1988 primaries · March 1, 1988
1988 Tennessee House of Representatives primary results, district by district
Every Tennessee House of Representatives district in the 1988 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | Raymond Morrell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-1 · Republican primary | Jim Holcomb (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-2 · Democratic primary | Rita C. Groseclose (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-2 · Republican primary | Alan R. Hubbard (R) | 15.4 | |
| HD-3 · Democratic primary | Ralph Yelton (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-4 · Republican primary | Barton Hawkins (R) | 26.2 | |
| HD-5 · Republican primary | Zane C. Whitson Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-6 · Republican primary | Ruth Robinson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 · Republican primary | Robert Good (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | Kidwell King (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-8 · Republican primary | Tommy G. Haun (R) | 7.7 | |
| HD-9 · Democratic primary | Ken Givens (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-9 · Republican primary | Bruce Hurley (R) | 32.5 | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | Gary R. Johnson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-10 · Republican primary | Edward H. Moody (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 · Republican primary | Ronnie Davis (R) | 20.4 | |
| HD-12 · Republican primary | Larry Huskey (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Ted Miller (D) | 71.5 | |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | Carl S. Lovelace (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 · Republican primary | Harley Earnest Bittle Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | Joseph E. Armstrong (D) | 53.6 | |
| HD-15 · Republican primary | Charles Drew (R) | 3.4 | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | R. C. Herrell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 · Republican primary | Charles M. Severance (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-17 · Democratic primary | Bill Hays (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-17 · Republican primary | Paul Scruggs (R) | 77.4 | |
| HD-18 · Republican primary | Maria Peroulas (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-19 · Republican primary | Jimmy Kyle Davis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20 · Republican primary | W. Townsend Anderson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | Timothy J. Denton (D) | 0.7 | |
| HD-21 · Republican primary | Douglas E. Gunnels (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | Jackie Callaway (D) | 64.4 | |
| HD-22 · Republican primary | Bob Harrill (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Republican primary | Clyde Webb (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | Steve D. Bivens (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Republican primary | Shirley Duer (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | Grady Daverson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Republican primary | Bobby Wood (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 · Democratic primary | Bill Dickerson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 · Republican primary | Bill McAfee (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | Clarence Robinson (D) | 46.8 | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Brenda K. Turner (D) | 40.0 | |
| HD-30 · Republican primary | David Copeland (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | Paul Starnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Republican primary | Helen Hardin (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 · Republican primary | James M. Henry (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 · Republican primary | David L. Coffey (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | Thomas C. Wheeler (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 · Democratic primary | Sam Nicholson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 · Republican primary | Frank S. Niceley (R) | 6.4 | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | Jerry Cross (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | Shelby Rhinehart (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | Leslie Winningham (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | Ed Murray (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-40 · Democratic primary | Frank Buck (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-41 · Democratic primary | S. Thomas Burnett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-42 · Democratic primary | Oplis Walker (D) | 31.5 | |
| HD-42 · Republican primary | Dwight Henry (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-43 · Democratic primary | Ivory Hillis Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-44 · Democratic primary | Mayo Wix (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-45 · Democratic primary | Jack A. Long (D) | 4.0 | |
| HD-45 · Republican primary | Randall Hugh Stamps (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-46 · Democratic primary | Joe Bell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-47 · Democratic primary | Lane Curlee (D) | 33.1 | |
| HD-47 · Republican primary | Randy Lowry (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48 · Democratic primary | John Bragg (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48 · Republican primary | John Pullias (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-49 · Democratic primary | Fred Hobbs (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-50 · Democratic primary | Tim Garrett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-51 · Democratic primary | Charles R. Robinson (D) | 61.9 | |
| HD-52 · Democratic primary | William P. Purcell III (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-53 · Democratic primary | Victor Ellis (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-54 · Democratic primary | Harold Love (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-55 · Democratic primary | Gary Odom (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-56 · Democratic primary | Jan Bushing (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-56 · Republican primary | Beth Harwellhaltman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57 · Republican primary | John Chiles Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-58 · Democratic primary | Mary Pruitt (D) | 69.3 | |
| HD-59 · Democratic primary | Dick Clark (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-60 · Democratic primary | Ben West Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-61 · Democratic primary | Pat Landham (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-61 · Republican primary | Clint Callicott (R) | 20.8 | |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | Clarence Phillips (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-63 · Democratic primary | Terry E. Broadway (D) | 56.4 | |
| HD-63 · Republican primary | Steve McDaniel (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-64 · Democratic primary | J. B. Napier (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-65 · Democratic primary | C. E. Depreist (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | Eugene Davidson (D) | 28.2 | |
| HD-67 · Republican primary | David Ussery (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-68 · Democratic primary | Tommy Head (D) | 77.6 | |
| HD-69 · Democratic primary | Doug Jackson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-70 · Democratic primary | Calvin Moore (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 · Democratic primary | W. J. Reynolds (D) | 67.8 | |
| HD-71 · Republican primary | Herman Wolfe (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 · Democratic primary | Hugh H. Harvey Jr. (D) | 47.9 | |
| HD-72 · Republican primary | Bill Sipes (R) | 17.1 | |
| HD-73 · Democratic primary | Matt Kisber (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-74 · Democratic primary | William H. Collier (D) | 36.0 | |
| HD-75 · Democratic primary | L. Don Ridgeway (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-76 · Democratic primary | Roy B. Herron (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-77 · Democratic primary | Phillip Pinion (D) | 15.4 | |
| HD-78 · Democratic primary | Harold Holt (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-79 · Democratic primary | Ray Davis (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-80 · Democratic primary | Robert S. Stallings (D) | 24.9 | |
| HD-81 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Naifeh (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-82 · Democratic primary | Floyd Crain (D) | 46.7 | |
| HD-83 · Republican primary | Joe Kent (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 · Democratic primary | David A. Shirley (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 · Republican primary | Carmen Osenbaugh (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-85 · Democratic primary | Larry Turner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-86 · Democratic primary | Rufus Jones (D) | 46.0 | |
| HD-87 · Democratic primary | Roscoe Dixon (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-88 · Democratic primary | Guy Cain (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | Pam Gaia (D) | 49.4 | |
| HD-89 · Republican primary | Kevin Pfannes (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 · Democratic primary | David W. Upton (D) | 29.0 | |
| HD-90 · Republican primary | Karen R. Williams (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-91 · Democratic primary | Lois Deberry (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-92 · Democratic primary | Alvin King (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-93 · Democratic primary | Michael Kernell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-94 · Democratic primary | David L. Hale (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-94 · Republican primary | Richard H. Nuber (R) | 12.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-95 · Democratic primary | Paul V. Stoddard (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 · Republican primary | U. A. Moore (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 · Democratic primary | Don McCune Jr. (D) | 5.2 | |
| HD-96 · Republican primary | Joyce Hassell (R) | 62.4 | |
| HD-97 · Democratic primary | William Turner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-97 · Republican primary | Charles Powell (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | Ulysses Jones Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-98 · Republican primary | Ben Watts (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-99 · Democratic primary | Dan R. Byrd (D) | Unopposed |
Tennessee House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner