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1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1988 election for Tennessee House District 45

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Randall Hugh Stamps (R) won with 55.2% of the vote, defeating Jack A. Long (D) by 14.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Randall Hugh StampsRepublican · winner
55.2%10,807
Jack A. LongDemocrat · incumbent
40.5%7,923
Jack BurnettIndependent
4.3%850
19,581 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 1988

Races before and after

EvenR+8.41982R+6.41984D+3.51986R+14.71988R+30.71990R+20.41992

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates

Randall Hugh Stamps (R)Jack A. Long (D)

Also on the ballot: Jack Burnett (Independent), 4.3%