This is the 2000 race. The latest: 2024 →

2000Final results

2000 election for Tennessee Senate District 18

Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee

Jo Ann Graves (D) won with 58.0% of the vote, defeating Ferrell Haile (R) by 17.6 points.

Jo Ann GravesDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.0%39,361
Ferrell HaileRepublican
40.4%27,413
David C. MyersLibertarian
1.6%1,073
67,847 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+0.71996D+17.62000R+3.22004R+30.32008R+38.52012R+42.92024

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates

Jo Ann Graves (D)Ferrell Haile (R)

Also on the ballot: David C. Myers (Libertarian), 1.6%