2008 Tennessee House of Representatives election

For related races, see 2008 United States state legislative elections.

Not to be confused with 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee.

2008 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 Jason Mumpower Jimmy Naifeh Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 3rd: Bristol 81st: Covington Last election 46 seats 53 seats Seats won 50 49 Seat change 4 4
Results:      Democratic gain     Republican gain      Democratic hold     Republican hold
Speaker of the House before election Jimmy Naifeh Democratic Elected Speaker of the House Kent Williams [1] Carter County Republican

The 2008 Tennessee House of Representatives election was held on November 4, 2008, to elect 99 seats for the Tennessee House of Representatives. The elections coincided with the Presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State Senate elections. The primary elections were held on August 7, 2008. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Republicans gained 4 seats, gaining a slim majority in the chamber. At this time, Republicans had last won the House chamber in 1968. ^[5]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Stateline [6]	Lean D	October 15, 2008

Results summary

Summary of the November 4, 2008 Tennessee House election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–
	Republican				50	4
	Democratic				49	4
	Independent				0
	Write-in				0
Total				100.00	99
Source:

Popular vote Republican   % Democratic   % Independent   % Write-ins   %

House seats Republican   51.51% Democratic   49.49%

District 1

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Michael Blain Surgenor	596	Nominee
Republican	Jon C. Lundberg	2,439	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Michael Blain Surgenor	6,803
Republican	Jon C. Lundberg	12,986		✔

District 2

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Nathan Vaughn	756	Nominee
Republican	Tony Shipley	3,110	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Nathan Vaughn	12,536	49.37%
Republican	Tony Shipley	12,858	50.63%	✔

District 3

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Jason E. Mumpower	3,182	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Jason E. Mumpower	19,536	100.00%	✔

District 4

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Jerome Cochran	2,559
Republican	Kent Williams	4,804	Nominee
Independent	Priscilla G. Steele		Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Kent Williams	14,816		✔
Independent	Priscilla G. Steele	3,087

District 5

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Casey Nicholson	511	Nominee
Republican	David B. Hawk	4,302	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Casey Nicholson	4,294
Republican	David B. Hawk	14,353		✔

District 6

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Robert Dale Ford	5,116	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Robert Dale Ford	19,175	100.00%	✔

District 7

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Matthew Hill	3,169	Nominee
Republican	Todd Smith	1,932
Independent	Mike Williams		Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Matthew Hill	13,443		✔
Independent	Mike Williams	6,012

District 8

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Joe McCord	5,189	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Joe McCord	21,073	100.00%	✔

District 9

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Richard D. Gabriel	328	Nominee
Democratic	Lewis Hopkins Jr.	287
Republican	Mike Harrison	3,446	Nominee
Independent	Leonard Merritt		Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Richard D. Gabriel	5,140
Republican	Mike Harrison	14,657		✔
Independent	Leonard Merritt	761

District 10

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	John Litz	431	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	John Litz	14,817	100.00%	✔

District 11

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Eddie Yokley	784	Nominee
Republican	Dan Ford	2,308	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Eddie Yokley	11,432
Republican	Dan Ford	9,968		✔

District 12

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Richard Montgomery	5,825	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Richard Montgomery	21,983		✔

District 13

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Harry Tindell	1,963	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Harry Tindell	15,560	100.00%	✔

District 14

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Thomas S. Baer	3,036
Republican	Ryan A. Haynes	3,695	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Ryan A. Haynes	32,862		✔

District 15

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Joe Armstrong	1,555	Nominee
Republican	Rachel L. Ray	789	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Joe Armstrong	12,852
Republican	Rachel L. Ray	5,187		✔

District 16

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Charlotte Meyer	693
Democratic	Barbara Nicodemus	1,373	Nominee
Republican	Bill Dunn	5,261	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Barbara Nicodemus	9,470
Republican	Bill Dunn	22,496		✔

District 17

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Frank S. Niceley	4,484	Nominee
Independent	David L. Seal		Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Frank S. Niceley	16,876		✔
Independent	David L. Seal	7,872

District 18

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Stacey Campfield	2,493	Nominee
Republican	Jonathan A. Katsiros	162
Republican	Ronald C. Leadbetter	2,002

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Stacey Campfield	21,973	100.00%	✔

District 19

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Harry Brooks	4,513	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Harry Brooks	21,375	100.00%	✔

District 20

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Steve Hargis	1,786
Republican	Jim Melton	1,178
Republican	Tona Monroe-Ball	1,056
Republican	Bob Ramsey	3,170	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Bob Ramsey	22,864	100.00%	✔

District 31

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Jim Cobb	3,553	Nominee
Republican	Ron Travis	2,491

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Jim Cobb	21,723	100.00%	✔

District 32

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Dennis Ferguson	2,487	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Dennis Ferguson	18,934	100.00%	✔

District 33

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Jim Hackworth	1,182	Nominee
Republican	Alex Moseley	823	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Jim Hackworth	15,295		✔
Republican	Alex Moseley	9,744

District 34

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Jerome Perkins	636
Democratic	Rishi K. Saxena	891	Nominee
Republican	Donna Rowland	1,328	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Rishi K. Saxena	13,004
Republican	Donna Rowland	24,664		✔

District 35

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Dennis Roach	2,145	Nominee
Independent	Edward "Ed" Baldwin		Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Dennis Roach	13,630		✔
Independent	Edward "Ed" Baldwin	5,393

District 36

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Roger Byrge	2,160
Democratic	Marilyn L. Toppins	1,328	Nominee
Republican	Chad Faulkner	1,861
Republican	Vic King	1,796	Nominee
Independent	Virgil Kidwell		Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Roger Byrge	7,930
Republican	Chad Faulkner	8,321		✔
Independent	Virgil Kidwell	1,045

District 37

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Bill W. Harmon	3,052	Nominee
Republican	Rip Van Winkle	1,000	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Bill W. Harmon	14,091		✔
Republican	Rip Van Winkle	8,623

District 38

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Leslie Winningham	2,351	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Leslie Winningham	14,224	100.00%	✔

District 39

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	George Fraley	4,100	Nominee
Republican	Steve Heath	1,871	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	George Fraley	13,736		✔
Republican	Steve Heath	10,248

District 40

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Cleveland Derrick Bain	1,201
Democratic	Jeff Barrett	84
Democratic	Steven K. Cantrell	138
Democratic	Gayla C. Hendrix	900
Democratic	Carl "Hix" Jones	105
Democratic	Dean Sircy	1,065
Democratic	Sarah Marie Smith	914	Nominee
Republican	Nicky Rittenberry	547
Republican	Terri Lynn Weaver	2,020	Nominee
Independent	Ray Amalfitano		Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Cleveland Derrick Bain	8,542
Republican	Terri Lynn Weaver	11,290		✔
Independent	Ray Amalfitano	817

District 41

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Glenn E. Stockton	388
Democratic	John Mark Windle	4,643	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	John Mark Windle	17,025	100.00%	✔

District 42

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Henry D. Fincher	2,638	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Henry D. Fincher	17,019	100.00%	✔

District 43

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Charles Curtiss	2,925	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Charles Curtiss	15,649	100.00%	✔

District 44

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Mike McDonald	843	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Mike McDonald	19,747	100.00%	✔

District 45

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Andy Allman	882	Nominee
Republican	Debra Maggart	1,609	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Andy Allman	10,446
Republican	Debra Maggart	19,473		✔

District 46

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Stratton Bone	3,492	Nominee
Republican	Albert McCall	1,671	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Stratton Bone	14,166
Republican	Albert McCall	11,228		✔

District 47

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	John Greeter	3,359	Nominee
Republican	Judd Matheny	3,224	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	John Greeter	10,199
Republican	Judd Matheny	14,027		✔

District 48

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Rick Parks	809
Democratic	Tim Tipps	1,242	Nominee
Republican	Joe Carr	1,317
Republican	Jon Jacques	263
Republican	Lou Ann Zelenik	1,197	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Tim Tipps	13,140	48.47%
Republican	Joe Carr	13,968	51.53%	✔

District 49

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Kent Coleman	1,407	Nominee
Republican	Kevin N. Fisher	294
Republican	Rick Womick	765	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Kent Coleman	15,660	52.78%	✔
Republican	Rick Womick	14,013	47.22%

District 50

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Gary W. Moore	1,590	Nominee
Republican	No Republicans filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Gary W. Moore	18,345	100.00%	✔

District 51

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Michael L. Turner	1,114	Nominee
Republican	No Republicans filed for election.	2,222	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Michael L. Turner	17,805	100.00%

District 52

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Eric Jackson Stansell	535
Democratic	Michael Stewart	1,635	Nominee
Republican	No Republicans filed for election.
Independent	Dan Scott		Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Michael Stewart	13,802		✔
Independent	Dan Scott	4,048

District 53

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Janis Baird Sontany	1,074	Nominee
Republican	No Republicans filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Janis Baird Sontany	14,513	100.00%	✔

District 54

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Brenda Gilmore	2,579	Nominee
Republican	No Republicans filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Brenda Gilmore	20,642	100.00%	✔

District 55

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Gary Odom	1,897	Nominee
Republican	Timothy Lee	632	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Gary Odom	15,806		✔
Republican	Timothy Lee	8,264

District 56

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No Republicans filed for election.
Republican	Beth Harwell	2,047	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Beth Harwell	31,318	100.00%	✔

District 57

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Ken Wilkinson	1,265	Nominee
Republican	Susan Lynn	2,734	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Ken Wilkinson	10,257
Republican	Susan Lynn	26,894		✔

District 58

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Mary Pruitt	1,213	Nominee
Republican	No Republicans filed for election.
Independent	Lisa Leeds		Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Mary Pruitt	14,742		✔
Independent	Lisa Leeds	2,695

District 59

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Sherry Jones	643	Nominee
Republican	No Republicans filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Sherry Jones	14,528	100.00%	✔

District 60

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Ben West, Jr.	861	Nominee
Republican	Ron Hickman	426	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Ben West, Jr.	18,690		✔
Republican	Ron Hickman	9,693

District 61

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No Republicans filed for election.
Republican	Connie Reguli	1,199
Republican	Charles M. Sargent, Jr.	5,073	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Charles M. Sargent, Jr.	33,482	100.00%	✔

District 62

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Curt Cobb	1,961	Nominee
Republican	Barbara Blanton	1,186	Nominee
Republican	Chris T. Brown	255
Republican	Frederick "Danny" Lowe, Ill	512

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Curt Cobb	12,848	55.05%	✔
Republican	Barbara Blanton	10,492	44.95%

District 63

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Glen Casada	6,115	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Glen Casada	37,948	100.00%	✔

District 64

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Ty Cobb	790	Nominee
Republican	Tom DuBois	945	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Ty Cobb	14,166	52.14%	✔
Republican	Tom DuBois	13,003	47.86%

District 65

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Eddie Bass	2,498	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Eddie Bass	15,856	100.00%	✔

District 66

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Robert T. "Bob" Bibb	1,597	Nominee
Republican	Joshua G. Evans	1,130	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Robert T. "Bob" Bibb	12,688	47.57%
Republican	Joshua Evans	13,983	52.43%	✔

District 67

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Joe Pitts	1,837	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Joe Pitts	12,525		✔

District 68

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Curtis Johnson	1,471	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Curtis Johnson	18,177	100.00%	✔

District 69

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	David A. Shepard	1,597	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.
Independent	W. Ray Akin		Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	David A. Shepard	15,687		✔
Independent	W. Ray Akin	5,055

District 70

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	J.W. Hampton, Sr.	952	Nominee
Republican	Joey Hensley	1,201	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	J.W. Hampton, Sr.	4,892
Republican	Joey Hensley	14,976		✔

District 71

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Bill Brown	462
Democratic	Stan Wheeler	1,948	Nominee
Republican	Vance Dennis	2,922	Nominee
Republican	Frank H. Lacey	2,591
Independent	Stephen R. Childers		Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Stan Wheeler	9,230
Republican	Vance Dennis	11,594		✔
Independent	Stephen R. Childers	1,029

District 72

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Steve K. McDaniel	2,720	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Steve K. McDaniel	19,451	100.00%	✔

District 73

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Jimmy Eldridge	2,375	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Jimmy Eldridge	20,573	100.00%	✔

District 74

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	John C. Tidwell	2,543	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	John C. Tidwell	15,449	100.00%	✔

District 75

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Willie Butch Borchert	2,795	Nominee
Republican	Rubin Adams	213
Republican	Tim Wirgau	1,077	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Willie Butch Borchert	11,647	50.75%	✔
Republican	Tim Wirgau	11,303	49.25%

District 76

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Mark L. Maddox	891	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Mark L. Maddox	16,544	100.00%	✔

District 77

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Judy Barker	3,385	Nominee
Democratic	Larry Bennett	2,519
Democratic	Rosaire "Ross" Dubrule	27
Democratic	Jerry W. Grady	598
Republican	Shelly Arnett	519
Republican	Bill Sanderson	1,152	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Judy Barker	11,389	51.18%	✔
Republican	Bill Sanderson	10,862	48.82%

District 78

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	David W. Davidson	1,925	Nominee
Republican	Philip Johnson	1,686	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	David W. Davidson	8,661	36.94%
Republican	Philip Johnson	14,784	63.06%	✔

District 79

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Jim Ryal	2,401	Nominee
Republican	Curtis Halford	1,832	Nominee
Republican	Mark Renfroe	981

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Jim Ryal	10,580	48.34%
Republican	Curtis Halford	11,306	51.66%	✔

District 80

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Johnny Shaw	1,469	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Johnny Shaw	17,917	100.00%	✔

District 81

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Jimmy Naifeh	1,450	Nominee
Republican	Rory Bricco	895	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Jimmy Naifeh	14,922		✔
Republican	Rory Bricco	7,055

District 82

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Brian S. Black	241
Democratic	Craig Fitzhugh	1,565	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Craig Fitzhugh	13,088	100.00%	✔

District 83

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Brian Kelsey	4,013	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Brian Kelsey	20,592	100.00%	✔

District 84

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Joe Towns, Jr.	4,573	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Joe Towns, Jr.	17,293	100.00%	✔

District 85

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Eddie Jones	2,583
Democratic	Paul Lewis	315
Democratic	Larry Turner	4,689	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Larry Turner	23,030	100.00%	✔

District 86

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Barbara Cooper	3,829	Nominee
Republican	George T. Edwards, III	635	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Barbara Cooper	14,592		✔
Republican	George T. Edwards	4,233

District 87

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Jennings Bernard	1,113
Democratic	Karen Camper	2,242	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Karen Camper	11,733	100.00%	✔

District 88

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Larry J. Miller	2,882	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.
Independent	David W. Vinciarelli		Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Larry J. Miller	14,051		✔
Independent	David W. Vinciarelli	2,643

District 89

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Jeanne D. Richardson	3,275	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Jeanne D. Richardson	11,219	100.00%	✔

District 90

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	John DeBerry, Jr.	4,900	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	John DeBerry, Jr.	15,577	100.00%	✔

District 91

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Lois M. DeBerry	4,156	Nominee
Republican	Timothy Edward Cook, Jr.	478	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Lois M. DeBerry	15,505		✔
Republican	Timothy Edward Cook, Jr.	2,646

District 92

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	G.A. Hardaway, Sr.	4,032	Nominee
Democratic	Eddie Neal	1,467
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	G.A. Hardaway, Sr.	14,819	100.00%	✔

District 93

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Mike Kernell	3,970	Nominee
Republican	Tim Cook	1,147	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Mike Kernell	12,363		✔
Republican	Tim Cook	6,550

District 94

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	John F. Dowdy	911	Nominee
Democratic	Pam McIntyre Smith	231
Democratic	Brenda Woods	563
Republican	Bob Doll	1,588
Republican	Barrett Rich	2,737	Nominee
Republican	Ronnie Starnes	687

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	John F. Dowdy	12,168
Republican	Barrett Rich	18,184		✔

District 95

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Curry Todd	5,911	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Curry Todd	31,911	100.00%	✔

District 96

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Steve McManus	3,406	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Steve McManus	19,733	100.00%	✔

District 97

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed for election.
Republican	Jim Coley	3,111	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Jim Coley	17,354	100.00%	✔

District 98

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	Boris J. Combest	398
Democratic	Ulysses Jones, Jr.	4,402	Nominee
Republican	No candidates filed for election.

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Democratic	Ulysses Jones, Jr.	16,397	100.00%	✔

District 99

Primaries

Party	Candidate	Votes	Result
Democratic	No candidates filed.
Republican	Ron Lollar	4,846	Nominee

General election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
Republican	Ron Lollar	24,882	100.00%	✔

See also

• 2008 Tennessee elections
• 2008 Tennessee Senate election

References

1. Kent Williams colluded with Democrats to be elected speaker. Williams chose "Carter County Republican" as his new party designation.
2. "Historical Election Results | Tennessee Secretary of State". sos.tn.gov. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
3. "Tennessee - Election Results 2008 - The New York Times". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
4. "Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2008". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
5. Whitehouse, Ken (November 5, 2008). "Tennessee Republicans win slim majority in State House". Nashville Post. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
6. Jacobson, Louis (October 15, 2008). "Legislative races tilting Dems' way in '08". Stateline. Archived from the original on November 6, 2008. Retrieved August 1, 2024.