2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Tennessee House District 42
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Ryan Williams (R) won with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Henry D. Fincher (D) by 10.6 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Ryan WilliamsRepublican · winner
55.3%9,222
Henry D. FincherDemocrat · incumbent
44.7%7,456
16,678 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 2010
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)