1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Tennessee House District 49
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Mike J. Liles (R) won with 53.1% of the vote, defeating Fred Hobbs (D) by 6.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mike J. LilesRepublican · winner
53.1%5,355
Fred HobbsDemocrat · incumbent
46.9%4,721
10,076 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