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2000Final results

2000 election for Tennessee House District 86

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Barbara Cooper (D) won with 81.0% of the vote, defeating George T. Edwards III (R) by 62.0 points.

Barbara CooperDemocrat · winner · incumbent
81.0%10,914
19.0%2,562
13,476 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+73.11998D+62.02000D+59.22002D+54.52004D+54.12006D+55.02008

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