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1998Final results

1998 election for Tennessee House District 38

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Leslie Winningham (D) won with 63.2% of the vote, defeating Bill Cooper (R) by 26.3 points.

Leslie WinninghamDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.2%6,768
Bill CooperRepublican
36.8%3,949
10,717 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

EvenD+22.81984D+21.21992D+14.41996D+26.31998R+12.92010R+43.52012

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