1996 general · November 5, 1996
1996 Tennessee election results
Every race on Tennessee's ballot in the 1996 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races126
Changed party8
Unopposed37%47 races
Incumbents defeated5
President
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | Bill Clinton (D) | 2.4 |
U.S. Senate
R 1 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | Fred Thompson (R) | 24.5 | Flipped |
U.S. House
D 4 · R 5
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN-1 | William Jenkins (R) | 32.5 | |
| TN-2 | John J. Duncan, Jr. (R) | 42.1 | |
| TN-3 | Zach Wamp (R) | 13.7 | |
| TN-4 | Van Hilleary (R) | 16.7 | |
| TN-5 | Robert Clement (D) | 48.5 | |
| TN-6 | Barton Gordon (D) | 12.9 | |
| TN-7 | Ed Bryant (R) | 32.1 | |
| TN-8 | John Tanner (D) | 37.3 | |
| TN-9 | Harold Ford (D) | 23.8 |
Tennessee State Senate
D 11 · R 5 · 3 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 | Ronald L. Ramsey (R) | 14.4 | |
| SD-4 | Michael Williams (R) | 7.5 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-6 | Ben Atchley (R) | 39.3 | |
| SD-8 | Carl Koella Jr. (R) | 0.4 | |
| SD-10 | Ward Crutchfield (D) | 28.8 | |
| SD-12 | Lincoln Davis (D) | 2.5 | |
| SD-14 | Jerry Cooper (D) | 30.8 | |
| SD-16 | Andy Womack (D) | 11.9 | |
| SD-18 | Jo Ann Graves (D) | 0.7 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-20 | Joe M. Haynes (D) | 22.7 | |
| SD-22 | Rosalind Kurita (D) | 0.5 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-24 | Roy B. Herron (D) | 32.9 | |
| SD-26 | John Wilder (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-28 | Jim Kyle (D) | 27.8 | |
| SD-30 | Steve Cohen (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 | Tom Leatherwood (R) | Unopposed |
Tennessee House of Representatives
D 61 · R 38 · 4 changed party
Tennessee
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab