1988Final results

1988 Republican primary for Tennessee House District 72

Name: 1988 Republican primary for Tennessee House District 72
Start: 1988-08-01
Location: Tennessee

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Bill Sipes (R) won with 58.5% of the vote, defeating Rice (R) by 17.1 points.

Bill SipesRepublican · winner

58.5%1,450

RiceRepublican

41.5%1,027

2,477 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET