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

←  2006 November 4, 2008 2010  →
99 Seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives 50 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Jason Mumpower Jimmy Naifeh (retired) 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 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. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

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

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Stateline [5]	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%

See also

• 2008 Tennessee elections
• 2008 Tennessee Senate election

References

1. "Historical Election Results | Tennessee Secretary of State". sos.tn.gov. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
2. "Tennessee - Election Results 2008 - The New York Times". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
3. "Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2008". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
4. Whitehouse, Ken (November 5, 2008). "Tennessee Republicans win slim majority in State House". Nashville Post. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
5. 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.