2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee

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November 7, 2000 (2000-11-07)

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All 9 Tennessee seats to the United States House of Representatives

Turnout

63.03%

^[1] 30.50 pp

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Republican	Democratic
Last election	5	4
Seats won	5	4
Seat change
Popular vote	991,984	819,100
Percentage	53.49%	44.17%

Republican

60–70%

80–90%

>90%

Democratic

60–70%

70–80%

>90%

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The 2000 congressional elections in Tennesse 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]

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 2000^[4]
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).

Popular vote

Republican			53.49%
Democratic			44.17%
Other			2.34%

House seats

Republican			55.56%
Democratic			44.44%

By district

District	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
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

District 1

Tennessee's 1st congressional district election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Jenkins (inc.)	157,826	99.99%
	Write-In	Write-ins	20	0.01%
Total votes			157,846	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 2

Tennessee's 2nd congressional district election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy Duncan (inc.)	187,154	89.34%
	Independent	Kevin J. Rowland	22,304	10.65%
	Write-In	Write-ins	27	0.01%
Total votes			209,485	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 3

Tennessee's 3rd congressional district election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Zach Wamp (inc.)	139,840	63.87%
	Democratic	William L. Callaway	75,785	34.61%
	Independent	Trudy Austin	3,235	1.48%
	Write-In	Write-ins	80	0.04%
Total votes			218,940	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 4

Tennessee's 4th congressional district election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Van Hilleary (inc.)	133,622	65.76%
	Democratic	David Dunaway	67,165	33.05%
	Independent	J. Patrick Lyons	2,418	1.19%
	Write-In	Write-ins	5	0.00%
Total votes			203,210	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 5

Tennessee's 5th congressional district election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Clement (inc.)	149,277	72.49%
	Republican	Stan R. Scott	50,386	24.47%
	Independent	David Carew	6,268	3.04%
	Write-In	Write-ins	2	0.00%
Total votes			205,933	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 6

Tennessee's 6th congressional district election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bart Gordon (inc.)	168,861	62.10%
	Republican	David R. Charles	97,169	35.74%
	Independent	Jim Coffer	4,685	1.72%
	Write-In	Write-ins	1,184	0.44%
Total votes			271,899	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 7

Tennessee's 7th congressional district election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Bryant (inc.)	171,056	69.63%
	Democratic	Richard Sims	71,587	29.14%
	Independent	Denis Solee	2,941	1.20%
	Write-In	Write-ins	65	0.03%
Total votes			245,649	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 8

Tennessee's 8th congressional district election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Tanner (inc.)	143,127	72.26%
	Republican	Billy R. Yancy	54,929	27.73%
	Write-In	Write-ins	24	0.01%
Total votes			198,080	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 9

Tennessee's 9th congressional district election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold Ford Jr. (inc.)	143,298	99.97%
	Write-In	Write-ins	36	0.03%
Total votes			143,334	100.00%
	Democratic hold

References

^ "Tennessee Voter Turnout in 2000". Tennessee Secretary of State. November 7, 2000. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
^ "The 2000 Election". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
^ "2000 US Results". Retrieved February 14, 2024.
^ "Historical Election Results | Tennessee Secretary of State". sos.tn.gov. Retrieved February 13, 2024.

v t e Tennessee's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators	▌Marsha Blackburn (R) ▌Bill Hagerty (R)
Representatives (ordered by district)	▌Diana Harshbarger (R) ▌Tim Burchett (R) ▌Chuck Fleischmann (R) ▌Scott DesJarlais (R) ▌Andy Ogles (R) ▌John Rose (R) ▌Mark Green (R) ▌David Kustoff (R) ▌Steve Cohen (D)

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