2000 U.S. SENATE RESULTS

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  ELECTION TYPE:  

PRIMARY

 RUNOFF GENERAL
  CANDIDATE NAME PARTY # OF VOTES % # OF VOTES % # OF VOTES %
ARIZONA

September 12th

November 7th
(I) Kyl, Jon R

255,659

100.00

1,108,196

79.32

Total Party Votes:

255,659
Starky, Stuart W(D)

3,245

67.74

#
Maynard, Ronald E. "Ron" W(D)

1,545

32.25

Total Party Votes:

4,790
Toel, William I

109,230

7.82
Hansen, Vance W(GRN)/GRN

187

100.00

108,926

7.80

Total Party Votes:

187
Hess, Barry J., II LBT

1,586

100.00

70,724

5.06

Total Party Votes:

1,586

Total State Votes:

262,222

1,397,076
# There was not a Democratic U.S. Senate nominee for the general election.

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CALIFORNIA*

March 7th

November 7th
(I) Feinstein, Dianne D

3,759,560

95.40

5,932,522

55.84
Schmier, Michael D

181,104

4.60

Total Party Votes:

3,940,664
Campbell, Tom R

1,697,208

56.17

3,886,853

36.59
Haynes, Ray R

679,034

22.47
Horn, Bill R

453,630

15.01
Brown, John M. R

68,415

2.26
Dao, Linh R

64,559

2.14
Gough, James Peter R

58,853

1.95

Total Party Votes:

3,021,699
Benjamin, Medea Susan GRN

99,716

73.95

326,828

3.08
Tucker, Jan B. GRN

35,124

26.05

Total Party Votes:

134,840
Lightfoot, Gail Katherine LBT

120,622

100.00

187,718

1.77

Total Party Votes:

120,622
Templin, Diane Beall AIP

38,836

100.00

134,598

1.27

Total Party Votes:

38,836
Camahort, Jose Luis "Joe" REF

46,278

70.34

96,552

0.91
Sharpe-Geisler, Valli "Sharp" REF

19,516

29.66

Total Party Votes:

65,794
Rees, Brian M. NL

26,382

100.00

58,537

0.55

Total Party Votes:

26,382
Jones, John Emery W

6

0.00

Total State Votes:

7,348,837

10,623,614

* The 2000 primary election was conducted under the blanket primary system. All candidates, regardless of party affiliation, were listed on one ballot. All voters were presented with the same ballot to use in voting.

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CONNECTICUT*

November 7th
(I) Lieberman, Joe D

*

828,902

63.21
Giordano, Phil R

*

448,077

34.17
Kozak, William, Jr. CNC

25,509

1.94
Moore, Wildey J. LBT

8,773

0.67

Total State Votes:

1,311,261

* A candidate is endorsed by the party at the party convention. If a qualified challenger to the party endorsed candidate receives 15% of the delegate votes on roll call at the convention, and files for a primary, a primary election is held. Otherwise, the party endorsed candidate is the nominee. Democratic convention, July 14, 2001; Republican convention, July 22, 2001. Convention nominees are noted with an asterisk.

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DELAWARE

September 9th

November 7th
Carper, Thomas R. D

Unopposed

181,566

55.52
(I) Roth, William V., Jr. R

Unopposed

142,891

43.70
Morrison, J. Burke LBT

1,103

0.34
Dankof, Mark E. CON

1,044

0.32
Mattson, Robert NL

389

0.12
Scattered W

24

0.01

Total State Votes:

327,017

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FLORIDA

September 5th

November 7th
Nelson, Bill D

692,147

77.48

2,989,487

51.04
Daughtrey, Newall Jerome D

105,650

11.83
Higginbottom, David B. D

95,492

10.69

Total Party Votes:

893,289
McCollum, Bill R

660,592

81.13

2,705,348

46.19
Bartlett, Hamilton A. S. R

153,613

18.87

Total Party Votes:

814,205
Logan, Willie I

80,830

1.38
Simonetta, Joe NLF

26,087

0.44
McCormick, Darrell L. I

21,664

0.37
Deckard, Joel REF

17,338

0.30
Martin, Andy I

15,889

0.27
Grayson, Richard W

36

0.00
"Nikki O." W

29

0.00
Malapanis, Argiris W

9

0.00
Faulk, Olen C. W

8

0.00
Heady, Brian W

6

0.00

Total State Votes:

1,707,494

5,856,731

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GEORGIA
UNEXPIRED TERM

November 7th**
(I) Miller, Zell N

1,413,224

58.19
Mattingly, Mack F. N

920,478

37.90
MacGregor, Paul Robert N

25,942

1.07
Ballenger, Ben N

22,975

0.95
Gates, Jeff N

21,249

0.87
Wood, Bobby Rudolph N

12,499

0.51
Walsh, Winnie N

11,875

0.49
Dixon, Princella Howard W

262

0.01
Averitt, M. Luke W

9

0.00

Total State Votes:

2,428,513
** A special runoff election on November 28, 2000, was not necessary.

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HAWAII*

September 23rd

November 7th
(I) Akaka, Daniel K. D

150,507

90.22

251,215

72.68
Reyes, Art P. D

16,312

9.78

Total Party Votes:

166,819
Carroll, John R

33,349

71.48

84,701

24.51
Douglass, Eugene F. R

6,117

13.11
Deluze, James R. R

3,910

8.38
Friel, Harry J. R

3,277

7.02

Total Party Votes:

46,653
Clegg, Lauri A. NL

469

100.00

4,220

1.22

Total Party Votes:

469
Mallan, Lloyd Jeffrey LBT

664

100.00

3,127

0.90

Total Party Votes:

664
Porter, David CON

122

61.62

2,360

0.68
Manner, Paul CON

76

38.38

Total Party Votes:

198

Total State Votes:

214,803

345,623

* The 2000 primary election was conducted under the blanket primary system. All candidates, regardless of party affiliation, participated. All voters were presented with the same ballot (or set of ballots) to use in voting.

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INDIANA

May 2nd

November 7th
(I) Lugar, Richard G. R

356,888

100.00

1,427,944

66.56

Total Party Votes:

356,888
Johnson, David L. D

192,531

100.00

683,273

31.85

Total Party Votes:

192,531
Hager, Paul LBT

33,992

1.58

Total State Votes:

549,419

2,145,209

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MAINE

June 13th

November 7th
(I) Snowe, Olympia J. R

34,757

100.00

437,689

68.94

Total Party Votes:

34,757
Lawrence, Mark W. D

26,543

100.00

197,183

31.06

Total Party Votes:

26,543

Total State Votes:

61,300

634,872

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MARYLAND

March 7th

November 7th
(I) Sarbanes, Paul S. D

384,748

83.24

1,230,013

63.18
English, George D

45,984

9.95
Altman, Sidney D

31,502

6.82

Total Party Votes:

462,234
Rappaport, Paul H. R

70,231

22.66

715,178

36.73
Sobhani, Rob R

53,084

17.13
Pierpont, Ross Z. R

52,052

16.80
Ficker, Robin R

46,995

15.16
Timmerman, Kenneth R. R

30,146

9.73
Wayman, Ken R

28,461

9.18
Stafford, John R

18,656

6.02
Greyber, Howard David R

10,252

3.31

Total Party Votes:

309,877
Scattered W

1,594

0.08
Vaughn, Corrogan R. W

113

0.00

Total State Votes:

772,111

1,946,898

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MASSACHUSETTS

September 19th

November 7th
(I) Kennedy, Edward M. D

236,883

98.97

1,889,494

72.69
Scattered W(D)

2,467

1.03

Total Party Votes:

239,350
Robinson, Jack E., III R

42,263

96.59

334,341

12.86
Scattered W(R)

1,492

3.41

Total Party Votes:

43,755
Howell, Carla A. LBT

1,219

98.54

308,860

11.88
Scattered W(LBT)

18

1.46

Total Party Votes:

1,237
Lawler, Philip F. CON

42,113

1.62
Friedgen, Dale E. U

13,687

0.53
Hyde, Philip, III TND

8,452

0.32
Scattered W

2,473

0.10

Total State Votes:

284,342

2,599,420

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MICHIGAN

August 8th

November 7th
Stabenow, Debbie D

417,503

100.00

2,061,952

49.47

Total Party Votes:

417,503
(I) Abraham, Spence R

527,278

100.00

1,994,693

47.86

Total Party Votes:

527,278
Abel, Matthew R. GRN

37,542

0.90
Corliss, Michael R. LBT

29,966

0.72
Forton, Mark A. REF

26,274

0.63
Mangopoulos, John UST

11,628

0.28
Quarton, William NL

5,630

0.14

Total State Votes:

944,781

4,167,685

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MINNESOTA

September 12th

November 7th
Dayton, Mark DFL

178,972

41.29

1,181,553

48.83
Ciresi, Mike DFL

96,874

22.35
Janezich, Jerry R. DFL

90,074

20.78
Yanisch, Rebecca DFL

63,289

14.60
Franson, "Dick" DFL

1,336

0.31
Savior, Ole’ DFL

1,206

0.28
Iverson, Gregg A. DFL

1,038

0.24
Dorland, Hal DFL

610

0.14

Total Party Votes:

433,399
(I) Grams, Rod R

112,335

89.11

1,047,474

43.29
Dahn, Bill R

13,728

10.89

Total Party Votes:

126,063
Gibson, James (Jim) IDP

2,631

46.78

140,583

5.81
Davis, Leslie IDP

1,419

25.23
Johnson, Buford IDP

1,108

19.70
Askew, Fred H. IDP

466

8.28

Total Party Votes:

5,624
Daniels, David GRT

21,447

0.89
Ellis, Rebecca SWP

12,956

0.54
Swan, David CON

897

62.60

8,915

0.37
Schramm, Derek CON

536

37.40

Total Party Votes:

1,433
Pakieser, Erik D. LBT

6,588

0.27
Savior, Ole’ W

4

0.00

Total State Votes:

566,519

2,419,520

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MISSISSIPPI

March 14th

April 4th

November 7th
(I) Lott, Trent R

107,127

100.00

654,941

65.88

Total Party Votes:

107,127
Brown, Troy D., Sr. D

27,457

36.61

20,358

66.88

314,090

31.59
Cole, Rickey L. D

15,449

20.60

10,080

33.12
Allison, Clinton D

14,671

19.56
Richmond, Robert R., Jr. D

8,809

11.74
Hunt, James "Bootie" D

8,616

11.49

Total Party Votes:

75,002

30,438
Giles, Jim I

9,344

0.94
Napper, Lewis LBT

8,454

0.85
O’Hara, Shawn REF

7,315

0.74

Total State Votes:

182,129

994,144

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MISSOURI

August 8th

November 7th
Carnahan, Mel D

323,841

78.20

1,191,812

50.47
Wagganer, Ronald William D

90,251

21.79

Total Party Votes:

414,092
(I) Ashcroft, John R

327,442

89.58

1,142,852

48.39
Perkel, Marc R

38,103

10.42

Total Party Votes:

365,545
Stauffer, Grant Samuel LBT

1,730

100.00

10,198

0.43

Total Party Votes:

1,730
Foley, Hugh REF

294

39.25

4,166

0.18
Hall, James M. REF

269

35.91
Lindstedt, Martin REF

186

24.83

Total Party Votes:

749
Taylor, Evaline GRN

10,612

0.45
Dockins, Charles NL

1,933

0.08
Kennedy, Alyson W

8

0.00
Day, Darrel W

5

0.00

Total State Votes:

782,116

2,361,586

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MONTANA

June 6th

November 7th
(I) Burns, Conrad R

102,125

100.00

208,082

50.55

Total Party Votes:

102,125
Schweitzer, Brian D

59,189

66.18

194,430

47.24
Driscoll, John D

30,242

33.82

Total Party Votes:

89,431
Lee, Gary # REF

9,089

2.21
Rankin, Sam REF

1,110

100.00

Total Party Votes:

1,110

Total State Votes:

192,666

411,601
# Lee was selected as the general election nominee following the primary election after Rankin withdrew from the race.
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NEBRASKA

May 9th

November 7th
Nelson, Ben D

102,479

92.17

353,093

51.00
Hamburg, Al D

8,186

7.36
Write-In D

521

0.47

Total Party Votes:

111,186
Nelson, Ben N(D)

3,182

90.53
Hamburg, Al N(D)

296

8.42
Write-In N(D)

37

1.05

Total Party Votes: