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2006Final results

2006 election for Tennessee House District 71

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Randy Rinks (D) won with 58.8% of the vote, defeating Vance Dennis (R) by 17.7 points.

Randy RinksDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.8%9,214
Vance DennisRepublican
41.2%6,445
15,659 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+5.31990D+15.71994D+17.51996D+17.72006R+10.82008R+55.52018

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