2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee

none March 2026 September 2023 2000 United States Senate elections 2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee Tennessee presidential no 1994 United States Senate election in Tennessee 1994 2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee 2006 November 7, 2000 150x150px Senator Bill Frist.jpg Bill Frist Republican Party (United States) 1,255,444 65.10% 3x4.svg Jeff Clark Democratic Party (United States) 621,152 32.21% 300px County results 300px Congressional district results 300px Precinct results Frist: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Clark: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Tie: #ae8bb1 50% #808080 No data U.S. Senator Bill Frist Republican Party (United States) Bill Frist Republican Party (United States) 63.03% November 7, 2000 Tennessee Voter Turnout in 2000 Tennessee Secretary of State https://sos.tn.gov/elections/statistics February 28, 2023 6.41 pp 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 with more than 65% of votes, defeating Democratic candidate Jeff Clark. Frist outperformed George W. Bush in the concurrent presidential election by 13.95%, with Bush facing Vice President Al Gore, who held Tennessee's other Senate seat for eight years. Frist also improved on his performance from 1994 by 18.64%. This was the last time a Republican has exceeded 60% of the vote in Davidson County in a statewide election.2000 Senatorial General Election Results - Tennessee https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=47&f=0&off=3&elect=0&class=1 2026-02-10 uselectionatlas.org Republican primary Bill Frist, incumbent U.S. Senator was unopposed in the Republican primary. He received 186,882 votes.Republican primary results Bill Frist (Incumbent) Republican Party (US) 186,882 100.00% 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vRsfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PaYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3638,586145&dq=jeff+clark+tennessee&hl=en The Tuscaloosa News - Google News Archive Searchhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/elections/2000/states/tn/senate/ On Politics: Tennessee U.S. Senate www.washingtonpost.com Democratic primary results Jeff Clark Democratic Party (United States) 64,851 34.23% John Jay Hooker Democratic Party (United States) 64,041 33.81% Mary Taylor-Shelby Democratic Party (United States) 28,604 15.10% Shannon Wood Democratic Party (United States) 25,372 13.39% James Looney Democratic Party (United States) 6,354 3.35% Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 218 0.12% 189,440 100.00% General election Tennessee United States Senate election, 2000http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Republican Party (United States) Bill Frist (Incumbent) 1,255,444 65.10% +8.75% Democratic Party (United States) Jeff Clark 621,152 32.21% -9.89% Green Party (United States) Tom Burrell 25,815 1.34% N/A Independent (United States) Charles F. Johnson 10,004 0.52% +0.07 Independent (United States) Robert Watson 8,416 0.44% N/A Independent (United States) David Jarrod Ownby 4,388 0.23% N/A Independent (United States) Joel Kinstle 3,135 0.16% N/A Write-in 259 0.00% N/A 634,292 32.89% N/A Republican Party (United States) By county CountyNovember 7, 2000 United States Senate https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/sos/election/results/2000-11/us-senate.pdf Tennessee Secretary of StateBill FristRepublicanJeff ClarkDemocraticOthers Independent/GreenMarginTotal votes%#%#%#Anderson68.24%18,18828.86%7,6922.90%77310,49626,653Bedford62.33%6,68336.69%3,9340.98%1052,74910,722Benton51.02%3,07147.55%2,8621.43%1462096,079Bledsoe65.33%2,63632.52%1,3122.16%871,3244,035Blount75.16%28,53620.74%7,8764.10%1,55720,66037,969Bradley77.44%22,26420.68%5,9451.88%54216,31928,751Campbell61.49%6,48036.67%3,8641.84%1942,61610,538Cannon56.69%2,39340.39%1,7052.91%1236884,221Carroll64.68%6,51333.67%3,3911.65%1663,12210,070Carter75.00%13,49722.86%4,1152.14%3859,38217,997Cheatham67.59%7,96728.50%3,3593.92%4624,60811,788Chester71.08%3,70226.56%1,3832.36%1232,3195,208Claiborne68.51%5,53029.04%2,3442.45%1983,1868,072Clay57.44%1,51441.27%1,0881.29%344262,636Cocke76.21%6,55720.86%1,7952.93%2524,7628,604Coffee62.56%10,18836.35%5,9201.08%1764,26816,284Crockett65.50%3,28233.15%1,6611.36%681,6215,011Cumberland70.15%12,32226.72%4,6933.14%5517,62917,566Davidson60.44%117,61135.16%68,4244.40%8,56349,187194,598Decatur59.92%2,42338.92%1,5741.16%478494,044DeKalb54.99%2,94842.01%2,2523.00%1616965,361Dickson60.95%8,46338.22%5,3070.84%1163,15613,886Dyer65.87%7,44932.64%3,6911.49%1683,75811,308Fayette64.86%6,95933.32%3,5751.82%1953,38410,729Fentress69.84%3,68427.58%1,4552.58%1362,2295,275Franklin56.15%7,67041.40%5,6552.46%3362,01513,661Gibson62.05%10,02136.18%5,8431.77%2854,17816,149Giles56.12%5,05940.63%3,6633.25%2931,3969,015Grainger70.21%4,01927.06%1,5492.72%1562,4705,724Greene75.10%13,86722.91%4,2301.99%3679,63718,464Grundy46.18%2,00852.32%2,2751.49%65 -2674,348Hamblen72.53%13,72725.10%4,7502.38%4508,97718,927Hamilton66.82%78,65231.21%36,7331.97%2,32541,919117,710Hancock76.52%1,32020.41%3523.07%539681,725Hardeman57.34%4,07638.83%2,7603.83%2721,3167,108Hardin69.19%5,56129.54%2,3741.27%1023,1878,037Hawkins70.84%11,20326.72%4,2262.44%3866,97715,815Haywood51.65%3,06347.08%2,7921.27%752715,930Henderson74.87%5,75723.03%1,7712.09%1613,9867,689Henry59.20%6,66938.93%4,3861.87%2112,28311,266Hickman55.39%3,77242.88%2,9201.73%1188526,810Houston43.40%1,16856.19%1,5120.41%11 -3442,691Humphreys47.24%2,99750.84%3,2251.92%122 -2286,344Jackson42.86%1,58555.11%2,0382.03%75 -4533,698Jefferson74.16%9,78823.24%3,0682.60%3436,72013,199Johnson76.60%4,01420.21%1,0593.19%1672,9555,240Knox72.11%101,55124.98%35,1852.91%4,09966,366140,835Lake51.21%73847.33%6821.46%21561,441Lauderdale56.58%4,03142.20%3,0061.22%871,0257,124Lawrence63.29%8,19735.66%4,6181.05%1363,57912,951Lewis54.89%2,33441.42%1,7613.69%1575734,252Lincoln59.70%5,75638.07%3,6702.23%2152,0869,641Loudon72.35%10,69424.84%3,6722.80%4147,02214,780Macon65.58%3,60133.05%1,8151.37%751,7865,491Madison67.32%22,25431.08%10,2731.60%53011,98133,057Marion56.58%5,59241.74%4,1261.68%1661,4669,884Marshall59.88%5,24637.69%3,3022.43%2131,9448,761Maury61.99%13,99736.55%8,2521.46%3295,74522,578McMinn71.29%11,52126.49%4,2812.22%3597,24016,161McNairy67.79%5,76431.35%2,6660.86%733,0988,503Meigs65.19%2,08832.56%1,0432.25%721,0453,203Monroe67.33%8,52030.27%3,8312.40%3044,68912,655Montgomery66.36%24,38231.46%11,5602.17%79812,82236,740Moore63.03%1,26733.98%6832.99%605842,010Morgan62.69%3,61535.88%2,0691.42%821,5465,766Obion63.99%6,00234.14%3,2021.88%1762,8009,380Overton49.83%3,00148.79%2,9381.38%83636,022Perry53.33%1,29444.71%1,0851.98%482092,427Pickett67.54%1,34631.31%6241.15%237221,993Polk58.61%3,21139.72%2,1761.68%921,0355,479Putnam63.89%13,41833.27%6,9872.85%5986,43121,003Rhea72.26%6,13626.19%2,2241.54%1313,9128,491Roane67.69%13,64629.70%5,9882.60%5257,65820,159Robertson64.32%12,13534.24%6,4611.44%2725,67418,868Rutherford67.56%39,49728.99%16,9473.45%2,01622,55058,460Scott70.09%3,69528.89%1,5231.02%542,1725,272Sequatchie68.07%2,56030.50%1,1471.44%541,4133,761Sevier76.75%18,23717.67%4,1985.58%1,32614,03923,761Shelby55.56%171,24941.12%126,7213.32%10,23244,528308,202Smith48.52%2,92750.17%3,0271.31%79 -1006,033Stewart49.62%2,21247.85%2,1332.53%113794,458Sullivan72.53%38,46325.51%13,5271.96%1,04224,93653,032Sumner68.81%32,91929.15%13,9432.04%97818,97647,840Tipton68.70%10,93328.86%4,5932.45%3906,34015,916Trousdale49.80%1,24847.69%1,1952.51%63532,506Unicoi74.14%3,98624.01%1,2911.84%992,6955,376Union69.38%3,45429.55%1,4711.06%531,9834,978Van Buren57.33%98641.40%7121.28%222741,720Warren57.76%7,09639.74%4,8822.51%3082,21412,286Washington72.35%25,48125.14%8,8562.51%88316,62535,220Wayne71.85%3,23627.44%1,2360.71%322,0004,504Weakley61.16%6,93637.39%4,2401.45%1642,69611,340White58.24%4,50539.68%3,0692.08%1611,4367,735Williamson80.12%44,85017.45%9,7682.43%1,35835,08255,976Wilson67.75%22,78130.02%10,0952.23%75112,68633,627Total65.10%1,255,44432.21%621,1522.70%52,017634,2921,928,613 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 2000 United States Senate elections 2000 Tennessee elections References General Specific https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=47&f=0&off=3&elect=0&class=1 2000 Senatorial General Election Results - Tennessee www.uselectionatlas.org August 9, 2009 External links Official campaign website links Bill Frist (R) for Senate Jeff Clark (D) for Senate Tennessee 2000 Category:2000 Tennessee elections Category:Bill Frist