1996 Senatorial General Election Results - Tennessee
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  Senatorial
Candidate
Political
Party
Popular Vote
Fred ThompsonRepublican 1,091,554 61.37%
Houston GordonDemocratic 654,937 36.82%
John Jay HookerIndependent 14,401 0.81%
Bruce GoldIndependent 5,865 0.33%
Robert O. WatsonIndependent 5,569 0.31%
YOther (+) - 6,338 0.36%
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Demographic Data

2000 Population:5,689,283Enum.2000 Population Density:53.3persons/km2
1996 Population:5,416,643Est.1996 Population Density:50.7persons/km2
1990 Population:4,877,203Enum.1990 Population Density:45.7persons/km2
Land Area (2000):106,752km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:1.6%

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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: Tennessee Secretary of State. Division of Elections, "General Election for U.S. Senate - November 5, 1996," Tennessee Blue Book 1997-1998 (Nashville, 1996)
  • Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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