Tennessee 65th State House District, Tennessee: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+32%. Democratic peak: D+82 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+32MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 122,2342024 5-year
- Median household income
- $135,5942024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+82 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47 in 1972MIT Election Lab
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 22,393 | 44,397 | 67,921 | ||
| R | 23,551 | 40,597 | 65,268 | ||
| R | 14,561 | 32,025 | 49,894 | ||
| R | 11,804 | 32,794 | 45,178 | ||
| R | 13,092 | 30,451 | 43,967 | ||
| R | 10,203 | 26,973 | 37,396 | ||
| R | 8,801 | 18,264 | 27,432 | ||
| R | 7,151 | 13,005 | 21,304 | ||
| R | 6,128 | 10,336 | 18,872 | ||
| R | 3,692 | 9,788 | 13,532 | ||
| R | 3,253 | 8,439 | 11,736 | ||
| R | 4,139 | 5,445 | 9,904 | ||
| D | 3,842 | 3,700 | 7,637 | ||
| R | 1,228 | 3,548 | 4,960 | ||
| O | 969 | 1,309 | 4,563 | ||
| D | 2,383 | 1,271 | 3,654 | ||
| D | 2,099 | 1,267 | 3,394 | ||
| D | 1,960 | 929 | 2,916 | ||
| D | 1,918 | 1,092 | 3,019 | ||
| D | 1,077 | 261 | 1,813 | ||
| D | 1,247 | 283 | 1,534 | ||
| D | 1,509 | 237 | 1,759 | ||
| D | 1,300 | 134 | 1,436 | ||
| D | 1,304 | 123 | 1,449 | ||
| D | 749 | 325 | 1,074 | ||
| D | 763 | 114 | 900 | ||
| D | 941 | 444 | 1,385 | ||
| D | 956 | 282 | 1,242 | ||
| D | 1,035 | 374 | 1,443 | ||
| D | 905 | 284 | 1,202 | ||
| D | 907 | 223 | 1,187 | ||
| D | 1,003 | 331 | 1,374 | ||
| D | 1,454 | 601 | 2,087 | ||
| D | 935 | 270 | 1,442 | ||
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Demographics
Tennessee 65th State House District sits in the Border South and Appalachia. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 1 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Tennessee 65th State House District peaked at eighty-two points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of thirteen points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $135,594 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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State House District 65, Tennessee. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/47065/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.