Please read the following table in Markdown format and then answer the question according to the table. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| District | Senator | Party | Caucus | First elected | Counties Represented |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Kenneth P. LaValle | Republican | Republican | 1976 | Suffolk |
| 2 | John J. Flanagan | Republican | Republican | 2002 | Suffolk |
| 3 | Lee Zeldin | Republican | Republican | 2010 | Suffolk |
| 4 | Philip M. Boyle | Republican | Republican | 2012 | Suffolk |
| 5 | Carl L. Marcellino | Republican | Republican | 1995† | Nassau, Suffolk |
| 6 | Kemp Hannon | Republican | Republican | 1989† | Nassau |
| 7 | Jack M. Martins | Republican | Republican | 2010 | Nassau |
| 8 | Vacant |  |  |  | Nassau, Suffolk |
| 9 | Dean Skelos | Republican | Republican | 1984 | Nassau |
| 10 | James Sanders, Jr. | Democratic | Democratic | 2012 | Queens |
| 11 | Tony Avella | Democratic | Democratic | 2010 | Queens |
| 12 | Michael N. Gianaris | Democratic | Democratic | 2010 | Queens |
| 13 | Jose Peralta | Democratic | Democratic | 2010† | Queens |
| 14 | Malcolm Smith | Democratic | No caucus | 2000† | Queens |
| 15 | Joseph Addabbo, Jr. | Democratic | Democratic | 2008 | Queens |
| 16 | Toby Ann Stavisky | Democratic | Democratic | 1999† | Queens |
| 17 | Simcha Felder | Democratic | Republican | 2012 | Brooklyn |
| 18 | Martin Malave Dilan | Democratic | Democratic | 2002 | Brooklyn |
| 19 | John L. Sampson | Democratic | No caucus | 1996 | Brooklyn |
| 20 | Vacant |  |  |  | Brooklyn |
| 21 | Kevin S. Parker | Democratic | Democratic | 2002 | Brooklyn |
| 22 | Martin J. Golden | Republican | Republican | 2002 | Brooklyn |
| 23 | Diane Savino | Democratic | IDC | 2004 | Brooklyn, Staten Island |
| 24 | Andrew J. Lanza | Republican | Republican | 2006 | Staten Island |
| 25 | Velmanette Montgomery | Democratic | Democratic | 1984 | Brooklyn |
| 26 | Daniel Squadron | Democratic | Democratic | 2008 | Brooklyn, Manhattan |
| 27 | Brad Hoylman | Democratic | Democratic | 2012 | Manhattan |
| 28 | Liz Krueger | Democratic | Democratic | 2002 | Manhattan |
| 29 | Jose M. Serrano | Democratic | Democratic | 2004 | Manhattan, The Bronx |
| 30 | Bill Perkins | Democratic | Democratic | 2006 | Manhattan |
| 31 | Adriano Espaillat | Democratic | Democratic | 2010 | Manhattan |
| 32 | Rubén Díaz, Sr. | Democratic | Democratic | 2002 | The Bronx |
| 33 | Gustavo Rivera | Democratic | Democratic | 2010 | The Bronx |
| 34 | Jeffrey D. Klein | Democratic | IDC | 2004 | The Bronx, Westchester |
| 35 | Andrea Stewart-Cousins | Democratic | Democratic | 2006 | Westchester |
| 36 | Ruth Hassell-Thompson | Democratic | Democratic | 2000 | The Bronx, Westchester |
| 37 | George S. Latimer | Democratic | Democratic | 2012 | Westchester |
| 38 | David Carlucci | Democratic | IDC | 2010 | Rockland, Westchester |
| 39 | Bill Larkin | Republican | Republican | 1990 | Orange, Rockland, Ulster |
| 40 | Gregory R. Ball | Republican | Republican | 2010 | Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester |
| 41 | Terry W. Gipson | Democratic | Democratic | 2012 | Dutchess, Putnam |
| 42 | John Bonacic | Republican | Republican | 1998 | Delaware, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster |
| 43 | Kathleen A. Marchione | Republican | Republican | 2012 | Columbia, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington |
| 44 | Neil Breslin | Democratic | Democratic | 1996 | Albany, Rensselaer |
| 45 | Betty Little | Republican | Republican | 2002 | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Saint Lawrence, Warren, Washington |
| 46 | Cecilia Tkaczyk | Democratic | Democratic | 2012 | Albany, Greene, Montgomery, Schenectady, Ulster |
| 47 | Joseph Griffo | Republican | Republican | 2006 | Lewis, Oneida, Saint Lawrence |
| 48 | Patty Ritchie | Republican | Republican | 2010 | Jefferson, Oswego, Saint Lawrence |
| 49 | Hugh Farley | Republican | Republican | 1976 | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Saratoga, Schenectady |
| 50 | John DeFrancisco | Republican | Republican | 1992 | Cayuga, Onondaga |
| 51 | James Seward | Republican | Republican | 1986 | Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Herkimer, Otsego, Schoharie, Tompkins, Ulster |
| 52 | Thomas W. Libous | Republican | Republican | 1988 | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Tioga |
| 53 | David Valesky | Democratic | IDC | 2004 | Madison, Oneida, Onondaga |
| 54 | Michael Nozzolio | Republican | Republican | 1992 | Cayuga, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Tompkins, Wayne |
| 55 | Ted O'Brien | Democratic | Democratic | 2012 | Monroe, Ontario |
| 56 | Joseph Robach | Republican | Republican | 2002 | Monroe |
| 57 | Catharine Young | Republican | Republican | 2005† | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Livingston |
| 58 | Tom O'Mara | Republican | Republican | 2010 | Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tompkins, Yates |
| 59 | Patrick Gallivan | Republican | Republican | 2010 | Erie, Livingston, Monroe, Wyoming |
| 60 | Mark Grisanti | Republican | Republican | 2010 | Erie |
| 61 | Michael H. Ranzenhofer | Republican | Republican | 2008 | Erie, Genesee, Monroe |
| 62 | George D. Maziarz | Republican | Republican | 1995† | Monroe, Niagara, Orleans |
| 63 | Timothy M. Kennedy | Democratic | Democratic | 2010 | Erie |
Question:
how many republicans were elected after 2000?
Answer:
17