1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Tennessee Senate District 7
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Clyde Coulter Gilbert (R) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Bill Owen (D) by 13.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Clyde Coulter GilbertRepublican · winner
54.7%12,813
Bill OwenDemocrat · incumbent
41.1%9,619
Joyce H. DrewIndependent
4.2%988
23,420 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