1984Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsSpecial election
1984 special election for Tennessee Senate District 7
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Bill Owen (D) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating Earl Sharp (R) by 9.8 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Bill OwenDemocrat · winner
54.9%25,654
Earl SharpRepublican
45.1%21,088
46,743 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)