2000Final results
2000 election for Tennessee Senate District 26
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
John Wilder (D) won with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Bob Shutt (Ind) by 9.6 points.
John WilderDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.8%30,174
Bob ShuttIndependent
45.2%24,881
55,055 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET