DemocratNot in office · last served 2024Last on a ballot: Nov 2022

Barbara Cooper

Barbara Cooper ran in 17 elections between 1986 and 2022, winning 15. Served in the Tennessee House of Representatives (District 86).

Last office: Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86

Elections
17
1986–2022
Won
15
generals, primaries and specials

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Career

Offices held, and every time Cooper was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Every race Cooper has run

Margin: how far Cooper finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

YearOfficeStageResultOpponentsShareMargin
2022Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86GeneralWonMichael Porter (I)73.1%D+46.2
2020Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86GeneralWonRob White (R)72.7%D+45.3
2018Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86GeneralWonUnopposed100%—
2016Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86GeneralWonGeorge T. Edwards III (R)73.3%D+46.6
2014Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86GeneralWonGeorge T. Edwards III (R)70.9%D+41.8
2014Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86PrimaryWonUnopposed100%—
2012Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86GeneralWonGeorge T. Edwards III (R)76%D+52.0
2010Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86GeneralWonHarold M. Baker (R)68.7%D+37.4
2008Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86GeneralWonGeorge T. Edwards III (R)77.5%D+55.0
2006Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86GeneralWonGeorge T. Edwards III (R)77.1%D+54.1
2004Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86GeneralWonGeorge T. Edwards III (R)77.2%D+54.5
2002Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86GeneralWonGeorge T. Edwards III (R)79.6%D+59.2
2000Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86GeneralWonGeorge T. Edwards III (R)81%D+62.0
1998Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86GeneralWonGeorge T. Edwards III (R)86.5%D+73.1
1996Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86GeneralWonGeorge T. Edwards III (R)81.6%D+63.2
1988Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86PrimaryLostRufus Jones (D), Pearl E. Hoover (D)24.2%−46.0
1986Tennessee House of Representatives, District 86PrimaryLostRufus Jones (D), Pearl E. Hoover (D)17.6%−59.3

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)