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2008Final results

2008 election for Tennessee House District 37

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Bill W. Harmon (D) won with 62.0% of the vote, defeating Rip Vanwinkle (R) by 24.1 points.

Bill W. HarmonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.0%14,091
Rip VanwinkleRepublican
38.0%8,623
22,714 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

EvenD+10.12000D+33.42002D+43.62006D+24.12008R+26.32012R+20.92016

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