2000 United States Senate elections

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The 2000 United States Senate elections were held on November 7, 2000. The elections coincided with other federal and state elections, including the presidential election which was won by Republican George W. Bush. These elections took place 6 years after Republicans had won a net gain of eight seats in Senate Class 1. Despite George W. Bush's victory in the presidential election, the Republicans lost four senate seats, the most a winning president's party has lost since the passage of the 17th Amendment. This election marked the first election year since 1990 where Democrats made net gains in the Senate. Democrats defeated incumbent Republicans in Delaware, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Washington, and they won an open Republican-held seat in Florida. In Missouri, the winner was elected posthumously. The Republicans defeated Democratic incumbent Chuck Robb in Virginia, and won an open seat in Nevada. Additionally, Republican Senator Paul Coverdell of Georgia died earlier in the year and was replaced by Democratic appointee Zell Miller, who then went on to win the special election.

These elections resulted in an equal 50–50 split between Republicans and Democrats, with the Vice President casting the tie-breaking votes in the Senate. This was the second tied Senate, after the results in the 1880 elections. Democrats thereby technically won control of the Senate briefly from the Republicans but for only 17 days, since Democrat Al Gore was still Vice President and President of the Senate at the beginning of the new congressional term that started on January 3, 2001, and would remain so until the new Republican Vice President and President of the Senate Dick Cheney would be inaugurated on Inauguration Day on January 20th, 2001, restablishing the Republican majority. However, the Republican majority would only last until June 6, 2001, when Liberal Republican Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont left the Republican Party and became an independent, deciding to caucus with the Democrats, switching control again to the Democrats. Democrats would lose their majority in the Senate again, being reduced to a plaurity, after the death of Democratic Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone, before Republicans would once more and finally regain the majority in the Senate again after Republican Jim Talent won the 2002 United States Senate special election in Missouri, but since the election was held close to the end of the congressional term, it was decided Democrats would maintain technically maintain control of the Senate before the new one started. Republicans were able to firmly establish their majority in the 2002 midterm elections, and Democrats would not regain control of the Senate again until the 2006 midterm elections.

Until 2020, this was the last time that Democrats would win a Senate seat in Georgia. This is the last election cycle with only Republicans and Democrats in the Senate, and the last election cycle in which Republicans won seats in Rhode Island and Vermont.

Results summary

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Democratic	Republican

Summary of the 2000 United States Senate election results

Parties		Breakdown			Total seats		Popular vote		Total candidates
		Up	Elected	Not up	2000	+/-	Vote	%	GeneralTemplate:Efn
	Democratic Party	15	19	31	50	Increase 4	36,780,875Template:Efn	47.039%	33
	Republican Party	19	15	35	50	Decrease 4	36,725,431Template:Efn	46.968%	34
	Libertarian Party	-	-	-	-	-	1,036,684	1.326%	22
	Green Party	-	-	-	-	-	652,329	0.834%	8
	Independent	-	-	-	-	-	365,614	0.468%	24
	Constitution Party	-	-	-	-	-	286,816	0.367%	8
	Reform Party	-	-	-	-	-	190,509	0.244%	8
	Independence Party	-	-	-	-	-	183,764	0.235%	2
	Socialist Workers Party	-	-	-	-	-	15,996	0.020%	2
	Other parties	-	-	-	-	-	1,461,975	1.870%	12
	Write-in	-	-	-	-	-	324,295	0.415%	-
Total		34	34	66	100	-	78,191,797	100.0%	153

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Change in composition

Before the elections

After the July 27, 2000, appointment in Georgia.

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Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D40 Va. Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D39 N.D. Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D38 N.M. Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D37 Mass. Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D36 Md. Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D35 Hawaii Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D34 Ga. (sp) Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D33 Conn. Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D32 Calif. Ran	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | D31
Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D41 W.Va. Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D42 Wis. Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D43 Neb. Retired	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D44 Nev. Retired	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D45 N.J. Retired	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D46 N.Y. Retired	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R54 Fla. Retired	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R53 Wyo. Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R52 Wash. Ran	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R51 Vt. Ran
Majority →
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Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R40 Mich. Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R39 Maine Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R38 Ind. Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R37 Del. Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R36 Ariz. Ran	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R35	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R34	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R33	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R32	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R31
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After the elections

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Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D40 N.M. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D39 N.J. Hold	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D38 Neb. Hold	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D37 Mass. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D36 Md. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D35 Hawaii Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D34 Ga. (sp) ElectedTemplate:Efn	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D33 Conn. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D32 Calif. Re-elected	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | D31
Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D41 N.Y. Hold	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D42 N.D. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D43 W.Va. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D44 Wis. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D45 Del. Gain	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D46 Fla. Gain	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D47 Mich. Gain	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D48 Minn. Gain	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D49 Mo. GainTemplate:Efn	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D50 Wash. Gain
Majority (with Democratic vice president)Template:Efn ↑
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Beginning of the first session

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style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R1	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R2	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R3	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R4	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R5	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R6	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R7	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R8	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R9	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R10

Key:	align=center width=35px style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | D# Democratic align=center width=35px Template:Party shading/Independent | I# Independent, caucusing with Democrats align=center width=35px style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R# Republican

Gains and losses

Retirements

File:2000 United States Senate elections retirements map.svg

Map of retirements:

  Republican incumbent

  Democratic incumbent

  Democratic incumbent retired

  Republican incumbent retired

One Republican and four Democrats retired instead of seeking re-election. John Chafee of Rhode Island had previously announced his intent to retire at the end of his term, however, he died in office on October 24, 1999.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Florida	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |
Nebraska	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |
Nevada	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |
New Jersey	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |
New York	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |

Defeats

One Democrat and five Republicans sought re-election but lost in the general election.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Delaware	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |
Michigan	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |
Minnesota	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |	Template:Party shading/DFL |
Missouri	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | †
Virginia	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |
Washington	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |

Post-election changes

One Democratic senator-elect died on October 16, 2000, having been elected posthumously, and was replaced by a Democrat.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Missouri (Class 1)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Template:Efn	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |

Race summary

Special elections during the previous Congress

In this special election, the winner was seated between January 1, 2000, and January 2, 2001.

State	Incumbent			Result	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Georgia (Class 3)	Zell Miller	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	2000 (appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 7, 2000.	Template:Plainlist

Elections to the next Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 2001.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

State	Incumbent			Result	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Arizona		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
California		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1992 (special) 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Connecticut		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Delaware		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1970 1971 (appointed) 1976 1982 1988 1994	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Florida		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1988 1994	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Hawaii		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1990 (appointed) 1990 (special) 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Indiana		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1976 1982 1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Maine		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Maryland		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1976 1982 1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Massachusetts		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1962 (special) 1964 1970 1976 1982 1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Michigan		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1994	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Minnesota		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1994	Template:Party shading/DFL | Incumbent lost re-election. DFL gain.	Template:Plainlist
Mississippi		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Missouri		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1994	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected posthumously. Democratic gain. Carnahan's widow, Jean Carnahan, was appointed to begin the next term.	Template:Plainlist
Montana		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Nebraska		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1988 1994	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
Nevada		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1988 1994	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
New Jersey		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1982 1982 (appointed) 1988 1994	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
New Mexico		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1982 1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
New York		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1976 1982 1988 1994	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
North Dakota		Template:Party shading/North Dakota Democratic-NPL | Democratic-NPL	1986 1992 (retired) 1992 (special) 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Ohio		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Pennsylvania		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Rhode Island		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1999 (appointed)	Interim appointee elected.	Template:Plainlist
Tennessee		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Texas		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1993 (special) 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Utah		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1976 1982 1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Vermont		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Virginia		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1988 1994	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Washington		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1980 1986 (lost) 1988 1994	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
West Virginia		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1958 1964 1970 1976 1982 1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Wisconsin		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Wyoming		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist

Closest races

In ten races the margin of victory was under 10%

District	Winner	Margin
Washington	data-sort-value=-1 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic (flip)	0.09%
Michigan	data-sort-value=-1 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic (flip)	1.6%
Missouri	data-sort-value=0.5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic (flip)	2.1%
Nebraska	data-sort-value=0.5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	2.3%
New Jersey	data-sort-value=0.5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	3.0%
Montana	data-sort-value=0.5 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	3.4%Template:Efn
Virginia	data-sort-value=0.5 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican (flip)	4.6%
Florida	data-sort-value=0.5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic (flip)	4.8%
Minnesota	data-sort-value=0.5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic (flip)	5.5%
Pennsylvania	data-sort-value=0.5 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	6.9%

Arizona

Incumbent Republican Jon Kyl won re-election to a second term, as no candidate was nominated from the Democratic Party. Independent Bill Toel, Green party nominee Vance Hansen, and Libertarian party nominee Barry Hess each got more than 5% of the vote, a strong third party performance.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Toel	109,230	7.82
		Vance Hansen	108,926	7.80
		Barry Hess	70,724	5.06
Majority			998,966	71.50
Turnout			1,397,076
	hold		Swing

California

The heavily financed and popular senator Dianne Feinstein (D) easily won re-election to her second full term defeating the underfunded and underdog candidate Representative Tom Campbell (R) by over 19 points. Campbell even lost his own congressional district by almost 15 points.

Primary election results:

2000 U.S. Senate Democratic Party primary in California

Candidate		Votes	%
Dianne Feinstein		Template:Replace	95.50
Michael Schmier		Template:Replace	4.50
Total votes		Template:Replace	100.00

2000 U.S. Senate Republican Party primary in California

Candidate		Votes	%
Tom Campbell		Template:Replace	56.17
Ray Haynes		Template:Replace	22.47
Bill Horn		Template:Replace	15.01
John M. Brown		Template:Replace	2.26
Linh Dao		Template:Replace	2.14
James Peter Gough		Template:Replace	1.95
Total votes		Template:Replace	100.00

2000 U.S. Senate Green Party primary in California

Candidate		Votes	%
Medea Benjamin		Template:Replace	73.95
Jan B. Tucker		Template:Replace	26.05
Total votes		Template:Replace	100.00

2000 U.S. Senate Reform Party primary in California

Candidate		Votes	%
Jose Luis Olivares Camahort		Template:Replace	70.34
Valli "Sharp" Sharpe		Template:Replace	29.66
Total votes		Template:Replace	100.00

2000 U.S. Senate other primaries in California

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Gail Lightfoot		100.00
		Diane Beall Templin		100.00
		Brian M. Rees		100.00

Despite touting his service as a moderate Republican representing a strongly Democratic district, Campbell was underfunded and a decided underdog against the popular, heavily financed Feinstein. By February, he spent barely $1 million without any PAC money. Campbell has generally supported gay rights and abortion. He also opposes the war on drugs and calls himself a "maverick", similar to U.S. senator John McCain. Campbell was badly defeated, losing by over 19 points.

2000 U.S. Senate election, California

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Dianne Feinstein (Incumbent)		55.84
		Tom Campbell		36.59
		Medea Susan Benjamin		3.08
		Gail Lightfoot		1.77
		Diane Beall Templin		1.27
		Jose Luis Olivares Camahort		0.91
		Brian M. Rees		0.55
Invalid or blank votes			519,233	4.66
Total votes				100.00
Turnout				51.92
	hold

Connecticut

Incumbent Democrat Joe Lieberman won re-election to a third term over Republican Philip Giordano, Mayor of Waterbury and former State Representative. While running for re-election, he was also Al Gore's running mate in the 2000 presidential campaign. With Gore losing the presidency to George W. Bush, Lieberman returned to the Senate and remained there for another 13 years, when he retired. Had the Gore–Lieberman ticket won, Lieberman would have become U.S. Vice President and forced to resign his Senate seat, which would have led to a 2002 special election. It would also have led Republican Governor John G. Rowland to temporarily appoint an interim replacement.

Lieberman, a very popular centrist incumbent, focused on his vice presidential campaign. He refused to show up at the debates. Giordano was a heavy underdog, as he was ignored by the press and as he debated alone.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Philip Giordano	448,077	34.2
		William Kozak	25,509	2.0
		Wildey J. Moore	8,773	0.7
Majority
Turnout
	hold		Swing

Delaware

Incumbent Republican William Roth ran for re-election to a sixth term, but was defeated by Governor Tom Carper.

For 16 years the same four people had held the four major statewide positions. Because of term limits on the Governor's position Thomas Carper could not run again. Both he and U.S. Representative Michael Castle wanted to be U.S. senator. Roth would not retire, and fellow Republican Castle decided against a primary.

Roth, 79, was in the U.S. Senate for 30 years. He was the Chairman of the Finance Committee. Carper, 53, was a popular Governor and former U.S. Congressman of Delaware's At-large congressional district, who announced his major candidacy against Roth back in September 1999. Both candidates were moderates. Roth was one of the few Republicans to vote for the Brady Bill. Although Roth started the campaign with a 2-to-1 spending advantage, Carper went into the final month with more than $1 million on hand. In a contest between two popular and respected politicians, the issue seemed to be Roth's age versus Carper's relative youth.

Carper defeated Roth by over ten points. However, Roth received more votes than Presidential candidate George W. Bush, suggesting the strength of the Democratic turnout was a boon to Carper's candidacy and a key element of his victory. Many consider Roth's defeat due to his age and health, as he collapsed twice during the campaign, once in the middle of a television interview and once during a campaign event.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Roth (Incumbent)	142,891	43.70
		J. Burke Morrison	1,103	0.34
		Mark E. Dankof	1,044	0.32
		Robert Mattson	389	0.12
Majority			38,675	11.83
Turnout			326,993
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Florida

Incumbent Republican Connie Mack III decided to retire instead of seeking a third term. Democrat Bill Nelson, State Treasurer and former U.S. Representative, won the open seat over Republican Congressman Bill McCollum.

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Bill McCollum		81.13
		Hamilton A. S. Bartlett		18.87
Total votes				100

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Bill Nelson		77.48
		Newall Jerome Daughtrey		11.83
		David B. Higginbottom		10.69
Total votes				100

This election was in conjunction to the presidential election, where Bush narrowly defeated Gore after an intense recount. The senate election was evenly matched with two U.S. Congressmen named Bill in their mid-50s. Both parties heavily targeted this senate seat. The election became very nasty as Nelson called his opponent "an extremist who would sacrifice the elderly, the poor, and the working class to coddle the rich". McCollum called the Democrat "a liberal who would tax everything that moves, and some things that don't." The election advertisements were very negative, as both candidates talked more about each other than themselves.

Nelson raised only soft money, but had help from President Bill Clinton and VP Al Gore. Two days before the election, McCollum predicted he would win by a 6-point margin. On election day, he lost by a 5-point margin.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bill McCollum	2,705,348	46.19
	Independent	Willie Logan	80,830	1.38
		Joe Simonetta	26,087	0.45
	Independent	Darrell L. McCormick	21,664	0.37
		Joel Deckard	17,338	0.30
	Independent	Andy Martin	15,889	0.27
	Write-in	Nikki Oldaker	88	0.00
Majority			284,139	4.85
Turnout			5,856,731
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Georgia (special)

Incumbent Democrat Zell Miller, who was appointed by Democrat Governor Roy Barnes to replace Republican Paul Coverdell following his death, won re-election to serve the remainder of the term, beating Republican Mack Mattingly, former Ambassador to Seychelles and former U.S. senator. Until 2020, when Raphael Warnock won this seat, and Jon Ossoff won the other Senate seat, this was the last Senate election in Georgia won by a Democrat and also until 2020, this was the last time the Democrats have won the Class III Senate seat from Georgia.

One of the biggest campaign issues was Social Security. Miller attacked Mattingly for supporting a raise in the retirement age. The Republican fought back by connecting him to liberal Democrat Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, and on his vote to block legislation aimed at protecting Social Security. Mattingly said he would vote for Texas Governor George W. Bush for president, who was very popular in the state and led Vice President Al Gore in many Georgia polls. Mattingly then asked Miller who he was supporting in the presidential election. Miller conceded he would vote for Gore because he helped him when he was governor including drought relief, welfare reform, and the Atlanta Olympics. "That does not mean I agree with all of his policies," he concluded. In early October, a poll showed Miller leading with 59% of the vote, despite the fact that Bush was leading Gore by a double-digit margin.

Note: This election was a non-partisan election due to it being a special election. Each candidate ran without a party. The parties below reflect which party label each candidate would have run under if given the option.

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General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mack Mattingly	920,478	37.90
		Paul Robert MacGregor	25,942	1.07
		Ben Ballenger	22,975	0.95
		Jeff Gates	21,249	0.88
		Bobby Wood	12,499	0.51
	Independent	Winnie Walsh	11,875	0.49
Majority			492,746	20.29
Turnout			2,428,242

Hawaii

Incumbent Democrat Daniel Akaka won re-election to his second full term, over Republican John Carroll, former State senator and former State Representative.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Carroll	84,701	24.5
		Lauri A. Clegg	4,220	1.2
		Lloyd Jeffrey Mallan	3,127	0.9
		David Porter	2,360	0.7
Majority			166,514	48.1
Turnout			245,263	100.00
	hold		Swing

Indiana

Incumbent Republican Richard Lugar was re-elected to his fifth six-year term over Democrat David Johnson.

Lugar easily won re-election taking 66.5% one of the largest margins in a statewide race in Indiana history. Johnson only took one county, Lake County, a Democratic stronghold which borders Chicago.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David L. Johnson	683,273	31.9
		Paul Hager	33,992	1.6
Majority
Turnout			2,145,209	55
	hold		Swing

Maine

Incumbent Republican Olympia Snowe was re-elected to a second term, defeating Democratic candidate Mark Lawrence, former President of the Maine State Senate.

Snowe, a popular moderate incumbent, outpolled and outspent Lawrence. The two candidates agreed to debate on October 15 and 25.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mark W. Lawrence	197,183	31.06
Majority			240,506	37.88
Turnout			634,872
	hold		Swing

Maryland

Incumbent Democrat Paul Sarbanes won re-election to a fifth term over Republican Paul Rappaport, former Howard County police chief and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1994.

Rappaport won the Republican primary against S. Rob Sobhani, Ross Zimmerman Pierpont, Robin Ficker, Kenneth R. Timmerman, Kenneth Wayman and John Stafford through a grassroots movement with a plurality of just 23%. Rappaport, a major underdog, pushed for three debates. The four term incumbent actually agreed to one debate on October 26.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Paul Rappaport	715,178	35.7
	Other	Write-ins	1,594	0.1
	Independent	Corrogan R. Vaughn (write-in)	113
Turnout			1,946,898	100.0
	hold		Swing

Massachusetts

Incumbent Democrat Ted Kennedy won re-election to his eighth (his seventh full) term. The election was notable for a strong third-party performance from Libertarian Carla Howell, who finished less than a percent behind Republican Jack E. Robinson.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jack E. Robinson	334,341	12.86
		Carla Howell	308,860	11.88
		Philip F. Lawler	42,113	1.62
	Independent	Dale E. Friedgen	13,687	0.53
	Timesizing Not Downsizing	Philip Hyde III	8,452	0.33
	Others	All others	2,473	0.10
Total votes			2,734,006	100
	hold		Swing

Michigan

Incumbent Republican Spencer Abraham ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democrat Debbie Stabenow.

Abraham, who was first elected in the 1994 Republican Revolution despite never running for public office before, was considered vulnerable by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Major issues in the campaign included prescription drugs for the elderly. By September 4, Abraham still had failed to reach 50% in polls despite having spent over $6 million on television ads. In mid-October, he came back and reached 50% and 49% in two polls respectively.

The election was very close with Stabenow prevailing by just over 67,000 votes. Stabenow was also likely helped by the fact that Al Gore won Michigan on the presidential level. Ultimately, Stabenow pulled out huge numbers of the Democratic stronghold of Wayne County, which covers the Detroit Metropolitan Area. Stabenow also performed well in other heavily populated areas such as Ingham County home to the state's capital of Lansing, and the college town of Ann Arbor. Abraham did not concede right after major news networks declared Stabenow the winner; He held out hope that the few outstanding precincts could push him over the edge. At 4:00 am, Abraham conceded defeat. Senator Abraham called Stabenow and congratulated her on her victory. A historic election, Stabenow became the first woman to represent Michigan in the United States Senate.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Spencer Abraham (Incumbent)	1,994,693	47.86
		Matthew Abel	37,542	0.90
		Michael Corliss	29,966	0.72
		Mark Forton	26,274	0.63
		John Mangopoulos	11,628	0.28
		William Quarton	5,630	0.14
Majority			67,259	1.61
Turnout			4,165,685
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	-4.02

Minnesota

The race pitted incumbent Republican senator Rod Grams against former Minnesota State Auditor Mark Dayton.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rod Grams (Incumbent)	1,047,474	43.29
		James Gibson	140,583	5.81
		David Daniels	21,447	0.89
		Rebecca Ellis	12,956	0.54
		David Swan	8,915	0.37
		Erik D. Pakieser	6,588	0.27
	Write-in	Ole Savior	4	0.00
Majority			134,079	5.54
Turnout			2,419,520	74.10

Mississippi

Incumbent Republican Trent Lott won re-election to a third term over perennial Democratic candidate Troy Brown.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Troy D. Brown	314,090	31.6
	Independent	Jim Giles	9,344	0.9
		Lewis Napper	8,454	0.9
		Shawn O'Hara	7,315	0.7
	hold		Swing

Missouri

Incumbent Republican John Ashcroft lost the election to Governor Mel Carnahan, despite Carnahan's death three weeks before election day.

In 1998, Ashcroft briefly considered running for president. On January 5, 1999, he announced that he would not seek the presidency and would instead defend his Senate seat in the 2000 election. Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan announced he would contest the Senate election as a Democrat.

In the general election for the state's seat in the U.S. Senate, Ashcroft was facing then-Governor Mel Carnahan in a "tight" race, despite the senator having a larger budget than Carnahan, a war chest that included significant contributions from corporations such as Monsanto Company, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, which gave five times more to Ashcroft's campaign fund than to the fund of any other congressional hopeful at the time.

Carnahan was killed in a plane crash three weeks before the November election date. Nonetheless, Carnahan's name remained on the ballot due to Missouri's election laws. Lieutenant Governor Roger B. Wilson became Governor upon Carnahan's death, to serve the remaining term of Carnahan's governorship. Ashcroft suspended all campaigning on the day of the plane crash in light of the tragedy and resumed it eight days before the election date.

The voters of Missouri, by a margin of approximately fifty thousand votes, chose for the U.S. Senate Mel Carnahan, their Governor who had died two weeks before the election. No one had ever posthumously won election to the Senate, though voters on at least three other occasions had until then chosen deceased candidates for the House of Representatives: Clement Woodnutt Miller (D) in California in 1962; Nick Begich (D) in Alaska, 1972; and Hale Boggs (D) in Louisiana, 1972. Hence, John Ashcroft became the first U.S. Senate candidate to be defeated by a dead opponent.

Governor Roger B. Wilson appointed Carnahan's 66-year-old widow, Jean Carnahan, to fill her husband's vacant seat until the next cycle of Senate elections when a successor could be elected to serve out the remaining four years of the deceased Carnahan's would-be term. Ashcroft stated that he hoped the appointment would be "a matter of comfort for Mrs. Carnahan."

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Ashcroft (Incumbent)	1,142,852	48.4
		Evaline Taylor	10,612	0.5
		Grant Samuel Stauffer	10,198	0.4
		Hugh Foley	4,166	0.2
		Charles Dockins	1,933	0.1
	Write-ins	Write-in candidates	13
Turnout			2,361,586
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Montana

Incumbent Republican Conrad Burns won re-election to a third term.

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Brian Schweitzer		66.18
		John Driscoll		33.82
Total votes				100.00

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Conrad Burns (Incumbent)		100.00
Total votes				100.00

Reform primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Sam Rankin		100.00
Total votes				100.00

Though Sam Rankin won the Reform Party's nomination for the United States Senate, he dropped out of the race over the summer and was replaced by Gary Lee.

Conrad, in a poll released September 21, was leading Schweitzer 48% to 39% that went down from 49% in November 1999. Schweitzer had his polls go up by 11 points.

Burns faced a surprisingly difficult re-election campaign in 2000. In February 1999, he announced that he would break his 1988 promise to only hold office for two terms, claiming "Circumstances have changed, and I have rethought my position." Later that same month, while giving a speech about U.S. dependence on foreign oil to the Montana Equipment Dealers Association, he referred to Arabs as "ragheads". Burns soon apologized, saying he "became too emotionally involved" during the speech.

Burns faced Brian Schweitzer, a rancher from Whitefish, Montana. While Burns attempted to link Schweitzer with presidential candidate Al Gore, whom Schweitzer never met, Schweitzer "effectively portrayed himself as nonpolitical". Schweitzer primarily challenged Burns on the issue of prescription drugs, organizing busloads of senior citizens to take trips to Canada and Mexico for cheaper medicine. Burns charged that Schweitzer favored "Canadian-style government controls" and claimed that senior citizens went to doctors to have "somebody to visit with. There's nothing wrong with them." Burns also faced trouble regarding deaths from asbestos in Libby, Montana. While he initially supported a bill to limit compensation in such cases, he withdrew his support for the bill, under public criticism, and added $11.5 million for the town to an appropriations bill.

Burns spent twice as much money as Schweitzer on the election and only defeated him by a slim margin, 51-47 percent, while the state voted 58-33 percent for Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush. Schweitzer went on to become governor in 2004.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Brian Schweitzer	194,430	47.24
		Gary Lee	9,089	2.2
Majority			13,652	3.32
Turnout			411,601
	hold		Swing

Nebraska

Incumbent Democrat Bob Kerrey decided to retire. Democrat Ben Nelson won the open seat, beating Don Stenberg, the Republican Attorney General of Nebraska.

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Ben Nelson		92.12
		Al Hamburg		7.39
		Write-ins		0.49
Total votes				100.00

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Don Stenberg		49.99
		Scott Moore		21.77
		David Hergert		17.07
		George Grogan		4.39
		John DeCamp		3.96
		Elliott Rustad		2.82
		Write-ins		0.01
Total votes				100.00

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Don Stenberg	337,977	48.82
	Write-ins		1,280	0.18
Majority			15,116	2.18
Turnout			692,350
	hold		Swing

Nevada

Incumbent Democrat Richard Bryan decided to retire, instead of seeking a third term. Republican nominee John Ensign won the open seat over Democratic attorney Ed Bernstein.

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		John Ensign		88.03
		Richard Hamzik		5.69
		None of these candidates		4.86
		Fernando Platin, Jr.		1.42
Total votes				100.00

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward M. Bernstein	238,260	39.69
	None of These Candidates		11,503	1.92	-1.40%
		Kathryn Rusco	10,286	1.71
		J. J. Johnson	5,395	0.90
		Ernie Berghof	2,540	0.42
	Citizens First Party	Bill Grutzmacher	1,579	0.26
Majority			92,427	15.40
Turnout			600,250
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New Jersey

Incumbent Democrat Frank Lautenberg decided to retire, rather than seeking a fourth term. The Democratic nominee, former CEO of Goldman Sachs Jon Corzine, defeated the Republican nominee, U.S. Representative Bob Franks, in a close election.

Senator Lautenberg, first elected to the Senate in 1982 in an upset victory over Rep. Millicent Fenwick (R-Bergen), had always been an underdog in all three bids for Senate. He beat Pete Dawkins in 1988 by a 54%-46% margin and held back a challenge from Chuck Haytaian by a smaller margin of 50%-47%. However, popular Governor Christine Todd Whitman was expected to challenge Lautenberg, and opinion polls showed Lautenberg losing by a large margin. He retired but later regretted his decision because Gov. Whitman and Former Governor Tom Kean both declined to run for the Senate. Lautenberg would be elected to the state's other Senate Seat in 2002.

Corzine spent $35 million of his own money into the Democratic primary election alone when running against Jim Florio, who served as the 49th Governor of New Jersey from 1990 to 1994. Governor Florio was unpopular during his tenure in office. Most notably, he signed a $2.8 Billion tax increase in 1990. It caused his party to lose control of the state government for a decade, and cost the Governor his re-election bid in 1993.

Corzine, running as an outsider, was endorsed by State senator Raymond Zane (D-Gloucester), State senator Wayne Bryant (D-Camden), State senator John Adler (D-Camden), U.S. Representative Bob Menendez (D-Hudson) and U.S. senator Bob Torricelli (D-NJ). Florio was endorsed by the State Party, Assemblyman Joe Doria (D-Hudson) and senator John Lynch (D-Middlesex).

Corzine defeated Florio in the primary and then defeated Bob Franks in the general election.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Florio	182,212	42.0

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Gormley	94,010	34.1
		James W. Treffinger	48,674	17.7
		Murray Sabrin	34,629	12.6

Franks, a moderate Republican, attacked Corzine for "trying to buy the election and of advocating big-government spending programs that the nation can ill afford". Corzine accused Franks of wanting to dismantle the Social Security system because he supported Governor George W. Bush's partial privatization plan.

During the campaign, Corzine refused to release his income tax return records. He claimed an interest in doing so, but he cited a confidentiality agreement with Goldman Sachs. Skeptics argued that he should have followed the example of his predecessor Robert Rubin, who converted his equity stake into debt upon leaving Goldman.

Corzine campaigned for state government programs including universal health care, universal gun registration, mandatory public preschool, and more taxpayer funding for college education. He pushed affirmative action and same-sex marriage. David Brooks considered Corzine so liberal that although his predecessor was also a Democrat, his election helped shift the Senate to the left.

During Corzine's campaign for the United States Senate, he made some controversial off-color statements. When introduced to a man with an Italian name who said he was in the construction business, Corzine quipped: "Oh, you make cement shoes!" according to Emanuel Alfano, chairman of the Italian-American One Voice Committee. Alfano also reported that when introduced to a lawyer named David Stein, Corzine said: "He's not Italian, is he? Oh, I guess he's your Jewish lawyer who is here to get the rest of you out of jail." Corzine denied mentioning religion, but did not deny the quip about Italians, claiming that some of his own ancestors were probably Italian, or maybe French.

Also in 2000, Corzine denied having paid off African-American ministers, when in fact the foundation controlled by him and his wife had paid one influential black church $25,000. Rev. Reginald T. Jackson, director of the Black Ministers Council, had campaigned against a form of racial profiling whereby police officers stop minority drivers and had gotten New Jersey state police superintendent, Carl A. Williams, fired. Corzine had donated to Jackson prior to getting what appears to be a reciprocal endorsement.

Franks generally trailed Corzine in the polls until the very last week, when he pulled even in a few polls. Corzine spent $63 million, while Franks spent only $6 million. Despite being heavily outspent, Franks lost by only three percentage points, doing better that year than Republican Governor George W. Bush in the presidential election, who obtained just 40% of the vote in the state.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bob Franks	1,420,267	47.10
		Bruce Afran	32,841	1.09
		Pat DiNizio	19,312	0.64
		Emerson Ellett	7,241	0.24
	Independent	Dennis A. Breen	6,061	0.20
	Trust in God	J. M. Carter	5,657	0.19
		Lorraine LaNeve	3,836	0.13
		Gregory Pason	3,365	0.11
		Nancy Rosenstock	3,309	0.11
	God Bless Jersey	George Gostigian	2,536	0.08
Majority			90,970	3.01
Turnout
	hold		Swing

New Mexico

Incumbent Democrat Jeff Bingaman won re-election to a fourth term, beating Republican former Congressman Bill Redmond.

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Jeff Bingaman (Incumbent)		100.00
Total votes				100.00

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Bill Redmond		60.39
		Steve Pearce		21.56
		William F. Davis		18.05
Total votes				100.00

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bill Redmond	225,517	38.25
	Write-ins		265	0.04
Majority			138,227	23.45
Turnout			589,525
	hold		Swing

New York

Hillary Rodham Clinton, then First Lady of the United States and the first First Lady to run for political office, defeated Congressman Rick Lazio. The general election coincided with the U.S. presidential election.

The race began in November 1998 when four-term incumbent Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) announced his retirement. Both the Democratic Party and Republican Party sought high-profile candidates to compete for the open seat. By early 1999 Clinton and Mayor of New York City Rudolph Giuliani were the likely respective nominees. Clinton and her husband, President Bill Clinton, purchased a house in Chappaqua, New York, in September 1999; she thereby became eligible for the election, although she faced characterizations of carpetbagging since she had never resided in the state before. The lead in statewide polls swung from Clinton to Giuliani and back to Clinton as the campaigns featured both successful strategies and mistakes as well as dealing with current events. In late April and May 2000, Giuliani's medical, romantic, marital, and political lives all collided in a tumultuous four-week period, culminating in his withdrawing from the race on May 19.

The Republicans chose lesser-known Congressman Rick Lazio to replace him. The election included a record $90 million in campaign expenditures between Clinton, Lazio, and Giuliani and national visibility. Clinton showed strength in normally Republican upstate areas and a debate blunder by Lazio solidified Clinton's previously shaky support among women.

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Hillary Rodham Clinton		82
		Mark McMahon		18

The contest drew considerable national attention and both candidates were well-funded. By the end of the race, Democrat Clinton and Republicans Lazio and Giuliani had spent a combined $90 million, the most of any U.S. Senate race in history. Lazio outspent Clinton $40 million to $29 million, with Clinton also getting several million dollars in soft money from Democratic organizations. Among Clinton antagonists circles, direct mail-based fundraising groups such as the Emergency Committee to Stop Hillary Rodham Clinton sprung up, sending out solicitations regarding the "carpetbagging" issue: just as one Clinton leaves office, another one runs.

Clinton secured a broad base of support, including endorsements from conservation groups and organized labor, but notably not the New York City police union which endorsed Lazio while firefighters supported Clinton. While Clinton had a solid base of support in New York City, candidates and observers expected the race to be decided in upstate New York where 45 percent of the state's voters live. During the campaign, Clinton vowed to improve the economic picture in upstate New York, promising that her plan would deliver 200,000 New York jobs over six years. Her plan included specific tax credits with the purpose of rewarding job creation and encouraging business investment, especially in the high-tech sector. She called for targeted personal tax cuts for college tuition and long-term care. Lazio faced a unique tactical problem campaigning upstate. The major issue there was the persistently weak local economy, which Lazio hoped to link to his opponent's husband's tenure in office. Attacks on the state of the upstate economy were frequently interpreted as criticism of incumbent Republican governor George Pataki, however, limiting the effect of this line of attack.

Opponents continued to make the carpetbagging issue a focal point throughout the race and during debates. Talk radio hammered on this, with New York-based Sean Hannity issuing a daily mantra, "Name me three things Hillary Clinton has ever done for the people of New York!" Clinton's supporters pointed out that the state was receptive to national leaders, such as Robert F. Kennedy who was elected to the Senate in 1964 despite similar accusations. In the end, according to exit polls conducted in the race, a majority of the voters dismissed the carpetbagging issue as unimportant.

During the campaign, Independent Counsel Robert Ray filed his final reports regarding the long-running Whitewater, "Travelgate", and "Filegate" investigations of the White House, each of which included specific investigations of Hillary Clinton actions. The reports exonerated her on the files matter, said there was insufficient evidence regarding her role in Whitewater, and said that she had made factually false statements regarding the Travel Office firings but there was insufficient evidence to prosecute her. Although The New York Times editorialized that the release of the reports seemed possibly timed to coincide with the Senate election, in practice the findings were not seen as likely to sway many voters' opinions.

A September 13, 2000, debate between Lazio and Clinton proved important. Lazio was on the warpath against soft money and the amounts of it coming from the Democratic National Committee into Clinton's campaign, and challenged Clinton to agree to ban soft money from both campaigns. He left his podium and waved his proposed paper agreement in Clinton's face; many debate viewers thought he had invaded her personal space and as a result Clinton's support among women voters solidified.

Late in the campaign Lazio criticised Clinton for accepting campaign donations from various Arab groups in the wake of the attack. This issue caused former New York Mayor Ed Koch to take out ads telling Lazio to "stop with the sleaze already", and did not change the dynamic of the race.

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Having won the election, Clinton is sworn in as the junior senator from New York, January 3, 2001.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Hillary Rodham Clinton	102,094
		Hillary Rodham Clinton	82,801
	total	Hillary Rodham Clinton	3,747,310	55.27
		Rick Lazio	2,724,589
		Rick Lazio	191,141
	total	Rick Lazio	2,915,730	43.01
		Jeffrey Graham	43,181	0.64
		Mark Dunau	40,991	0.60
		John Adefope	21,439	0.32
		John Clifton	4,734	0.07
		Louis Wein	3,414	0.05
		Jacob Perasso	3,040	0.04
	Blank/scattering		179,823
Majority			831,580	12.27
Turnout			6,779,839
	hold		Swing

Per New York State law, Clinton and Lazio totals include their minor party line votes: Liberal Party of New York and Working Families Party for Clinton, Conservative Party for Lazio.

Clinton won the election on November 7 with 55 percent of the vote to Lazio's 43 percent, a difference larger than most observers had expected. Clinton won the traditionally Democratic base of New York City by large margins, and carried suburban Westchester County, but lost heavily populated Long Island, part of which Lazio represented in Congress. She won surprising victories in Upstate counties, such as Cayuga, Rensselaer, and Niagara, to which her win has been attributed.

In comparison with other results, this 12 percentage point margin was smaller than Gore's 25 point margin over Bush in the state Presidential contest, was slightly larger than the 10 point margin by which fellow New York senator Charles Schumer defeated incumbent Republican Al D'Amato in the hotly contested 1998 race, but was considerably smaller than the 47 point margin by which senator Schumer won re-election in 2004 against little-known Republican challenger Howard Mills. The victory of a Democrat in the Senate election was not assured, because in recent decades the Republicans had won about half the elections for governor and senator.

Lazio's bid was handicapped by the weak performance of George W. Bush in New York in the 2000 election, but it was also clear Hillary Clinton had made substantial inroads in upstate New York prior to Lazio's entry into the race. Exit polls also showed a large gender gap with Clinton running stronger than expected among moderate women and unaffiliated women.

North Dakota

Incumbent Dem-NPL U.S. senator Kent Conrad won re-election to a third term, over Republican Naval Reserve officer Duane Sand.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Duane Sand	111,069	38.63
Majority			65,401	22.74
Turnout			287,539	100

Ohio

Incumbent Republican Mike DeWine won re-election to a second term, beating Democrat Ted Celeste, real estate developer and brother of former Ohio Governor Dick Celeste.

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Mike DeWine (Incumbent)		79.51
		Ronald Richard Dickson		12.44
		Frank Cremeans		8.05
Total votes				100

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Ted Celeste		43.86
		Marvin McMickle		24.35
		Richard Cordray		23.65
		Dan Radakovich		8.14
Total votes				100

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ted Celeste	1,595,066	35.9
		John McAlister	116,724	2.6
	Natural Law Party (US)	John Eastman	70,713	1.6
	Write-in		786	0.00
Majority			1,076,446
Turnout			4,448,801	63.6
	hold		Swing

Pennsylvania

Incumbent Republican Rick Santorum won re-election to a second term over Democratic Congressman Ron Klink.

Santorum had gained a reputation as a polarizing figure during his first term in the Senate, but he entered the race with a large fundraising advantage and high levels of support from the political right. The contest began for Democrats with a brutal primary challenge; U.S. Congressman Klink narrowly bested State senator Allyson Schwartz and former Lieutenant Governor nominee Tom Foley by running on the message that he was the only candidate capable of defeating the Republican. Klink was viewed as a viable choice because he was a traditional Democrat on most issues and had strong union ties but also was pro-life, which Democrats hoped would return votes to their party in the heavily Catholic but economically liberal coal regions of the state. However, enthusiasm around Klink's campaign quickly waned. Liberal Democrats, particularly in the Philadelphia area, balked at donating to a socially conservative candidate who was almost unknown in their area. He was also badly outspent, leaving him unable to expand his presence in the state; he didn't run a single ad on Philadelphia television. Santorum, in contrast, successfully balanced his national recognition on social issues with local concerns en route to a surprisingly large victory.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ron Klink	2,154,908	45.5
		John Featherman	45,775	1.0
		Lester Searer	28,382	0.6
		Robert Domske	24,089	0.5
Majority			327,054	6.9
Total votes				100

Rhode Island

Incumbent Republican Lincoln Chafee was elected his first full term after being appointed in 1999 to fill the seat of his father, the previous Senator, John Chafee who died on October 24, 1999, a few months after the elder Chafee announced his retirement instead of seeking a fifth term. As of 2022, this is the last Senate election in Rhode Island won by a Republican.

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Robert Weygand		57.49
		Richard A. Licht		42.51
Total votes				100.00

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Lincoln Chafee (Incumbent)		100.00
Total votes				100.00

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Weygand	161,023	41.15
		Christopher Young	4,107	1.05
	Independent	Kenneth Proulx	3,635	0.93
Majority			61,565	15.73
Turnout			391,353
	hold		Swing

Tennessee

Incumbent Republican Bill Frist won re-election to a second term.

The Democratic primary was held August 3, 2000. In a field of five candidates, Jeff Clark, a professor at Middle Tennessee State University, edged out John Jay Hooker to win the nomination.

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Jeff Clark		34.23%
		John Jay Hooker		33.81%
		Mary Taylor-Shelby		15.10%
		Shannon Wood		13.39%
		James Looney		3.35%
		Write-ins		0.12%
Total votes				100.00%

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Bill Frist (Incumbent)		100.00
Total votes				100.00

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jeff Clark	621,152	32.21%
		Tom Burrell	25,815	1.34%
	Independent	Charles F. Johnson	10,004	0.52%
	Independent	Robert Watson	8,416	0.44%
	Independent	David Jarrod Ownby	4,388	0.23%
	Independent	Joel Kinstle	3,135	0.16%
	Write-in		259	0.00%
Majority			634,292	32.89%
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Texas

Incumbent Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison won re-election to a second term, beating Democrat Gene Kelly, a retired attorney.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gene Kelly	2,025,024	32.4
		Douglas S. Sandage	91,329	1.5
		Mary J. Ruwart	72,657	1.2
Majority
Turnout
	hold		Swing

Utah

Incumbent Republican Orrin Hatch won re-election to a fifth term, beating Democratic State senator Scott N. Howell.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Scott N. Howell	242,569	31.51
		Carlton Edward Bowen	11,938	1.55
		Jim Dexter	10,394	1.35
Majority			262,234	34.07
Turnout			769,704
	hold		Swing

Vermont

Incumbent Republican Jim Jeffords won re-election to a third term in office, over Ed Flanagan, Vermont Auditor of Accounts. Jeffords switched from being a Republican to an independent, who would later caucus with the Democratic Party following the 2000 election in May 2001, thus breaking the 50-50 lock. As of 2022, this is the last Senate election in Vermont won by a Republican.

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Ed Flanagan		49.24
		Jan Backus		46.43
		Write-ins		4.33
Total votes				100.00

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Jim Jeffords (Incumbent)		77.79
		Rick Hubbard		20.65
		Write-ins		1.55
Total votes				100.00

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ed Flanagan	73,352	25.43
		Charles W. Russell	10,079	3.49
	Independent	Rick Hubbard	5,366	1.86
		Billy Greer	4,889	1.69
		Hugh Douglas	3,843	1.33
		Jerry Levy	1,477	0.51
	Write-ins		361	0.13
Majority			115,781	40.13
Turnout			288,500
	hold		Swing

Virginia

Incumbent Democrat Chuck Robb ran for a third term, but lost to Republican George Allen.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Chuck Robb (Incumbent)	1,296,093	47.68
	Write-ins		1,748	0.06
Majority			124,367	4.58
Turnout			2,718,301
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Washington

Incumbent Republican Slade Gorton ran for a third consecutive term (fourth overall), but was unseated for a second time (the first being 1986) by Democratic candidate, former Congresswoman Maria Cantwell.

Since Maria Cantwell had only won by 1,953 votes, or a margin of 0.08 percent, an automatic recount was triggered. Cantwell won the recount on December 1 with a margin of 2,229 votes (0.09%) in one of the closest elections in Washington state history.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Slade Gorton (Incumbent)	1,197,208	48.64
		Jeff Jared	64,734	2.63
Plurality			2,229
Turnout			2,461,379	100

West Virginia

Incumbent Democrat Robert Byrd won re-election to an eighth term. He won every county and congressional district in the state.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David T. Gallaher	121,635	20.2
		Joe Whelan	12,627	2.1
Majority
Turnout
	hold		Swing

Wisconsin

Incumbent Democrat Herb Kohl won re-election to a third term.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Gillespie	940,744	37.0
		Tim Peterson	21,348	0.8
	Independent	Eugene A. Hem	9,555	0.4
		Robert R. Raymond	4,296	0.2
	Independent	Write-ins	902	0.0
	hold		Swing

Wyoming

Incumbent Republican Craig Thomas won re-election to a second term over Democratic mine worker Mel Logan.

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Mel Logan		64.59
		Sheldon Sumey		35.41
Total votes				100.00

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Craig Thomas (Incumbent)		100.00
Total votes				100.00

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General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mel Logan	47,087	22.04
		Margaret Dawson	8,950	4.19
Majority			110,535	51.73
Turnout			213,659
	hold		Swing

See also

• 2000 United States elections
  • 2000 United States gubernatorial elections
  • 2000 United States presidential election
  • 2000 United States House of Representatives elections
• 106th United States Congress
• 107th United States Congress

External links

• Template:Sister-inline
• JoinCalifornia 2000 General Election
• United States Election 2000 Web Archive from the U.S. Library of Congress
• 2000 North Dakota U.S. Senate Election results