1982_United_States_Senate_election_in_Tennessee Knowpia

1982 United States Senate election in Tennessee
	County results; Sasser: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% ; Beard: 50–60%
U.S. senator before election; Jim Sasser; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Jim Sasser; Democratic

The 1982 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 2, 1982, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jim Sasser won re-election. Sasser defeated Republican Robin Beard.

Sasser received 92% of the black vote.^[1]

Democratic primary edit

Democratic Party primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Sasser	511,059	88.95%
	Democratic	Charles Gordon Vick	63,488	11.05%

Republican Party primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robin Beard	205,271	91.41%
	Republican	William Bryce Thompson, Jr.	19,277	8.59%

General election results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Sasser (incumbent)	780,113	61.93%
	Republican	Robin Beard	479,642	38.07%
Total votes				100.00%
	Democratic hold

^ Black & Black 1992, p. 356.
^ "TN US Senate - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
^ "TN US Senate - R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
^ Cook, Rhodes (October 26, 2017). America Votes 32: 2015-2016, Election Returns by State. CQ Press. ISBN 9781506368993 – via Google Books.