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2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee

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2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee

← 1994 November 7, 2000 2006 →
Turnout63.03% Increase[1] 6.41 pp
 
Nominee Bill Frist Jeff Clark
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,255,444 621,152
Percentage 65.10% 32.21%

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.

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

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

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Frist (Incumbent) 186,882 100.00
Total votes 186,882 100.00

Democratic primary

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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]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff Clark 64,851 34.23%
Democratic John Jay Hooker 64,041 33.81%
Democratic Mary Taylor-Shelby 28,604 15.10%
Democratic Shannon Wood 25,372 13.39%
Democratic James Looney 6,354 3.35%
Democratic Write-ins 218 0.12%
Total votes 189,440 100.00%

General election

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Tennessee United States Senate election, 2000[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bill Frist (Incumbent) 1,255,444 65.10% +8.75%
Democratic Jeff Clark 621,152 32.21% −9.89%
Green Tom Burrell 25,815 1.34% N/A
Independent Charles F. Johnson 10,004 0.52% +0.07
Independent Robert Watson 8,416 0.44% N/A
Independent David Jarrod Ownby 4,388 0.23% N/A
Independent Joel Kinstle 3,135 0.16% N/A
Write-in 259 0.00% N/A
Majority 634,292 32.89% N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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General

  1. ^ "Tennessee Voter Turnout in 2000". Tennessee Secretary of State. November 7, 2000. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "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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