2016 Tennessee House of Representatives election

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99 Seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives
50 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Beth Harwell	Craig Fitzhugh
Party	Republican	Democratic
Leader's seat	56th: Nashville	82nd: Ripley
Last election	73 seats	26 seats
Seats won	74	25
Seat change	1	1

Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Vote Share:
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Speaker of the House before election

Beth Harwell
Republican

Elected Speaker of the House

Beth Harwell
Republican

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The 2016 Tennessee House of Representatives election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect 99 seats for the Tennessee House of Representatives. The elections coincided with the Presidential, U.S. House, and State Senate elections.

Republican Paul Sherrell flipped the rural 43rd district, and Republican Michael Curcio flipped the rural 69th district, while Democrat Dwayne Thompson flipped Memphis's suburban 96th district. The Republican Party also maintained their supermajority in the state house.^[1]^[2]

Predictions


Source	Ranking	As of
Governing^[3]	Safe R	May 18, 2016

Results summary

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Summary of the November 8, 2016 Tennessee House election results
Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
Party		Candidates	No.	%	No.	+/–
	Republican				74	1
	Democratic				25	1
	Independent				0
	Write-in				0
Total				100.00	99
Source:

Popular vote

Republican			%
Democratic			%
Independent			%
Write-ins			%

House seats

Republican			74.75%
Democratic			25.25%

Close races

District 1

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	John Crawford	1,976	✔
Republican	Chad Keen	1,929

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	John Crawford	Uncontested		✔

District 2

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	J. S. Moore	Uncontested
Republican	Bud Hulsey (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	J. S. Moore	4,940
Republican	Bud Hulsey (I)	20,334		✔

District 3

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Timothy Hill (I)	Uncontested
Independent	Gary Kawula	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Timothy Hill (I)	19,316		✔
Independent	Gary Kawula	3,129

District 4

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	John Holsclaw Jr. (I)	2,947	✔
Republican	Tim Lingerfelt	1,483

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	John Holsclaw Jr. (I)	Uncontested		✔

District 5

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	David Hawk (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	David Hawk (I)	Uncontested		✔

District 6

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	John Baker	349	✔
Democratic	Murphey Johnson	225
Republican	Micah Van Huss (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	John Baker	6,807
Republican	Micah Van Huss (I)	18,213		✔

District 7

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Nancy Fischman	795	✔
Democratic	Michael Jay Morgan	82
Republican	Matthew Hill (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Nancy Fischman	6,840
Republican	Matthew Hill (I)	14,385		✔

District 8

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Art Swann (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Art Swann (I)	Uncontested		✔

District 9

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Gary Hicks (I)	3,315	✔
Republican	Cynthia Bundren Jackson	2,852
Independent	John Neubert

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Gary Hicks	15,536		✔
Independent	John Neubert	4,516

District 10

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Tilman Goins (I)	Uncontested	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Tilman Goins (I)	Uncontested		✔

District 11

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Roland Dykes, III	199
Democratic	Marjorie Ramsey	264	✔
Democratic	Michael A. McCarter	1,279
Republican	Jeremy Faison (I)	3,308	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Marjorie Ramsey	4,374
Republican	Jeremy Faison (I)	15,318		✔

District 12

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Dale Carr (I)	Uncontested	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Dale Carr (I)	Uncontested		✔

District 13

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Gloria Johnson	Uncontested	✔
Republican	Eddie Smith (I)	Uncontested	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Gloria Johnson	11,011	49.66%
Republican	Eddie Smith	11,162	50.34%	✔

District 14

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Scott Hacker	Uncontested
Republican	Jason Zachary (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Scott Hacker	9,235
Republican	Jason Zachary	24,849		✔

District 15

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Rick Staples	9,242
Independent	Pete Drew

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Rick Staples	9,242
Independent	Pete Drew	4,968

District 16

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Bill Dunn (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Bill Dunn (I)	Uncontested		✔

District 17

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Andrew Farmer (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Andrew Farmer (I)	Uncontested		✔

District 18

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Brandi Price	Uncontested	✔
Republican	James Corcoran	856
Republican	Martin Daniel (I)	1,315	✔
Republican	Bryan Dodson	252
Republican	Steve Hall	964

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Brandi Price	10,742	40.82%
Republican	Martin Daniel	15,572	59.18%	✔

District 19

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Harry Brooks (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Harry Brooks (I)	Uncontested		✔

District 20

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Robert Ramsey (I)	Uncontested
Independent	Sam Duck

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Robert Ramsey	19,106		✔
Independent	Sam Duck	4,669

District 21

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes
Democratic	Pamela Weston	Uncontested
Republican	Jimmy Matlock (I)	Uncontested
Independent	William Vandever

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Pamela Weston	5,447
Republican	Jimmy Matlock	21,087	✔
Independent	William Vandever	916

District 22

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Anna Miller Grabowski	Uncontested
Republican	Dan Howell (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Anna Miller Grabowski	4,486
Republican	Dan Howell	20,064		✔

District 23

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	John W. Forgety (I)	Uncontested
Independent	Daniel Housley

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	John W. Forgety	19,998		✔
Independent	Daniel Housley	3,337

District 24

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Kevin Brooks (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Kevin Brooks	Uncontested		✔

District 25

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Judy Barnett	Uncontested
Republican	Cameron Sexton (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Judy Barnett	6,077
Republican	Cameron Sexton	22,335		✔

District 26

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Gerald McCormick (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Gerald McCormick	Uncontested		✔

District 27

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Steve Gordon	Uncontested
Republican	Patsy Hazlewood (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Steve Gordon	8,142
Republican	Patsy Hazlewood	20,995		✔

District 28

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Dennis Clark	859
Democratic	Joanne Favors (I)	3,948	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Joanne Favors (I)	Uncontested		✔

District 29

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Mike Carter (I)	3,628
Republican	Ethan White	667

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Mike Carter	Uncontested		✔

District 30

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes
Democratic	Katie R. Cowley	Uncontested
Republican	Marc Gravitt (I)	Uncontested
Independent	Patrick Hickey

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Katie R. Cowley	8,622
Republican	Marc Gravitt	17,044	✔
Independent	Patrick Hickey	916

District 31

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	June Griffin	661
Republican	Ron Travis (I)	3,899

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Ron Travis	Uncontested		✔

District 32

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes
Democratic	Corey B. Stafford	Uncontested
Republican	Kent Calfee (I)	Uncontested
Independent	Tyler Overstreet

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Corey B. Stafford	3,409
Republican	Kent Calfee	15,627	✔
Independent	Tyler Overstreet	5,836

District 33

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Michael S. McKamey	Uncontested
Republican	John Ragan (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Michael S. McKamey	8,057
Republican	John Ragan	15,743		✔

District 34

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Laura Bohling	Uncontested	✔
Republican	Joshua James	205
Republican	Tim Rudd	1,971	✔
Republican	Christy Sigler	825
Republican	Jimmy Turner	1,372

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Laura Bohling	9,939
Republican	Tim Rudd	19,962		✔

District 35

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	James Acuff	2,276
Republican	Jerry Sexton (I)	3,365	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Jerry Sexton	Uncontested		✔

District 36

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Bob Fannon	Uncontested
Republican	Dennis Powers (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Bob Fannon	5,297
Republican	Dennis Powers	13,944		✔

District 37

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Becky Goff	Uncontested
Republican	Dawn White (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Becky Goff	9,640
Republican	Dawn White	14,744		✔

District 38

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	F. Mike Campbell	Uncontested	✔
Republican	Kelly Keisling	4,743	✔
Republican	Joey A. Zachary	2,433

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	F. Mike Campbell	3,841
Republican	Kelly Keisling	16,988		✔

District 39

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Tony Peoples	206
Democratic	Nancy Silvertooth	1,335	✔
Democratic	Kathleen Swift-Lawson	210
Republican	David Alexander (I)	3,912	✔
Democratic	Clyde Benson	594

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Nancy Silvertooth	7,522
Republican	David Alexander	15,920		✔

District 40

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Teresa Marion	423
Democratic	Gayla Colvert Hendrix	1,093	✔
Republican	Terri Lynn Weaver (I)	Uncontested	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Gayla Colvert Hendrix	7,450
Republican	Terri Lynn Weaver	20,364		✔

District 41

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	John Windle (I)	Uncontested
Republican	Ed Butler	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	John Windle	12,238	54.98%	✔
Republican	Ed Butler	10,021	45.02%

District 42

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Amos Powers	Uncontested
Republican	Ryan Williams (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Amos Powers	5,986
Republican	Ryan Williams	17,486		✔

District 43

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Kevin Dunlap (I)	Uncontested	✔
Republican	Sam Elder	465
Republican	Bob Robinson	1,812
Republican	Paul Sherrell	1,875	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Kevin Dunlap (I)	10,213	46.62%
Republican	Paul Sherrell	11,692	53.38%	✔

District 44

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Lloyd Dunn	Uncontested
Republican	William G. Lamberth (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Lloyd Dunn	5,642
Republican	William G. Lamberth	18,009		✔

District 45

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Beth Cox	2,348
Republican	Courtney Rogers (I)	2,934	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Courtney Rogers	19,473		✔

District 46

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Amelia Morrison Hipps	Uncontested
Republican	Mark Pody (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Amelia Morrison Hipps	6,589
Republican	Mark Pody	19,785		✔

District 47

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Will Lockhart	1,641
Republican	Steve R. Lynn	523
Republican	Judd Matheny (I)	2,889	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Judd Matheny	Uncontested		✔

District 48

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Justin Miller	Uncontested
Republican	Bryan Terry (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Justin Miller	8,726
Republican	Bryan Terry	16,381		✔

District 49

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Brandon Thomas	Uncontested	✔
Republican	Aaron Holladay	530
Republican	Mike Sparks (I)	1,880	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Brandon Thomas	8,604
Republican	Mike Sparks	13,531		✔

District 50

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Bo Mitchell (I)	Uncontested
Republican	Bill Bernstein	797
Republican	Nathan Massey	2,095	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Bo Mitchell	15,188	52.28%	✔
Republican	Nathan Massey	13,861	47.72%

District 51

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Bill Beck (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Bill Beck	Uncontested		✔

District 52

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Mike Stewart (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Mike Stewart	Uncontested		✔

District 53

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Jason Powell (I)	Uncontested	✔
Republican	Amberlee' Brooks	347
Republican	Michelle Norris	205
Republican	Davette Blalock	556	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Jason Powell	12,457		✔
Republican	Davette Blalock	9,208

District 54

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Brenda Gilmore (I)	Uncontested
Independent	Robert Sawyers, Sr.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Brenda Gilmore	19,782		✔
Independent	Robert Sawyers, Sr.	3,251

District 55

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	John Ray Clemmons (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	John Ray Clemmons	Uncontested		✔

District 56

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Chris Moth	1,838	✔
Democratic	Sydney Rogers	1,752
Republican	Beth Harwell (I)	Uncontested	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Chris Moth	15,224	41.95%
Republican	Beth Harwell	21,069	58.05%	✔

District 57

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Trisha Farmer	Uncontested
Republican	Susan Lynn (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Trisha Farmer	10,870
Republican	Susan Lynn	24,444		✔

District 58

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Jeff Davidson	262
Democratic	Harold M. Love (I)	2,834	✔
Democratic	Ellen Leonard-Pugh	324

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Harold M. Love	Uncontested		✔

District 59

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Sherry Jones (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Sherry Jones	Uncontested		✔

District 60

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Darren Jernigan (I)	Uncontested	✔
Republican	Donald Ray McFolin	345
Republican	Steve Glover	1,316	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Darren Jernigan	15,103	56.14%	✔
Republican	Steve Glover	11,799	43.86%

District 61

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Steve Gawrys	1,737
Republican	Charles Sargent, Jr.	3,636	✔
Republican	Terrence A. Smith	173

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Charles Sargent, Jr.	Uncontested		✔

District 62

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Sharon Kay Edwards	Uncontested
Republican	Pat Marsh (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Sharon Kay Edwards	4,824
Republican	Pat Marsh	15,954		✔

District 63

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Courtenay Rogers	Uncontested
Republican	Glen Casada (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Courtenay Rogers	11,125
Republican	Glen Casada	28,390		✔

District 64

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Sheila Butt (I)	Uncontested
Independent	James Gray

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Sheila Butt	19,984		✔
Independent	James Gray	7,516

District 65

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Holly McCall	Uncontested	✔
Republican	Jeremy Durham	645
Republican	Stacey L. Givens	303
Republican	Sam Whitson	3,682	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Holly McCall	8,947
Republican	Sam Whitson	21,649		✔

District 66

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Larry Proffitt	Uncontested
Republican	Sabi Kumar (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Larry Proffitt	6,589
Republican	Sabi Kumar	18,432		✔

District 67

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Joe Pitts (I)	Uncontested	✔
Independent	Mike Warner		✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Joe Pitts	10,564	61.68%	✔
Independent	Mike Warner	6,562	38.32%

District 68

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Curtis Johnson (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Curtis Johnson	Uncontested		✔

District 69

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Dustin Evans	711	✔
Democratic	Timothy Tucker Hobbs	662
Democratic	Raymond E. Bauhs	273
Republican	Michael Curcio	1,700	✔
Republican	Wayne White	617

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Dustin Evans	7,391	31.40%
Republican	Michael Curcio	14,144	60.10%	✔
Independent	Roy Waldrop	2,000	8.50%

District 70

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes
Democratic	Calvin Moore	Uncontested
Republican	Barry Doss (I)	Uncontested
Independent	Roy Waldrop

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Calvin Moore	5,645
Republican	Barry Doss	15,365	✔
Independent	Roy Waldrop	2,000

District 71

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	David Byrd (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	David Byrd	Uncontested		✔

District 72

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Steve McDaniel (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Steve McDaniel	Uncontested		✔

District 73

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Jimmy Eldridge (I)	4,035	✔
Republican	Glen Gaugh	2,547

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Jimmy Eldridge	Uncontested		✔

District 74

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Andy Porch	Uncontested	✔
Republican	Barry Cotton	643
Republican	Jay Reedy (I)	2,118	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Andy Porch	8,021	41.60%
Republican	Jay Reedy	11,260	58.40%	✔

District 75

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Daniel Powell	Uncontested	✔
Republican	James F. Poe	2,449
Republican	Tim Wirgau (I)	3,606	✔
Independent	James Hart		✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Daniel Powell	5,771
Republican	Tim Wirgau	14,816	✔
Independent	James Hart	1,917

District 76

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes
Democratic	Angela Callis	Uncontested
Republican	Andrew H. Holt (I)	Uncontested
Independent	Bennie Castleman

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Angela Callis	4,327
Republican	Andrew H. Holt	13,038	✔
Independent	Bennie Castleman	3,215

District 77

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Bill Sanderson (I)	Uncontested
Independent	Tom Reasons

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Bill Sanderson	16,326		✔
Independent	Tom Reasons	3,809

District 78

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Travis S. Staten	Uncontested
Republican	Mary Littleton (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Travis S. Staten	6,539
Republican	Mary Littleton	18,679		✔

District 79

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Curtis Halford (I)	3,002	✔
Republican	Daniel Williams	1,711

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Curtis Halford	Uncontested		✔

District 80

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Ernest Brooks II	1,126
Democratic	Johnny Shaw (I)	2,845	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Johnny Shaw	Uncontested		✔

District 81

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Deborah K. Reed	Uncontested	✔
Republican	Debra Moody (I)	Uncontested	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Deborah K. Reed	4,842
Republican	Debra Moody	15,535		✔

District 82

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Craig Fitzhugh (I)	Uncontested	✔
Republican	Andy Cole	1,927	✔
Republican	Larry T. Dotson	849

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Craig Fitzhugh	10,443	55.96%	✔
Republican	Andy Cole	8,220	44.04%

District 83

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Lawrence Pivnick	Uncontested	✔
Republican	Mark White (I)	Uncontested	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Lawrence Pivnick	9,506	36.00%
Republican	Mark White	16,900	64.00%	✔

District 84

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Joe Towns, Jr. (I)	Uncontested	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Joe Towns, Jr.	Uncontested		✔

District 85

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Felicia Irons	546
Democratic	Johnnie Turner (I)	3,383	✔
Democratic	Keith Williams	1,260

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Johnnie Turner	Uncontested		✔

District 86

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Barbara Cooper (I)	Uncontested	✔
Republican	Tina McElravey	408
Republican	George T. Edwards	510	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Barbara Cooper	14,945		✔
Republican	George T. Edwards	5,442

District 87

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Karen Camper (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Karen Camper	Uncontested		✔

District 88

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Stephen Christian	697
Democratic	Larry Miller (I)	2,796	✔
Independent	Orrden Williams, Jr.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Larry Miller	14,918		✔
Independent	Orrden Williams, Jr.	2,834

District 89

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Heather C. Hensley	Uncontested
Republican	Roger Kane (I)	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Heather C. Hensley	8,305
Republican	Roger Kane	19,735		✔

District 90

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	John DeBerry	2,729	✔
Democratic	Tami Sawyer	2,090

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	John DeBerry, Jr.	Uncontested		✔

District 91

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Raumesh Akbari (I)	Uncontested
Republican	Samuel Watkins	Uncontested

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Raumesh Akbari	14,580		✔
Republican	Samuel Watkins	3,125

District 92

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Tamra King	Uncontested	✔
Republican	Thomas R. Tillis	2,344	✔
Republican	Michael Waggoner	2,304

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Tamra King	5,693
Republican	Thomas R. Tillis	16,475		✔

District 93

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	G.A. Hardaway (I)	Uncontested	✔
Independent	William King		✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	G.A. Hardaway	13,832		✔
Independent	William King	2,666

District 94

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Daniel Harris	965	✔
Democratic	Civil Miller-Watkins	822
Democratic	Rusty N. Coffman	1,789
Democratic	Thomas Cooper	719
Republican	Ron M. Gant	5,381	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Daniel Harris	6,088
Republican	Ron M. Gant	20,006		✔

District 95

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Diane George	1,149
Republican	Mark Lovell	4,438	✔
Republican	Dana Matheny	833
Republican	Curry Todd (I)	1,493

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Mark Lovell	Uncontested		✔

District 96

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Earl LeFlore	984
Democratic	Dwayne Thompson	1,481	✔
Republican	Price Harris	878
Republican	Steve McManus (I)	2,718	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Dwayne Thompson	14,150	50.65%	✔
Republican	Steve McManus (I)	13,785	49.35%

District 97

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Jim Coley (I)	Uncontested	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Jim Coley	Uncontested		✔

District 98

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Johnnie Hatten	926
Democratic	Antonio Parkinson (I)	2,679	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Antonio Parkinson	Uncontested		✔

District 99

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Republican	Ron Lollar (I)	Uncontested	✔

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Ron Lollar	Uncontested		✔

References

↑ "Tennessee Election Results 2016". The New York Times. August 1, 2017. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
↑ "Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
↑ "Handicapping the 2016 State Legislative Races". Governing. May 18, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2024.

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