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1996 Tennessee U.S. Senate Election
Tennessee · 7 candidates
Fred ThompsonRepublicanWINNER61.37%
1,091,554 votes
Houston GordonDemocratic36.82%
654,937 votes
John Jay HookerIndependent0.81%
14,401 votes
Bruce GoldIndependent0.33%
5,865 votes
Robert O. WatsonIndependent0.31%
5,569 votes
Greg SamplesIndependent0.23%
4,104 votes
Philip L. KienlenIndependent0.12%
2,173 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).