1990 general · November 6, 1990

1990 Tennessee election results

Every race on Tennessee's ballot in the 1990 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

Races127

Changed party17

Unopposed50%64 races

Incumbents defeated11

U.S. Senate

D 1

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Tennessee	Albert Gore (D)	37.9

D 1

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Tennessee	Ned McWherter (D)	24.9

D 6 · R 3

Race	Winner	Won by
TN-1	James Quillen (R)	Unopposed
TN-2	John J. Duncan, Jr. (R)	61.2
TN-3	Marilyn Lloyd (D)	13.7
TN-4	Jim Cooper (D)	37.8
TN-5	Robert Clement (D)	54.8
TN-6	Barton Gordon (D)	37.6
TN-7	Donald Sundquist (R)	24.0
TN-8	John Tanner (D)	Unopposed
TN-9	Harold Ford (D)	27.4

D 9 · R 8 · 4 changed party

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
SD-1	Ronnie Greer (R)	Unopposed
SD-3	Dewey E. Crowe (D)	24.7	Flipped
SD-5	Randy McNally (R)	4.8
SD-7	Clyde Coulter Gilbert (R)	13.6	FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-9	Lou Patten (R)	Unopposed
SD-11	Ray Albright (R)	Unopposed
SD-13	Foster E. Elsea (R)	31.2	FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-15	Tommy Burks (D)	Unopposed
SD-17	Robert T. Rochelle (D)	50.1
SD-19	Thelma Harper (D)	76.6
SD-21	Douglas Henry Jr. (D)	Unopposed
SD-23	Keith Jordan (R)	4.7	Flipped
SD-25	Kenneth N. Springer (D)	47.4
SD-27	Joe McKnight (D)	0.1
SD-29	John Ford (D)	65.2
SD-31	Curtis Person Jr. (R)	Unopposed
SD-33	Edward Davis (D)	75.6

D 57 · R 42 · 13 changed party