| Election Name: | 2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1994 United States Senate election in Tennessee |
| Previous Year: | 1994 |
| Next Election: | 2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 2000 |
| Image1: | Bill Frist 109th pictorial photo.png |
| Nominee1: | Bill Frist |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,255,444 |
| Percentage1: | 65.10% |
| Nominee2: | Jeff Clark |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 621,152 |
| Percentage2: | 32.21% |
| U.S. Senator | |
| Before Election: | Bill Frist |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Bill Frist |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 63.03% [1] 6.41 pp |
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.
Bill Frist, incumbent U.S. Senator was unopposed in the Republican primary. He received 186,882 votes.
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.[2] [3]
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