United States Senate special election in Tennessee, 1994
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Blue counties won by Cooper. Red counties won by Thompson. |
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The 1994 United States Senate special election in Tennessee was held November 8, 1994. Al Gore resigned from the Senate when elected Vice President of the United States, and this led to the appointment of Harlan Mathews and the special election.[1] Republican nominee Fred Thompson won the open seat.
Results
General election results[2]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Republican |
Fred Thompson |
885,998 |
60.44% |
+30.63% |
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Democratic |
Jim Cooper |
565,930 |
38.61% |
-29.12% |
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Independent |
Charles N. Hancock |
4,169 |
0.28% |
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Independent |
Charles Moore |
2,219 |
0.15% |
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Independent |
Terry Lytle |
1,934 |
0.13% |
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Independent |
Kerry Martin |
1,719 |
0.12% |
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Independent |
Jon Walls |
1,532 |
0.10% |
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Independent |
Hobart Lumpkin |
1,184 |
0.08% |
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Independent |
Don Schneller |
1,150 |
0.08% |
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Write-ins |
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27 |
0.00% |
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Majority |
320,068 |
21.83% |
-16.08% |
Turnout |
1,465,862 |
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Republican gain from Democratic |
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