1988Final results
1988 Democratic primary for Tennessee Senate District 26
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
John Wilder (D) won with 68.6% of the vote, defeating Joe Taylor (D) by 46.9 points.
John WilderDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.6%11,422
Joe TaylorDemocrat
21.7%3,615
BoydDemocrat
9.7%1,608
16,645 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET