1986 primaries · May 1, 1986
1986 Tennessee House of Representatives primary results, district by district
Every Tennessee House of Representatives district in the 1986 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | Dana Moore Patterson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-1 · Republican primary | Jim Holcomb (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-2 · Republican primary | Ruth Montgomery (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-3 · Democratic primary | Ralph Yelton (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-3 · Republican primary | Robert W. Miller (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-4 · Republican primary | Barton Hawkins (R) | 41.8 | |
| HD-5 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-5 · Republican primary | Zane C. Whitson Jr. (R) | 43.3 | |
| HD-6 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-6 · Republican primary | Ruth Robinson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 · Democratic primary | Dewey E. Crowe (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 · Republican primary | Robert Good (R) | 9.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-8 · Republican primary | Joe L. Bewley (R) | 30.4 | |
| HD-9 · Republican primary | Bruce Hurley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | Mike Bowlin (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-10 · Republican primary | Edward H. Moody (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 · Republican primary | Ronnie Davis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-12 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-12 · Republican primary | Larry Huskey (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Ted Miller (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 · Republican primary | Joe May (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | Charles A. Frazier (D) | 4.0 | |
| HD-15 · Republican primary | Charles Drew (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 · Republican primary | Charles M. Severance (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-17 · Republican primary | Paul Scruggs (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | Lester R. Kefauver III (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-18 · Republican primary | Maria Peroulas (R) | 53.1 | |
| HD-19 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-19 · Republican primary | Jimmy Kyle Davis (R) | 16.3 | |
| HD-20 · Democratic primary | Charles Amos (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20 · Republican primary | Arthur M. Swann (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | Edwin T. Smith (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-21 · Republican primary | M. F. Stafford (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | Jackie Callaway (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Republican primary | Bob Harrill (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Republican primary | Clyde Webb (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | Steve D. Bivens (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | Jeff Wallace (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Republican primary | Shirley Duer (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Republican primary | Bobby Wood (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 · Republican primary | Bill McAfee (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | Clarence Robinson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Brenda K. Turner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 · Republican primary | G. Oliver Scroggins (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-30 · Democratic primary | Lynn C. Roe (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-30 · Republican primary | David Copeland (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | Paul Starnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | Ruby Luckey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 · Republican primary | James M. Henry (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | Jo Ann Garrett (D) | 16.0 | |
| HD-33 · Republican primary | David L. Coffey (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | Thomas C. Wheeler (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Republican primary | Michael Williams (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 · Republican primary | Lynn G. Lawson (R) | 8.6 | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | Jerry Cross (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-36 · Republican primary | James Charles Neely (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | Shelby Rhinehart (D) | 24.5 | |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | Leslie Winningham (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | Ed Murray (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-39 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-40 · Democratic primary | Frank Buck (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-41 · Democratic primary | S. Thomas Burnett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-42 · Democratic primary | Jerry Jared (D) | 37.9 | |
| HD-43 · Democratic primary | Ivory Hillis Jr. (D) | 40.0 | |
| HD-44 · Democratic primary | Mayo Wix (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-45 · Democratic primary | Jack A. Long (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-45 · Republican primary | Ray Clark (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-46 · Democratic primary | Joe Bell (D) | 33.5 | |
| HD-46 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-47 · Democratic primary | Lane Curlee (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48 · Democratic primary | John Bragg (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-49 · Democratic primary | Fred Hobbs (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-49 · Republican primary | Jean Hurt (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-50 · Democratic primary | Tim Garrett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-51 · Democratic primary | Charles R. Robinson (D) | 73.9 | |
| HD-52 · Democratic primary | William P. Purcell III (D) | 4.3 | |
| HD-53 · Democratic primary | Victor Ellis (D) | 11.8 | |
| HD-53 · Republican primary | Byron V. Bush (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-54 · Democratic primary | Harold Love (D) | 48.0 | |
| HD-54 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-55 · Democratic primary | Gary Odom (D) | 1.0 | |
| HD-55 · Republican primary | Connie Sue Gibson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-56 · Democratic primary | Jan Bushing (D) | 24.4 | |
| HD-56 · Republican primary | Beth Harwellhaltman (R) | 21.4 | |
| HD-57 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-57 · Republican primary | John Chiles Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-58 · Democratic primary | Mary Pruitt (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-59 · Democratic primary | Dick Clark (D) | 22.9 | |
| HD-59 · Republican primary | Nathan Wilson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-60 · Democratic primary | Ben West Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-60 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-61 · Republican primary | Cliff Frensley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | Clarence Phillips (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-63 · Democratic primary | L. H. Ivy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-64 · Democratic primary | J. B. Napier (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-65 · Democratic primary | C. E. Depreist (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | Eugene Davidson (D) | 27.4 | |
| HD-66 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-67 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-67 · Republican primary | David Ussery (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-68 · Democratic primary | Tommy Head (D) | 20.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-68 · Republican primary | Demetria G. Boyd (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-69 · Democratic primary | Doug Jackson (D) | 17.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-69 · Republican primary | Grady Mitchell (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-70 · Democratic primary | Calvin Moore (D) | 28.3 | |
| HD-70 · Republican primary | Herb Magee (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 · Republican primary | Herman Wolfe (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 · Democratic primary | O. Ralph Smith (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 · Republican primary | Dan Tankersley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-73 · Democratic primary | Matt Kisber (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-73 · Republican primary | Elizabeth T. Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-74 · Democratic primary | William H. Collier (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-74 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-75 · Democratic primary | L. Don Ridgeway (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-76 · Democratic primary | Roy B. Herron (D) | 33.3 | |
| HD-76 · Republican primary | Roy L. Auvenshine (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-77 · Democratic primary | John Tanner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-77 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-78 · Democratic primary | Harold Holt (D) | 24.2 | |
| HD-79 · Democratic primary | Ray Davis (D) | 34.8 | |
| HD-80 · Democratic primary | Robert S. Stallings (D) | 21.0 | |
| HD-81 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Naifeh (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-82 · Democratic primary | Floyd Crain (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 · Republican primary | Joe Kent (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 · Democratic primary | David A. Shirley (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 · Republican primary | Herbert J. Lane (R) | 0.2 | |
| HD-85 · Democratic primary | Larry Turner (D) | 2.1 | |
| HD-85 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-86 · Democratic primary | Rufus Jones (D) | 59.3 | |
| HD-86 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-87 · Democratic primary | Roscoe Dixon (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-87 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-88 · Democratic primary | Guy Cain (D) | 9.0 | |
| HD-88 · Republican primary | Chris T. Ellis (R) | 2.4 | |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | Pam Gaia (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 · Republican primary | Albert R. Wilson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 · Democratic primary | Clayton P. Elam (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 · Republican primary | Karen R. Williams (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-91 · Democratic primary | Lois Deberry (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-91 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-92 · Democratic primary | Alvin King (D) | 66.1 | |
| HD-92 · Republican primary | Oscar G. Vanhooser (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-93 · Democratic primary | Michael Kernell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-93 · Republican primary | Sherry Boyer (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-94 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-94 · Republican primary | W. A. Nance (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 · Democratic primary | Harold Thompson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 · Republican primary | U. A. Moore (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 · Republican primary | Joyce Hassell (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-97 · Democratic primary | William Turner (D) | 63.5 | |
| HD-97 · Republican primary | Peggy Sonnenburg (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | Ulysses Jones Jr. (D) | 19.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-98 · Republican primary | Rick Robinson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-99 · Democratic primary | Dan R. Byrd (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-99 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | 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