2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee

The 2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bill Frist won re-election to a second term.

2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee
November 7, 2000
 
Nominee Bill Frist Jeff Clark
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,255,444 621,152
Percentage 65.1% 32.2%
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

Elections in Tennessee
Government

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.[1][2]

Tennessee Democratic primary for United States Senate, 2000[2]
Candidate Votes % ±
Jeff Clark 64,851 34%
John Jay Hooker 64,041 34%
Mary Taylor-Shelby 28,604 15%
Shannon Wood 25,372 13%
James Looney 6,354 3%
Write-ins 218 0%

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

General election
Tennessee United States Senate election, 2000[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Bill Frist (Incumbent) 1,255,444 65.1%
Democratic Jeff Clark 621,152 32.2%
Green Tom Burrell 25,815 1.3%
Independent Charles Johnson 10,004 0.5%
Independent Robert Watson 8,416 0.4%
Independent David Jarrod Ownby 4,388 0.2%
Independent Joel Kinstle 3,135 0.2%
Write-in 259 0.0%
Majority
Turnout
Republican hold Swing {{{swing}}}
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See also

References
  • "2000 Senatorial General Election Results - Tennessee". www.uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vRsfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PaYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3638,586145&dq=jeff+clark+tennessee&hl=en
  2. "On Politics: Tennessee U.S. Senate". Washington Post.
  3. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm
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