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2000 election for Tennessee House District 80

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Johnny Shaw (D) won with 84.4% of the vote, defeating Shelia L. Godwin (Ind) by 68.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Johnny ShawDemocrat · winner
84.4%10,588
Shelia L. GodwinIndependent
15.6%1,963
12,551 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+41.11988R+2.41990R+35.91992D+13.12010D+21.52024D+25.92026

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