2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee
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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
Bill Frist, incumbent U.S. Senator was unopposed in the Republican primary. He received 186,882 votes.[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 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]
| 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
| 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
- White (Largest city: Sparta)
- Cannon (Largest city: Woodbury)
- DeKalb (Largest city: Smithville)
- Franklin (Largest city: Winchester)
- Grundy (largest municipality: Altamont)
- Van Buren (largest municipality: Spencer)
- Perry (largest municipality: Linden)
- Dickson (Largest city: Dickson)
- Haywood (largest city: Brownsville)
- Lake (largest municipality: Tiptonville)
- Stewart (largest municipality: Dover)
- Benton (largest municipality: Camden)
- Houston (largest city: Erin)
- Humphreys (largest municipality: Waverly)
- Hickman (Largest city: Centerville)
- Giles (Largest city: Pulaski)
- Marshall (Largest city: Lewisburg)
- Bedford (Largest city: Shelbyville)
- Smith (largest municipality: Carthage)
- Trousdale (largest municipality: Hartsville)
- Clay (largest municipality: Celina)
- Overton (largest municipality: Livingston)
- Jackson (largest town: Gainesboro)
See also
References
- General
- Specific
- "2000 Senatorial General Election Results - Tennessee". www.uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
