2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Tennessee House District 49
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Donna Rowland (R) won with 58.9% of the vote, defeating Mary Ann Eckles (D) by 17.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Donna RowlandRepublican · winner
58.9%14,853
Mary Ann EcklesDemocrat · incumbent
41.1%10,378
25,231 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET