1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1990 election for Tennessee House District 71
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Randy Rinks (D) won with 52.6% of the vote, defeating H. J. Maxedon (R) by 5.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Randy RinksDemocrat · winner
52.6%5,714
H. J. MaxedonRepublican
47.4%5,141
10,855 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