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2004Final results

2004 election for Tennessee House District 70

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Joey Hensley (R) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Johnny Lyles (D) by 11.4 points.

Joey HensleyRepublican · winner · incumbent
55.0%12,064
Johnny LylesDemocrat
43.6%9,566
Tharon ChandlerIndependent
1.4%299
21,929 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+14.11996D+17.12000R+5.02002R+11.42004R+25.72006R+50.82008

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

The candidates

Joey Hensley (R)Johnny Lyles (D)

Also on the ballot: Tharon Chandler (Independent), 1.4%