1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Tennessee House District 9
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Ken Givens (D) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Bruce Hurley (R) by 7.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Ken GivensDemocrat · winner
53.8%8,676
Bruce HurleyRepublican · incumbent
46.2%7,459
16,136 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