2012Final results
2012 election for Tennessee House District 36
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Dennis Powers (R) won with 79.0% of the vote, defeating James Virgil Kidwell (Ind) by 57.9 points.
Dennis PowersRepublican · winner · incumbent
79.0%13,610
James Virgil KidwellIndependent
21.0%3,627
17,237 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 2012
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET