert V. Gafford (D) | 3.1 | |
| HD-70 · Republican primary | James A. Darden (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 · Democratic primary | Tony E. Neill (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 · Republican primary | Herman Wolfe (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-73 · Democratic primary | Matt Kisber (D) | 1.9 | |
| HD-73 · Republican primary | Ken Baker (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-74 · Democratic primary | William C. Herndon Jr. (D) | 1.5 | |
| HD-75 · Republican primary | Dale Kelley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-76 · Democratic primary | Ned McWherter (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-77 · Democratic primary | John Tanner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-78 · Democratic primary | Don E. Dills (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-79 · Democratic primary | Ray Davis (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-80 · Democratic primary | Robert S. Stallings (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-81 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Naifeh (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-82 · Democratic primary | Floyd Crain (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 · Democratic primary | Brian Fitzgerald Dwyer (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 · Republican primary | Joe Kent (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 · Democratic primary | David A. Shirley (D) | 28.8 | |
| HD-84 · Republican primary | John Redick (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-85 · Democratic primary | Dedrick Withers (D) | 73.4 | |
| HD-86 · Democratic primary | Rufus Jones (D) | 57.6 | |
| HD-87 · Democratic primary | Roscoe Dixon (D) | 36.9 | |
| HD-87 · Republican primary | Maurice E. Franklin (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-88 · Democratic primary | Elbert Gill (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | Pam Gaia (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 · Republican primary | Rick Robinson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 · Democratic primary | John W. Spence Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 · Republican primary | Karen R. Williams (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-91 · Democratic primary | Lois Deberry (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-92 · Democratic primary | Alvin King (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-93 · Democratic primary | Michael Kernell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-93 · Republican primary | Jim McGarrh (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-94 · Republican primary | W. A. Nance (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 · Republican primary | U. A. Moore (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 · Republican primary | Joyce Hassell (R) | 15.5 | |
| HD-97 · Democratic primary | William Turner (D) | 13.4 | |
| HD-97 · Republican primary | Ben B. Kemker (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | Harper Brewer (D) | 57.3 | |
| HD-99 · Democratic primary | Dan R. Byrd (D) | 33.1 | |
| HD-99 · Republican primary | Tommy R. Young (R) | Unopposed |
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