1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Tennessee Senate District 3
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Dewey E. Crowe (R) won with 80.9% of the vote, defeating Richard Gabriel (D) by 61.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dewey E. CroweRepublican · winner · incumbent
80.9%21,555
Richard GabrielDemocrat
19.1%5,083
26,638 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