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1940 Tennessee U.S. House District 5 Election
Tennessee · 3 candidates
Priest +7.4 pts · won by 3,632 votes
James PriestIndependentWINNER50.18%
24,565 votes
Joseph W ByrnsDemocratic42.76%
20,933 votes
CampbellRepublican7.07%
3,459 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).