2002Final resultsIncumbent defeated
2002 election for Tennessee House District 79
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Chris Crider (R) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Paul E. Phelan (D) by 7.0 points.
Chris CriderRepublican · winner
51.6%8,686
Paul E. PhelanDemocrat · incumbent
44.6%7,509
Bobby BarnettIndependent
3.9%651
16,846 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET