Littleton wins 78th House District seat, Shepard gets 7th term in 69th District

Republican Mary Littleton won Tuesday’s election to become the new member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the redrawn 78^th District that includes eastern Dickson County and all of Cheatham County. Six-term incumbent Democrat David Shepard held on to his seat in the new 69^th District, holding off Wayne White for the second time. After winning a hotly contested seven-candidate GOP primary, Littleton took 58 percent of the votes across the district to defeat Democrat Linda Hayes of White Bluff and independent Rick Wilson of Pleasant View. Littleton carried both counties to total 14,070 unofficial votes to 8,451 for Hayes and 1,719 for Wilson. In the 69^th District, which now includes western Dickson County, all of Hickman County and part of Maury County, Shepard won a seventh term with 55 percent of the district votes, slightly better than his margin two years ago. Shepard received 11,661 votes to 8,865 for White and 605 for independent Kenneth Buser of Lyles.

78^th District       Dickson       Cheatham        Total

Mary Littleton       5,509              8,561                     14,070

Linda Hayes           3,717               4,734                    8,451

Rick Wilson            392                   1,327                     1,719

69^th District      Dickson        Hickman          Maury      Total

David Shepard      4,351                3,856                    3,454           11,661

Wayne White         3,079               3,142                     2,644          8,865

Kenneth Buser      164                    280                        161               605