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2006Final results

2006 election for Tennessee House District 48

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

John Hood (D) won with 56.4% of the vote, defeating Joe Carr (R) by 12.9 points.

John HoodDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.4%9,258
Joe CarrRepublican
43.6%7,144
16,402 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 2006

Races before and after

EvenD+30.51998D+28.02000D+30.12002D+12.92006R+3.12008R+24.62010

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