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2000Final results

2000 election for Tennessee House District 37

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Shelby Rhinehart (D) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Mark Swafford (R) by 10.1 points.

Shelby RhinehartDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.0%11,655
Mark SwaffordRepublican
45.0%9,525
21,180 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+22.51990D+27.31992D+14.21998D+10.12000D+33.42002D+43.62006

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