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1998Final results

1998 election for Tennessee House District 85

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Larry Turner (D) won with 83.9% of the vote, defeating Tom Jeanette (R) by 67.9 points.

Larry TurnerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
83.9%7,655
Tom JeanetteRepublican
16.1%1,464
9,119 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+29.41974D+38.61980D+67.91998D+75.32010

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