1988Final results
1988 election for Tennessee House District 72
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Bill Sipes (R) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Hugh H. Harvey Jr. (D) by 4.0 points.
Bill SipesRepublican · winner
52.0%8,739
Hugh H. Harvey Jr.Democrat
48.0%8,065
16,804 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