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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
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

EvenD+24.71990D+33.01994R+61.81998R+53.72002R+63.02010R+49.92022

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