2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee
November 7, 2000
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%
County results
Frist:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Clark:      50–60%
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, vastly improving on his performance from 1994. Bill Frist had outperformed or overperformed Republican presidential nominee George Walker Bush by winning re-election to a second Senate term by winning 13.95% and 193,495 more votes than George Walker Bush had won in the concurrent presidential election.

Republican primary

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

The Democratic primary was held 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

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

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".
Specific
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