1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1990 election for Tennessee Senate District 3
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Dewey E. Crowe (D) won with 62.3% of the vote, defeating Robert L. King (R) by 24.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dewey E. CroweDemocrat · winner
62.3%14,213
Robert L. KingRepublican
37.7%8,584
22,797 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