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2002Final results

2002 election for Tennessee House District 49

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Kent Coleman (D) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Carroll Uselton (R) by 0.3 points.

Kent ColemanDemocrat · winner
50.1%7,967
Carroll UseltonRepublican
49.9%7,927
15,894 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenD+17.01996D+7.81998R+17.72000D+0.32002D+9.42004D+11.92006

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