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1994Final results

1994 election for Tennessee House District 81

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Jimmy Naifeh (D) won re-election with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Ronnie Starnes (R) by 6.0 points.

Jimmy NaifehDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.0%7,294
Ronnie StarnesRepublican
47.0%6,470
13,764 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

EvenD+21.91992D+6.01994D+13.31996D+36.21998

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)