Election Name: | 2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee |
Country: | Tennessee |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee |
Previous Year: | 1998 |
Next Election: | 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee |
Next Year: | 2002 |
Seats For Election: | All 9 Tennessee seats to the United States House of Representatives |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Last Election1: | 5 |
Seats1: | 5 |
Popular Vote1: | 991,984 |
Percentage1: | 53.49% |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Last Election2: | 4 |
Seats2: | 4 |
Popular Vote2: | 819,100 |
Percentage2: | 44.17% |
Turnout: | 63.03% [1] 30.50 pp |
The 2000 congressional elections in Tennessee was held on November 7, 2000, to determine who will represent the state of Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives.
Following the 2000 elections, no seats changed hands, leaving the Tennessee delegation at a 5-4 Republican majority.[2] [3]
United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 2000[4] | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 991,984 | 53.49% | 5 | — | |
Democratic | 819,100 | 44.17% | 4 | — | |
Independents | 41,851 | 2.26% | 0 | — | |
Totals | 1,854,378 | 100.00% | 9 | — | |
(There was 1,443 Write-in votes that were added to the statewide total number of votes).
District | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | |||||
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Member | Party | First elected | ||||||
Bill Jenkins | Republican | 1996 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
Jimmy Duncan | Republican | 1988 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
Zach Wamp | Republican | 1994 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
Van Hilleary | Republican | 1994 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
Bob Clement | Democratic | 1988 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
Bart Gordon | Democratic | 1984 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
Ed Bryant | Republican | 1994 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
John S. Tanner | Democratic | 1988 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
Harold Ford Jr. | Democratic | 1996 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
See also: Tennessee's 1st congressional district.
See also: Tennessee's 2nd congressional district.
See also: Tennessee's 3rd congressional district.
See also: Tennessee's 4th congressional district.
See also: Tennessee's 5th congressional district.
See also: Tennessee's 6th congressional district.
See also: Tennessee's 7th congressional district.
See also: Tennessee's 8th congressional district.
See also: Tennessee's 9th congressional district.