1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1990 election for Tennessee House District 3
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Richard Venable (R) won with 52.2% of the vote, defeating J. Allan Hendrickson (D) by 4.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Richard VenableRepublican · winner
52.2%4,894
J. Allan HendricksonDemocrat
47.8%4,483
9,377 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 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET