RepublicanNot in office · last served 2002Last on a ballot: Nov 2000
Zane C. Whitson Jr.
Last held office: Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 (1978–2002). Ran in 19 elections between 1974 and 2000, winning 18.
- Last margin
- +34.4
- Won 1998
- Elections
- 19
- 1974–2000
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Whitson was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
19761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Whitson has run
Margin: how far Whitson finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1998 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | General | Won | Joe Waggoner (I) | 67.2% | R+34.4 |
| 1996 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | General | Won | Howard Prueitt (D) | 72% | R+43.9 |
| 1994 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | General | Won | Cecil D. Bitner (D) | 73.1% | R+46.3 |
| 1992 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | General | Won | Joe Corso (D) | 57.4% | R+14.8 |
| 1990 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1988 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | General | Won | Unopposed | 99.9% | — |
| 1988 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1986 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1986 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | Primary | Won | Roscoe Bayless (R), Creston J. Fowler (R) | 66.4% | +43.3 |
| 1984 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1984 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1982 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1982 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1980 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1980 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1978 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | General | Won | Mike Hunter (D) | 70.4% | R+40.9 |
| 1978 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | Primary | Won | Loretta Gouge (R), Ralph Edward Myers (R) | 50.7% | +11.6 |
| 1974 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 | Primary | Lost | Robert O. Burleson (R) | 43.4% | −13.3 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Whitson has held
- Tennessee House of Representatives, District 5 · 1978–2002
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Whitson has run against
- Joe Waggoner (I) · 1998 election, won
- Howard Prueitt (D) · 1996 election, won
- Cecil D. Bitner (D) · 1994 election, won
- Joe Corso (D) · 1992 election, won
- Mike Hunter (D) · 1978 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive