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United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2000

1994 ← November 7, 2000 → 2006

Nominee Bill Frist Jeff Clark Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,255,444 621,152 Percentage 65.1% 32.2%

U.S. Senator before election Bill Frist Republican Elected U.S. Senator Bill Frist Republican

Elections in Tennessee
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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.

Contents [hide] 1 Democratic primary 2 Republican primary 3 General election 4 References 5 External links

[edit]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%