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2012Final results

2012 election for Tennessee House District 86

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Barbara Cooper (D) won with 76.0% of the vote, defeating George T. Edwards III (R) by 52.0 points.

Barbara CooperDemocrat · winner · incumbent
76.0%16,604
24.0%5,239
21,843 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+54.12006D+55.02008D+37.42010D+52.02012D+41.82014D+46.62016

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