2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2008 election for Tennessee House District 48
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Joe Carr (R) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Tim Tipps (D) by 3.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Joe CarrRepublican · winner
51.5%13,968
Tim TippsDemocrat
48.5%13,140
27,108 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