Which senator did Frist defeat in his 1994 election?
Jim Sasser
Ted Kennedy
Joe Lieberman
John Kerry
Answer
In the 1994 election, Republican candidate Bill Frist defeated incumbent Democratic Senator Jim Sasser to win the Senate seat in Tennessee. The election was a significant victory for the Republicans during a Republican wave election, in which they gained control of the Senate for the first time in eight years.
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