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1986 general · November 4, 1986

1986 Tennessee House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Tennessee House of Representatives district in the 1986 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 99 seats

After the electionD 61 · R 38
Races99
Changed party3
Unopposed60%59 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 61 · R 38

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Jim Holcomb (R)14.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-2Ruth Montgomery (R)Unopposed
HD-3Ralph Yelton (D)30.5
HD-4Barton Hawkins (R)Unopposed
HD-5Zane C. Whitson Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-6Ruth Robinson (R)Unopposed
HD-7Robert Good (R)7.7
HD-8Joe L. Bewley (R)Unopposed
HD-9Bruce Hurley (R)Unopposed
HD-10Edward H. Moody (R)2.0
HD-11Ronnie Davis (R)Unopposed
HD-12Larry Huskey (R)Unopposed
HD-13Ted Miller (D)Unopposed
HD-14Joe May (R)Unopposed
HD-15Charles Drew (R)7.2Flipped
HD-16Charles M. Severance (R)Unopposed
HD-17Paul Scruggs (R)Unopposed
HD-18Maria Peroulas (R)45.0
HD-19Jimmy Kyle Davis (R)Unopposed
HD-20Arthur M. Swann (R)43.4
HD-21M. F. Stafford (R)7.5
HD-22Bob Harrill (R)4.5
HD-23Clyde Webb (R)Unopposed
HD-24Steve D. Bivens (D)Unopposed
HD-25Shirley Duer (R)37.5
HD-26Bobby Wood (R)Unopposed
HD-27Bill McAfee (R)Unopposed
HD-28Clarence Robinson (D)Unopposed
HD-29Brenda K. Turner (D)35.8
HD-30David Copeland (R)40.0
HD-31Paul Starnes (D)Unopposed
HD-32James M. Henry (R)29.2
HD-33David L. Coffey (R)2.0
HD-34Thomas C. Wheeler (D)26.8
HD-35Lynn G. Lawson (R)Unopposed
HD-36Jerry Cross (D)12.9
HD-37Shelby Rhinehart (D)Unopposed
HD-38Leslie Winningham (D)Unopposed
HD-39Ed Murray (D)Unopposed
HD-40Frank Buck (D)Unopposed
HD-41S. Thomas Burnett (D)Unopposed
HD-42Jerry Jared (D)Unopposed
HD-43Ivory Hillis Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-44Mayo Wix (D)Unopposed
HD-45Jack A. Long (D)3.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-46Joe Bell (D)Unopposed
HD-47Lane Curlee (D)Unopposed
HD-48John Bragg (D)Unopposed
HD-49Fred Hobbs (D)23.9
HD-50Tim Garrett (D)Unopposed
HD-51Charles R. Robinson (D)Unopposed
HD-52William P. Purcell III (D)79.0
HD-53Victor Ellis (D)34.9
HD-54Harold Love (D)92.5
HD-55Gary Odom (D)28.7
HD-56Jan Bushing (D)0.4
HD-57John Chiles Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-58Mary Pruitt (D)Unopposed
HD-59Dick Clark (D)20.1
HD-60Ben West Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-61Cliff Frensley (R)Unopposed
HD-62Clarence Phillips (D)Unopposed
HD-63L. H. Ivy (D)Unopposed
HD-64J. B. Napier (D)Unopposed
HD-65C. E. Depreist (D)Unopposed
HD-66Eugene Davidson (D)Unopposed
HD-67David Ussery (R)Unopposed
HD-68Tommy Head (D)50.3
HD-69Doug Jackson (D)44.2
HD-70Calvin Moore (D)44.0
HD-71Herman Wolfe (R)Unopposed
HD-72Dan Tankersley (R)7.0
HD-73Matt Kisber (D)23.2
HD-74William H. Collier (D)Unopposed
HD-75L. Don Ridgeway (D)Unopposed
HD-76Roy B. Herron (D)20.0
HD-77John Tanner (D)Unopposed
HD-78Harold Holt (D)83.2
HD-79Ray Davis (D)Unopposed
HD-80Robert S. Stallings (D)Unopposed
HD-81Jimmy Naifeh (D)Unopposed
HD-82Floyd Crain (D)Unopposed
HD-83Joe Kent (R)Unopposed
HD-84David A. Shirley (D)23.2
HD-85Larry Turner (D)Unopposed
HD-86Rufus Jones (D)Unopposed
HD-87Roscoe Dixon (D)Unopposed
HD-88Guy Cain (D)38.1
HD-89Pam Gaia (D)45.2
HD-90Karen R. Williams (R)32.6
HD-91Lois Deberry (D)Unopposed
HD-92Alvin King (D)77.7
HD-93Michael Kernell (D)44.2
HD-94W. A. Nance (R)Unopposed
HD-95U. A. Moore (R)47.2
HD-96Joyce Hassell (R)Unopposed
HD-97William Turner (D)17.6
HD-98Ulysses Jones Jr. (D)65.3
HD-99Dan R. Byrd (D)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