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1992Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1992 election for Tennessee House District 17

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Wayne Ritchie (D) won with 59.4% of the vote, defeating Ray Hill (R) by 18.7 points.

Wayne RitchieDemocrat · winner
59.4%12,741
Ray HillRepublican · incumbent
40.6%8,718
21,459 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 1992

Races before and after

EvenR+38.71988R+19.31990D+18.71992R+13.01998R+22.22004R+49.82010

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET