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2002Final results

2002 election for Tennessee House District 86

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Barbara Cooper (D) won with 79.6% of the vote, defeating George T. Edwards III (R) by 59.2 points.

Barbara CooperDemocrat · winner · incumbent
79.6%8,796
20.4%2,255
11,051 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+73.11998D+62.02000D+59.22002D+54.52004D+54.12006D+55.02008

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