1984Final results
1984 election for Tennessee House District 42
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Jerry Jared (D) won with 79.5% of the vote, defeating Joe Dyer (Ind) by 59.0 points.
Jerry JaredDemocrat · winner · incumbent
79.5%9,417
Joe DyerIndependent
20.5%2,431
11,849 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET