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1996Final results

1996 election for Tennessee House District 8

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Bill Clabough (R) won with 68.9% of the vote, defeating L. Lynn Lamb (D) by 37.8 points.

Bill ClaboughRepublican · winner · incumbent
68.9%12,174
L. Lynn LambDemocrat
31.1%5,492
17,666 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+10.51988D+4.91992R+11.41994R+37.81996R+21.41998R+63.02010

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