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1996 election for Tennessee House District 33

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Marvin Gene Caldwell (D) won with 57.5% of the vote, defeating Tony Cappiello (R) by 15.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Marvin Gene CaldwellDemocrat · winner
57.5%11,658
Tony CappielloRepublican
42.5%8,608
20,266 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

EvenR+36.51984R+2.01986R+19.81992D+15.01996D+20.71998D+5.52000

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