United States Senate special election in Tennessee, 1994

United States Senate special election in Tennessee, 1994

1990 ← November 8, 1994 → 1996

Nominee Fred Thompson Jim Cooper Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 885,998 565,930 Percentage 60.4% 38.6%

County results

U.S. Senator before election Harlan Mathews Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Fred Thompson Republican

The 1994 United States Senate special election in Tennessee was held on November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Al Gore decided to resign to become Vice President of the United States and lead to the appointment of Harlan Mathews and the special election. Republican nominee Fred Thompson won the open seat.

Major candidates

Democratic

• Jim Cooper, U.S. Representative from Tennessee's 4th congressional district (1983–1995)

Republican

• Fred Thompson, attorney and actor

Results

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Fred Thompson	885,998	60.44%	+30.63%
	Democratic	Jim Cooper	565,930	38.61%	-29.12%
	Independent	Charles N. Hancock	4,169	0.28%
	Independent	Charles Moore	2,219	0.15%
	Independent	Terry Lytle	1,934	0.13%
	Independent	Kerry Martin	1,719	0.12%
	Independent	Jon Walls	1,532	0.10%
	Independent	Hobart Lumpkin	1,184	0.08%
	Independent	Don Schneller	1,150	0.08%
	Write-ins		27	0.00%
Majority			320,068	21.83%	-16.08%
Turnout			1,465,862
	Republican gain from Democratic