2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee

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2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee
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Turnout63.03% Increase2.svg [1] 6.41 pp
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Nominee Bill Frist Jeff Clark
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,255,444621,152
Percentage65.10%32.21%
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Frist:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Clark:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
U.S. senator before election

Bill Frist
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Bill Frist
Republican

The 2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 7, 2000, as part of the general election including the 2000 U.S. presidential election, elections to the House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bill Frist won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic candidate Jeff Clark.

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Bill Frist vastly overperformed George W. Bush in the concurrent presidential election by 13.95%. Frist also improved on his performance from 1994.

Republican primary

Bill Frist, incumbent U.S. Senator was unopposed in the Republican primary. He received 186,882 votes. [2]

Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Frist (Incumbent) 186,882 100.00
Total votes186,882 100.00

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary was held on August 3, 2000. In a field of five candidates, Jeff Clark, a professor at Middle Tennessee State University, edged out John Jay Hooker to win the nomination. [3] [2]

Democratic primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jeff Clark 64,851 34.23%
Democratic John Jay Hooker64,04133.81%
Democratic Mary Taylor-Shelby28,60415.10%
Democratic Shannon Wood25,37213.39%
Democratic James Looney6,3543.35%
Democratic Write-ins2180.12%
Total votes189,440 100.00%

General election

Tennessee United States Senate election, 2000 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Bill Frist (Incumbent) 1,255,444 65.10% +8.75%
Democratic Jeff Clark621,15232.21%−9.89%
Green Tom Burrell25,8151.34%N/A
Independent Charles F. Johnson10,0040.52%+0.07
Independent Robert Watson8,4160.44%N/A
Independent David Jarrod Ownby4,3880.23%N/A
Independent Joel Kinstle3,1350.16%N/A
Write-in2590.00%N/A
Majority634,29232.89%N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

General

  1. ↑ "Tennessee Voter Turnout in 2000". Tennessee Secretary of State. November 7, 2000. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "On Politics: Tennessee U.S. Senate". www.washingtonpost.com.
  3. ↑ "The Tuscaloosa News - Google News Archive Search".
  4. ↑ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

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