1984Flipped from independentFinal results
1984 election for Tennessee House District 72
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Dan Tankersley (R) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating Billy Jack Goodrich (D) by 6.7 points.
Dan TankersleyRepublican · winner
53.3%8,484
Billy Jack GoodrichDemocrat
46.7%7,421
15,905 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)