1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Tennessee Senate District 18
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Jo Ann Graves (D) won with 49.3% of the vote, defeating Don Wright (R) by 0.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jo Ann GravesDemocrat · winner
49.3%26,775
Don WrightRepublican · incumbent
48.7%26,408
Wesley D. HodgesIndependent
2.0%1,077
54,260 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