1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Tennessee House District 56
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Beth Harwellhaltman (R) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Jan Bushing (D) by 4.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Beth HarwellhaltmanRepublican · winner
52.4%10,100
Jan BushingDemocrat · incumbent
47.5%9,156
19,259 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET