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

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}}}

See also

• 2000 United States Senate elections

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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