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2000Final results

2000 election for Tennessee House District 81

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Jimmy Naifeh (D) won with 58.6% of the vote, defeating Joe Johnson (R) by 17.3 points.

Jimmy NaifehDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.6%12,329
Joe JohnsonRepublican
41.4%8,695
21,024 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+6.01994D+13.31996D+36.21998D+17.32000D+5.62002D+15.82004

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