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1989Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1989 runoff for Tennessee House District 13

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Joe R. Burchfield (R) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Ted Miller (D) by 5.1 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

Joe R. BurchfieldRepublican · winner
52.5%2,082
Ted MillerDemocrat · incumbent
47.5%1,880
3,962 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 1989

Races before and after

EvenD+71.31989 special electionR+5.11989 runoffD+32.91990

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