1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Tennessee House District 17
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Jamie Woodson (R) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating Robert Bratton (D) by 13.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jamie WoodsonRepublican · winner
56.5%7,297
Robert BrattonDemocrat
43.5%5,620
12,917 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET