2000 Tennessee elections

Tennessee state elections in 2000 were held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000. Primary elections for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as various judicial retention elections, were held on August 3, 2000.^[1]

2000 Tennessee elections

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Presidential election

President of the United States

Main articles: 2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2000 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary, and 2000 Tennessee Republican presidential primary

Final results by county:

  Bush

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  Gore

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%

In 2000, Tennessee had 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College. In the general election, Republican candidate George W. Bush narrowly won the state with 51.15% of the to Democratic Vice President Al Gore's 47.28%.

The presidential primaries were held on March 14, 2000. George W. Bush won Tennessee's Republican primary. Tennessee native Al Gore easily won the Democratic primary.

Results

United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2000[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George Walker Bush	1,061,949	51.15%	11
	Democratic	Albert Arnold Gore Jr.	981,720	47.28%	0
	Independent	Ralph Nader	19,781	0.95%	0
	Independent	Harry Edson Browne	4,284	0.21%	0
	Independent	Patrick Joseph Buchanan	4,250	0.20%	0
Totals			2,071,984		11

March 14, 2000, Primary Results

Final results by county:

  Gore

•   75–80%
•   80–85%
•   85–90%
•   90–95%
•   95–100%

2000 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary^[3]

Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates[4]
Al Gore	198,264	92.13	68
Bill Bradley (withdrawn)	11,323	5.26
Uncommitted	4,407	2.05	13
Lyndon LaRouche Jr.	1,031	0.48
Write-in votes	178	0.08
Total	215,203	100%	81

Final results by county:

  Bush

•   60–65%
    65–70%
    70–75%
    75–80%
    80–85%
    85–90%

2000 Tennessee Republican presidential primary^[5]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
George W. Bush	193,166	77.02%	37
John McCain	36,436	14.53%	0
Alan Keyes	16,916	6.75%	0
Gary Bauer	1,305	0.52%	0
Steve Forbes	1,018	0.41%	0
Orrin Hatch	252	0.10%	0
Write-ins	75	0.03%	0
Uncommitted	1,623	0.65%	0
Total	250,791	100.00%	37

United States Congress

Senate

Main article: 2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee

Final results by county:

  Frist

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

  Clark

•   50–60%

Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bill Frist won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic candidate Jeff Clark.

Results

Tennessee United States Senate election, 2000^[6]

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

August 3, 2000, Primary Results

Democratic primary results

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%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Frist (Incumbent)	186,882	100.00
Total votes			186,882	100.00

House of Representatives

Main article: 2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee

District results:

  Republican

•   60–70%
•   80–90%
•   >90%

  Democratic

•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   >90%

Tennessee elected nine U.S. representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine congressional districts.

Results

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Member	Party	First elected
Tennessee 1	Bill Jenkins	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Jenkins (Republican) Uncontested
Tennessee 2	Jimmy Duncan	Republican	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jimmy Duncan (Republican) 90%
Tennessee 3	Zach Wamp	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Zach Wamp (Republican) 64% ▌William Callaway (Democratic) 35%
Tennessee 4	Van Hilleary	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Van Hilleary (Republican) 66% ▌David Dunaway (Democratic) 34%
Tennessee 5	Bob Clement	Democratic	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Clement (Democratic) 73% ▌Stan Scott (Republican) 25%
Tennessee 6	Bart Gordon	Democratic	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bart Gordon (Democratic) 63% ▌David Charles (Republican) 37%
Tennessee 7	Ed Bryant	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ed Bryant (Republican) 70% ▌Richard Sims (Democratic) 30%
Tennessee 8	John S. Tanner	Democratic	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John S. Tanner (Democratic) 72% ▌Bill Yancy (Democratic) 28%
Tennessee 9	Harold Ford Jr.	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Harold Ford Jr. (Democratic) Uncontested

Popular vote Republican   53.49% Democratic   44.17% Other   2.34%

House seats Republican   55.56% Democratic   44.44%

State legislature

State Senate

Main article: 2000 Tennessee Senate election

See also: Tennessee General Assembly

Elections for 16 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 7, 2000.

After this election, Democrats had 18 seats while Republicans had 15 seats. Both parties maintained their respective amount of seats.

State House of Representatives

Main article: 2000 Tennessee House of Representatives election

The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 7, 2000.

Democrats won 58 seats, while Republicans won 41 seats. Republicans gained one seat.

See also

• Elections in Tennessee
• Political party strength in Tennessee
• Tennessee Democratic Party
• Tennessee Republican Party
• Government of Tennessee
• 2000 United States elections