1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Tennessee House District 32
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Dennis J. Ferguson (D) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Bruce Cantrell (R) by 5.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dennis J. FergusonDemocrat · winner
52.8%10,280
Bruce CantrellRepublican · incumbent
47.2%9,197
19,477 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET