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Tennessee Department of State - Division of Elections
| 1996 Tennessee Congressional and Statewide Results |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties |
President, 47.1% in '92 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 77% Democrat |
| William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (D) 48.00% |
ex-U.S. Senator Robert J. Dole (R) 45.59% |
businessman / Reform Party nominee H. Ross Perot (I) 5.59%, consumer attorney / Green Party nominee Ralph Nader (I) 0.34%, businessman Libertarian Party nominee Harry Browne (I) 0.27%, Conservative Caucus founder Taxpayers Party nominee Howard Phillips (I) 0.10%, Dr. / Natural Law Party nominee John S. Hagelin (I) 0.03%, businessman Charles E. Collins (I) 0.04%, Prohibition Party nominee Earl F. Dodge (I) 0.02%, AIDS Cure Party nominee Steve Michaels (I) 0.02%, |
Senator, 60% in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 90% Republican, Cook Report: Safe Republican, Roll Call: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Report: Safe Incumbent, Campaign & Elections: 9:1 Republican, Politics Now: Safe Republican, |
| attorney Houston Gordon (D) 36.8% |
Fred Thompson (R) 61.4% |
ex-Governor candidate John Jay Hooker (Rfm) 0.8%, Bruce Gold (NL) 0.3%, Robert O. Watson (I) 0.3%, Greg Samples (L) 0.2%, Philip L. Kienlen (I) 0.1%, |
1st Cong. District, Jimmy Quillen retiring, 72.9% in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 64% Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Campaign & Election's Odds: 3:1 Republican, Politics Now: Safe Republican, |
| real estate agent Kay C. Smith (D) 33.2% |
ex-St. House Speaker / Judge William "Bill" L. Jenkins (R) 63.9% |
Dave Davis (C) 1%, James R. Taylor (I) 0.6%, Bill "Bull" Durham (I) 0.5%, John Curtis (I) 0.4%, Paul Schmidt (L) 0.2%, Mike Fugate (I) 0.2%, |
2nd Cong. District, 90.5% in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 90% Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, Campaign & Election's Odds: 6:1 Republican |
| Stephen Smith (D) 28.6% |
John J. Duncan, Jr. (R) 70.7% |
Chris G. Dimit (L) 0.6%, George Njezic (I) 0.1%, |
3rd Cong. District, 52.3% in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 77% Republican,Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Republican, Campaign & Election's Odds: 6:5 Republican, Politics Now: Likely Republican, |
| Charles N. "Chuck" Jolly (D) 42.6% |
Zach Wamp (R) 56.4% |
William A. Cole (L) 0.5%, Walt "Combat" Ward (I) 0.3%, Thomas Ed Morrell (I) 0.1%, '94 candidate Richard M. "Dick" Sims (NL) 0.1%, |
4th Cong. District, 56.6% in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 64% Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, Campaign & Election's Odds: 4:3 Republican, Politics Now: Likely Republican, |
| attorney Mark Stewart (D) 41.1% |
William V. "Van" Hilleary (R) 58% |
'94 candidate R. J. Patrick Lyons (I) 0.6%, Preston T. Spaulding (L) 0.3%, |
5th Cong. District, 60.2% in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 90% Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic, Campaign & Election's Odds: 5:2 Democrat |
| Bob Clement (D) 72.4% |
Steven L. Edmondson (R) 23.8% |
Mike Childers (L) 3.8% |
6th Cong. District, 50.6% in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 64% Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Democratic, Campaign & Election's Odds: 8:7 Democrat, Politics Now: Toss Up, Hotline: Hot Seat, |
| Bart Gordon (D) 54.4% |
Attorney / '94 nominee Steve Gill (R) 41.6% |
Jim Coffer (L) 4% |
7th Cong. District, 60.2% in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 77% Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, Campaign & Election's Odds: 3:2 Republican, Politics Now: Safe Republican, |
| Clarksville Mayor Don Trotter (D) 34.6% |
Ed Bryant (R) 64.1% |
Steven E. Romer (L) 1.3% |
8th Cong. District, 63.8% in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 90% Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic, Campaign & Election's Odds: 4:1 Democrat |
| John S. Tanner (D) 67.3% |
firefighter Tom Watson (R) 30.1% |
Donna Malone (L) 2.6% |
9th Cong. District, Harold E. Ford (D) retiring, 57.8% in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 77% Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Campaign & Election's Odds: 3:1 Democrat, Politics Now: Safe Democrat, |
| Harold E. Ford Jr. (D) 61.1% |
'94 nominee Rod DeBerry (R) 37.3% |
Silky Sullivan (I) 0.5%, Mary D. Taylor (I) 0.3%, Greg Voehringer (L) 0.2%, Anthony Burton (I) 0.2%, Don Fox (I) 0.1%, Del Gill (I) 0.1%, '94 candidate Tom Jeannette (I) 0.1%, Johnny E. Kelly (I) 0.1%, Bill Taylor (I), |
1. Key to Predictions: Roll Call,
The Cook Political Report,
The Rothenberg Political Report,
Campaign & Election Magazine,
D.C.'s Political Report
2. Bold indicates incumbent. Yellow district indicates
open races. Blue boxes indicates winner. Red print indicates change in party control.
3. Key to Party Identification.
(C) = Constitution Party
(D) = Democratic Party
(G) = Green Party
(I) = independent candidates
(L) = Libertarian Party
(NL) = Natural Law Party
(Rfm) = Reform Party
(R) = Republican Party
(WI) = Write-in candidates
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