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.

Republican primary Bill Frist, incumbent U.S. Senator was unopposed in the Republican primary. He received 186,882 votes.

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.

General election

By county CountyBill 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

External links Official campaign website links Bill Frist (R) for Senate Jeff Clark (D) for Senate