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1988Final results

1988 election for Tennessee Senate District 30

Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee

Steve Cohen (D) won re-election with 68.6% of the vote, defeating Lynn Cobb (R) by 37.2 points.

Steve CohenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.6%28,788
Lynn CobbRepublican
31.4%13,181
41,969 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

The seat's recent races

EvenD+8.21982 specialD+37.21988

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)