1998Final results
1998 election for Tennessee Senate District 23
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Marsha Blackburn (R) won with 66.8% of the vote, defeating Dean Baxter (D) by 33.6 points.
Marsha BlackburnRepublican · winner
66.8%26,138
Dean BaxterDemocrat
33.2%12,989
39,127 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