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1984Final results

1984 election for Tennessee House District 1

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Dana Moore Patterson (D) won with 58.7% of the vote, defeating Wallace D. Pardue (R) by 17.4 points.

Dana Moore PattersonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.7%9,599
41.3%6,759
16,358 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

EvenD+27.61978D+9.01980D+13.01982D+17.41984R+14.01986R+23.11988

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