1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Tennessee Senate District 4
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Michael Williams (R) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Danny Wallace (D) by 7.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Michael WilliamsRepublican · winner
53.7%23,486
Danny WallaceDemocrat · incumbent
46.3%20,215
43,701 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