1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Tennessee House District 1
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Jim Holcomb (R) won with 55.5% of the vote, defeating Dana Moore Patterson (D) by 14.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim HolcombRepublican · winner
55.5%6,759
Dana Moore PattersonDemocrat · incumbent
41.5%5,059
Thomas S. CuthillIndependent
2.9%358
12,176 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 1986
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET