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2008Final results

2008 election for Tennessee House District 49

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Kent Coleman (D) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Rick Womick (R) by 5.6 points.

Kent ColemanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.8%15,660
Rick WomickRepublican
47.2%14,013
29,673 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+0.32002D+9.42004D+11.92006D+5.62008R+16.02010R+17.72012

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