1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee

1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee
	County results; Gore: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
U.S. senator before election; Al Gore; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Al Gore; Democratic

The 1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 6, 1990, to select the U.S. Senator from the state of Tennessee. Incumbent Senator Al Gore won re-election to a second term in a landslide, sweeping every county in the state.

As of 2024, this was the last time the Democrats won a U.S. Senate election in Tennessee, and also the most recent U.S. Senate election in Tennessee in which several counties, including Knox County and Hamilton County, went to the Democratic candidate.

Candidates

Democratic Party

Al Gore, incumbent U.S. Senator

Democratic

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Gore (incumbent)	302,768	100.00%
Total votes			302,768	100.00%

Republican Party

William R. Hawkins, conservative author

Election results

1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Gore (incumbent)	529,914	67.72%
	Republican	William R. Hawkins	233,324	29.92%
	Independent	Bill Jacox	11,172	1.43%
	Independent	Charles Gordon Vick	7,995	1.02%
	Write-in		109	0.01%
Total votes			782,514	100.00%
	Democratic hold

References

^ "1990 Senatorial General Election Results - Tennessee".

[1] "1990 Senatorial General Election Results - Tennessee".

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