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1978 Tennessee U.S. House District 8 Election
Tennessee · 3 candidates
Jr. +40.6 pts · won by 47,097 votes
Harold E. Ford Jr.DemocraticWINNER69.68%
80,776 votes
Duncan RagsdaleRepublican29.05%
33,679 votes
Richard WhitmoreIndependent1.26%
1,460 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).