2000 United States Senate elections
Elections leading 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.

2000 United States Senate elections

Section Title: Elections leading to the next Congress
Table Section Text: 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 (linked to summaries below)	Incumbent	Results	Candidates

Senator	Party	Electoral history

Arizona	Jon Kyl	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jon Kyl (Republican) 79.3% William Toel (Independent) 7.8% Vance Hansen (Green) 7.8% Barry Hess (Libertarian) 5.1%

California	Dianne Feinstein	Democratic	1992 (special) 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Dianne Feinstein (Democratic) 55.8% Tom Campbell (Republican) 36.6% Medea Benjamin (Green) 3.1% Gail Lightfoot (Libertarian) 1.8% Diane Beall Templin (American Independent) 1.3% Jose Camahort (Reform) 0.9% Brian M.

Connecticut	Joe Lieberman	Democratic	1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joe Lieberman (Democratic) 63.2% Philip Giordano (Republican) 34.1% William Kozak (Concerned Citizens) 2% Wildey J. Moore (Libertarian) 0.7%

Delaware	William Roth	Republican	1970 1971 (appointed) 1976 1982 1988 1994	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Thomas R. Carper (Democratic) 55.5% William Roth (Republican) 43.7% Mark Dankof (Constitution) 0.3% J.

Florida	Connie Mack III	Republican	1988 1994	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Bill Nelson (Democratic) 51% Bill McCollum (Republican) 46.2% Willie Logan (Independent) 1.4% Joe Simonetta (Natural Law) 0.4% Darrell L. McCormick (Independent) 0.4% Joel Deckard (Reform) 0.3% Andy Martin (Independent) 0.3% Nikki Oldaker (Independent) 0.1%

Hawaii	Daniel Akaka	Democratic	1990 (appointed) 1990 (special) 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Daniel Akaka (Democratic) 72.7% John S. Carroll (Republican) 24.5% Lauri Clegg (Natural Law) 1.2% Lloyd Jeffrey Mallan (Libertarian) 0.9% David Porter (Constitution) 0.7%

Indiana	Richard Lugar	Republican	1976 1982 1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Richard Lugar (Republican) 66.5% David Johnson (Democratic) 31.9% Paul Hager (Libertarian) 1.6%

Maine	Olympia Snowe	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Olympia Snowe (Republican) 68.9% Mark Lawrence (Democratic) 31.1%

Maryland	Paul Sarbanes	Democratic	1976 1982 1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Paul Sarbanes (Democratic) 63.2% Paul Rappaport (Republican) 36.7%

Massachusetts	Ted Kennedy	Democratic	1962 (special) 1964 1970 1976 1982 1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ted Kennedy (Democratic) 72.9% Jack E. Robinson III (Republican) 12.9% Carla Howell (Libertarian) 11.9% Philip F.

Michigan	Spencer Abraham	Republican	1994	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Debbie Stabenow (Democratic) 49.4% Spencer Abraham (Republican) 47.9% Matthew Abel (Green) 0.9% Michael Corliss (Libertarian) 0.7% Mark Forton (Reform) 0.6% John Mangopoulos (U.S.

Minnesota	Rod Grams	Republican	1994	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Mark Dayton (Democratic) 48.8% Rod Grams (Republican) 43.3% James Gibson (Independence) 5.8% David Daniels (Grassroots) 0.9% Rebecca Ellis (Socialist Workers) 0.5% David Swan (Constitution) 0.4% Erik D.

Mississippi	Trent Lott	Republican	1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Trent Lott (Republican) 65.9% Troy Brown (Democratic) 31.6% Jim Giles (Independent) 0.9% Lewis Napper (Libertarian) 0.9% Shawn O'Hara (Reform) 0.7%

Missouri	John Ashcroft	Republican	1994	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected posthumously. Democratic gain.	√ Mel Carnahan (Democratic) 50.4% John Ashcroft (Republican) 48.4% Evaline Taylor (Green) 0.5% Grant Samuel Stauffer (Libertarian) 0.4% Hugh Foley (Reform) 0.2% Charles Dockins (Natural Law) 0.1%

Montana	Conrad Burns	Republican	1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Conrad Burns (Republican) 50.6% Brian Schweitzer (Democratic) 47.2% Gary Lee (Reform) 2.2%

Nebraska	Bob Kerrey	Democratic	1988 1994	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Ben Nelson (Democratic) 51% Don Stenberg (Republican) 48.8%

Nevada	Richard Bryan	Democratic	1988 1994	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ John Ensign (Republican) 55.1% Edward M. Bernstein (Democratic) 39.7% None of These Candidates 1.9% Kathy Rusco (Green) 1.7% J.

New Jersey	Frank Lautenberg	Democratic	1982 1982 (appointed) 1988 1994	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Jon Corzine (Democratic) 50.1% Bob Franks (Republican) 47.1% Bruce Afran (Green) 1.1% Pat DiNizio (Reform) 0.6% Emerson Ellett (Libertarian) 0.2% Dennis A.

New Mexico	Jeff Bingaman	Democratic	1982 1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jeff Bingaman (Democratic) 61.7% William T. Redmond (Republican) 38.3%

New York	Daniel Patrick Moynihan	Democratic	1976 1982 1988 1994	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Hillary Clinton (Democratic) 55% Rick Lazio (Republican) 43% Jeffrey E. Graham (Independence) 0.6% Mark J.

North Dakota	Kent Conrad	Democratic	1986 1992 (retired) 1992 (special) 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Kent Conrad (Democratic) 61.4% Duane Sand (Republican) 38.6%

Ohio	Mike DeWine	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Mike DeWine (Republican) 59.9% Ted Celeste (Democratic) 35.9% John McAlister (Libertarian) 2.6% John Eastman (Natural Law) 1.6%

Pennsylvania	Rick Santorum	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Rick Santorum (Republican) 52.4% Ron Klink (Democratic) 45.5% John Featherman (Libertarian) 1% Lester Searer (Constitution) 0.6% Robert Domske (Reform) 0.5%

Rhode Island	Lincoln Chafee	Republican	1999 (appointed)	Interim appointee elected.	√ Lincoln Chafee (Republican) 56.8% Robert Weygand (Democratic) 41.1% Christopher Young (Reform) 1% Kenneth Proulx (Independent) 0.9%

Tennessee	Bill Frist	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Bill Frist (Republican) 65.1% Jeff Clark (Democratic) 32.2% Tom Burrell (Green) 1.3% Charles F. Johnson (Independent) 0.5% Robert Watson (Independent) 0.4% David Jarrod Ownby (Independent) 0.2% Joel Kinstle (Independent) 0.2%

Texas	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	1993 (special) 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Kay Bailey Hutchison (Republican) 65% Gene Kelly (Democratic) 32.3% Doug Sandage (Green) 1.5% Mary Ruwart (Libertarian) 1.1%

Utah	Orrin Hatch	Republican	1976 1982 1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Orrin Hatch (Republican) 65.6% Scott Howell (Democratic) 31.5% Carlton Edward Bowen (Independent American) 1.6% Jim Dexter (Libertarian) 1.4%

Vermont	Jim Jeffords	Republican	1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jim Jeffords (Republican) 65.6% Ed Flanagan (Democratic) 25.4% Charles W. Russell (Constitution) 3.5% Rick Hubbard (Independent) 1.9% Billy Greer (Vermont Grassroots) 1.7% Hugh Douglas (Libertarian) 1.3% Jerry Levy (Liberty Union) 0.5%

Virginia	Chuck Robb	Democratic	1988 1994	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ George Allen (Republican) 52.3% Chuck Robb (Democratic) 47.7%

Washington	Slade Gorton	Republican	1980 1986 (lost) 1988 1994	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Maria Cantwell (Democratic) 48.7% Slade Gorton (Republican) 48.6% Jeff Jared (Libertarian) 2.6%

West Virginia	Robert Byrd	Democratic	1958 1964 1970 1976 1982 1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert Byrd (Democratic) 77.7% David T. Gallaher (Republican) 20.2% Joe Whelan (Libertarian) 2.1%

Wisconsin	Herb Kohl	Democratic	1988 1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Herb Kohl (Democratic) 61.5% John Gillespie (Republican) 37% Tim Peterson (Libertarian) 0.8% Eugene A. Hem (Independent) 0.4% Robert R.

Wyoming	Craig L. Thomas	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Craig L. Thomas (Republican) 73.7% Mel Logan (Democratic) 22% Margaret Dawson (Libertarian) 4.2%

Sentence(s)

The Republicans defeated Democratic incumbent Chuck Robb (Virginia) and won in Nevada in the 2000 United States Senate elections.

final_sentence: The Republicans defeated Democratic incumbent Chuck Robb (Virginia) and won in Nevada in the 2000 United States Senate elections.