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1994Final results

1994 election for Tennessee House District 71

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Randy Rinks (D) won with 57.8% of the vote, defeating Troy D. Massengill (R) by 15.7 points.

Randy RinksDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.8%8,935
42.2%6,512
15,447 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 1994

Races before and after

EvenR+1.31988R+5.11989 runoffD+5.31990D+15.71994D+17.51996D+17.72006

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