2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2008 election for Tennessee House District 71
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Vance Dennis (R) won with 53.1% of the vote, defeating Stan Wheeler (D) by 10.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Vance DennisRepublican · winner
53.1%11,594
Stan WheelerDemocrat
42.2%9,230
Stephen R. ChildersIndependent
4.7%1,029
21,853 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