Tennessee State House District 34
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Tim Rudd Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Owen FarnsworthDemocraticTim RuddRepublican · Incumbent10 years since first win
Last result · 2024 general: Tim Rudd (R) 60.5, Amelia Pant (D) 39.5
- Earlier results
- Tim Rudd (Republican) won by 22.1 points, 2022Tim Rudd (Republican) won by 23.2 points, 2020, older linesAll 29 elections
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Past results
- Votes for listed candidates
- 29,429
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim RuddWon Republican 17,80560.5% DemocraticAmelia Pant Democratic 11,62439.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,969
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim RuddWon(incumbent) Republican 9,14261.1% DemocraticLaura Bohling Democratic 5,82738.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,665
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim RuddWon(incumbent) Republican 26,28461.6% DemocraticMary R. Vaughn Democratic 16,38138.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,464
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim RuddWon(incumbent) Republican 17,81560.5% DemocraticJennifer Vannoy Democratic 11,64939.5%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
All elections (29 for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 29,429
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim RuddWon Republican 17,80560.5% DemocraticAmelia Pant Democratic 11,62439.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,969
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim RuddWon(incumbent) Republican 9,14261.1% DemocraticLaura Bohling Democratic 5,82738.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,665
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim RuddWon(incumbent) Republican 26,28461.6% DemocraticMary R. Vaughn Democratic 16,38138.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,464
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim RuddWon(incumbent) Republican 17,81560.5% DemocraticJennifer Vannoy Democratic 11,64939.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,901
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim RuddWon Republican 19,96266.8% DemocraticLaura Bohling Democratic 9,93933.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,284
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRick WomickWon(incumbent) Republican 12,284100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,604
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRick WomickWon(incumbent) Republican 17,34967.8% DemocraticLuke E. Dickerson Democratic 8,25532.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,126
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard B. WomickWon Republican 16,39067.9% DemocraticBill Shacklett Democratic 7,73632.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,668
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDonna RowlandWon(incumbent) Republican 24,66465.5% DemocraticRishi K. Saxena Democratic 13,00434.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,242
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDonna RowlandWon(incumbent) Republican 12,84655.3% DemocraticMary Esther Bell Democratic 10,39644.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,061
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDonna RowlandWon(incumbent) Republican 24,061100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,252
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDonna RowlandWon(incumbent) Republican 11,30561.9% DemocraticRussell Caughron Democratic 6,94738.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,930
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2001)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark K. GoinsWon(incumbent) Republican 11,930100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,398
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2001)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark K. GoinsWon(incumbent) Republican 5,398100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,201
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2001)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark K. GoinsWon Republican 7,67650.5% DemocraticJoyce S. Hopson Democratic 7,52549.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,597
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2001)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMichael R. WilliamsWon(incumbent) Republican 7,88168.0% DemocraticJ. J. Dower Democratic 3,71632.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,237
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 1993)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMichael R. WilliamsWon(incumbent) Republican 8,93155.0% DemocraticRoger Ball Democratic 7,30645.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,119
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMichael WilliamsWon Republican 4,07050.1% DemocraticThomas C. Wheeler(incumbent) Democratic 4,04949.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,389
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticThomas Clay WheelerWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,385100.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,859
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticThomas C. WheelerWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,88663.4% RepublicanMichael Williams Republican 3,97336.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,895
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticThomas C. WheelerWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,29655.7% RepublicanMichael E. Magill Republican 6,59944.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,910
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1983)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticThomas C. WheelerWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,15068.4% RepublicanEarl Branum Republican 3,76031.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,990
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticThomas Clay WheelerWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,57353.6% RepublicanJeff Hall Republican 7,41746.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,080
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticThomas Clay WheelerWon Democratic 6,60850.5% RepublicanLaurence R. Dry Jr. Republican 6,47249.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,658
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames ElkinsWon(incumbent) Republican 7,07055.9% DemocraticMarshall E. Rasnake Democratic 5,58844.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,783
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames ElkinsWon(incumbent) Republican 5,783100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,164
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1973)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames ElkinsWon(incumbent) Republican 7,03257.8% DemocraticJames Webber Democratic 5,13142.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,408
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticC. M. RandolphWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,85658.5% RepublicanJ. T. Dunbar Republican 10,55241.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,695
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticC. M. Randolph Jr.Won Democratic 12,18351.4% RepublicanEvans Wilson Jr. Republican 8,39435.4% IndependentHoward L. Brewer Independent 3,11813.2%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026