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2004Final results

2004 election for Tennessee House District 49

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Kent Coleman (D) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Oscar D. Gardner (R) by 9.4 points.

Kent ColemanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.7%13,568
45.3%11,244
24,812 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 2004

Races before and after

EvenD+7.81998R+17.72000D+0.32002D+9.42004D+11.92006D+5.62008

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