united states house of representatives elections , 1988 

Statements about this table:
2 of the incumbent tennessee democrat run unopposed in the 1988 election for the united state house of representative
the republican incumbent win the election by the widest margin , garner 80.2% of the vote in his district
marilyn lloyd , of district 3 , be re - elect by the narrowest margin , garner 57.4% of the vote in her district
the democratic party retain seat in 4 of the 5 tennessee district
district
incumbent
party
first elected
tennessee 1
jimmy quillen
republican
1962
tennessee 3
marilyn lloyd
democratic
1974
tennessee 4
jim cooper
democratic
1982
tennessee 5
bob clement
democratic
1988
tennessee 6
bart gordon
democratic
1984
district
result
candidates
tennessee 1
re - elected
jimmy quillen (r) 80.2% sidney s smith (d) 19.8%
tennessee 3
re - elected
marilyn lloyd (d) 57.4% harold w coker (r) 42.6%
tennessee 4
re - elected
jim cooper (d) unopposed
tennessee 5
re - elected
bob clement (d) unopposed
tennessee 6
re - elected
bart gordon (d) 76.5% wallace embry (r) 23.5%