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1994 Tennessee U.S. Senate Election

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Who won the 1994 Tennessee U.S. Senate Election?

Bill Frist won the 1994 Tennessee U.S. Senate Election. Bill Frist received 834,226 popular votes (56.35%). The main challenger was James R. Sasser (42.09%).

See the full head-to-head between Frist and Sasser

Frist +14.3 pts · won by 211,062 votes
Bill FristRepublicanWINNER56.35%
834,226 votes
James R. SasserDemocratic42.09%
623,164 votes
John Jay HookerIndependent0.89%
13,244 votes
Charles F. JohnsonIndependent0.45%
6,631 votes
Philip L. KienlenIndependent0.21%
3,087 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.