- Lead
- 10,692
- Total
- 36,017
- vs nation
- R+28.2
Tennessee 89th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,672
- Total
- 33,292
- vs nation
- R+30.5
- Lead
- 9,507
- Total
- 26,588
- vs nation
- R+37.8
- Lead
- 10,621
- Total
- 25,535
- vs nation
- R+45.4
- Lead
- 9,822
- Total
- 27,316
- vs nation
- R+43.2
- Lead
- 9,950
- Total
- 26,265
- vs nation
- R+35.4
- Lead
- 6,695
- Total
- 21,882
- vs nation
- R+31.1
- Lead
- 4,064
- Total
- 20,090
- vs nation
- R+28.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 66,8072024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,034 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 64.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $98,2962024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+10.2 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+55.3 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 57, TN · twin score 96.2
presidential history
Party record book
Tennessee 89th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
54.7%
2,423 votes · D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 51.5%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
76.7%
2,389 votes · R+53.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 76.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
12,396votes
34.4% of the vote · R+29.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 11,950 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
23,088votes
64.1% of the vote · R+29.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 20,622 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
William J. Bryan1900
−3.9pts D vs U.S.
Place R+11.4 · U.S. R+7.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · −6.0 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+45.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+41.6 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +43.2 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 37.6%11,217 | 62.4%18,625 | 29,842 |
| 2020 | R | 37.9%10,985 | 62.1%18,005 | 28,990 |
Tennessee 89th State House District sits in the Border South and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 10.2 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 55.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.7 points.
A population of 66,807, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $98,296 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 57 and State House District 45.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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