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Turnout | 63.03% [1] 6.41 pp | ||||||||||||||||
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Frist: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Clark: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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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.