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.

President of the United States
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{{legend|#4389e3|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
March 14, 2000, Primary Results [[File:2000 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary election results map by county (vote share).svg|alt=Final results by county|thumb|350x350px|Final results by county:{{legend|#3333FF|Gore}}

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

Results
August 3, 2000, Primary Results

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

State Senate
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
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.