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1996Final results

1996 election for Tennessee House District 38

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Leslie Winningham (D) won with 57.2% of the vote, defeating Bill Cooper (R) by 14.4 points.

Leslie WinninghamDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.2%8,525
Bill CooperRepublican
42.8%6,375
14,900 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

EvenD+13.41980D+22.81984D+21.21992D+14.41996D+26.31998R+12.92010

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