2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Tennessee House District 2
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Tony Shipley (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Nathan Vaughn (D) by 1.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tony ShipleyRepublican · winner
50.6%12,858
Nathan VaughnDemocrat · incumbent
49.4%12,536
25,394 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET