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2012Final results

2012 election for Tennessee House District 77

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Bill Sanderson (R) won with 66.2% of the vote, defeating Mark Oakes (D) by 32.4 points.

Bill SandersonRepublican · winner · incumbent
66.2%14,379
Mark OakesDemocrat
33.8%7,335
21,714 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

EvenD+16.12002D+38.62004D+46.92006D+2.42008R+1.82010R+32.42012

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