2000 United States Senate elections

November 7, 2000
34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate 51[lower-alpha 1] seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Trent Lott Tom Daschle Party Republican Democratic Leader since June 12, 1996 January 3, 1995 Leader's seat Mississippi South Dakota Seats before 54 46 Seats after 50 + VP[lower-alpha 2] 50[lower-alpha 2] Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 36,725,431[lower-alpha 3] 36,780,875[lower-alpha 3] Percentage 46.96% 47.04% Seats up 19 15 Races won 15 19
Results of the elections:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican gain      Republican hold      No election
Majority leader before election Trent Lott Republican Elected Majority leader Trent Lott[lower-alpha 4] Republican

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 six 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 GOP lost 4 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 seat in Florida. In Missouri, the winner was elected posthumously. The Republicans defeated a Democratic incumbent in Virginia, and won an open seat in Nevada. Additionally, a Republican in Georgia died earlier in the year and a Democrat was appointed to replace him, 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 won control of the Senate briefly for only 17 days, since Al Gore was still Vice President and President of the Senate at the beginning of the new term on January 3, 2001. The Republicans regained control of the chamber when the new Vice President Dick Cheney was inaugurated on January 20. However, the Republican majority would only last until June 6, 2001, when Republican Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont became an independent and caucused with the Democrats.

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

Summary of the 2000 United States Senate election results

Parties		Breakdown			Total seats		Popular vote		Total candidates
		Up	Elected	Not up	2000	+/-	Vote	%	General[lower-alpha 5]
	Democratic Party	15	19	31	50	4	36,780,875[lower-alpha 3]	47.039%	33
	Republican Party	19	15	35	50	4	36,725,431[lower-alpha 3]	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

Source: Clerk of the House of Representatives (June 21, 2001). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000" – via House.gov.

Change in composition

Gains and losses

Race summary

Closest races

In ten races the margin of victory was under 10%

Arizona

Arizona election

Nominee Jon Kyl William Toel Party Republican Independent Popular vote 1,101,196 109,230 Percentage 79.3% 7.8%   Nominee Vance Hansen Barry Hess Party Green Libertarian Popular vote 108,926 70,724 Percentage 7.8% 5.1%

U.S. Senate election results map. Red denotes counties won by Kyl.

U.S. senator before election Jon Kyl Republican Elected U.S. senator Jon Kyl Republican

Incumbent Republican Jon Kyl won re-election to a second term, as no candidate was nominated from the Democratic Party.^[2] Independent Bill Toel,^[3] Green party nominee Vance Hansen, and Libertarian party nominee Barry Hess each got more than 5% of the vote, a strong third party performance.

California

California election

Nominee Dianne Feinstein Tom Campbell Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 5,932,522 3,886,853 Percentage 55.84% 36.59%

County results

U.S. senator before election Dianne Feinstein Democratic Elected U.S. senator Dianne Feinstein Democratic

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:

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.^[4] 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.^[5] Campbell was badly defeated, losing by over 19 points.

Connecticut

Connecticut election

Nominee Joe Lieberman Philip Giordano Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 828,902 448,077 Percentage 63.2% 34.2%

County results

U.S. senator before election Joe Lieberman Democratic Elected U.S. senator Joe Lieberman Democratic

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.^[6]

Lieberman, a very popular^[7] centrist^[8] incumbent, focused on his vice presidential campaign. He refused to show up at the debates.^[9] Giordano was a heavy underdog, as he was ignored by the press and as he debated alone.^[10]

Delaware

Delaware election

Nominee Tom Carper William Roth Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 181,566 142,891 Percentage 55.5% 43.7%

County results

U.S. senator before election William Roth Republican Elected U.S. senator Tom Carper Democratic

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.^[12] 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.^[13] 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.^[14][15][16]

Florida

Florida election

Nominee Bill Nelson Bill McCollum Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,989,487 2,705,348 Percentage 51.0% 46.2%

County results

U.S. senator before election Connie Mack III Republican Elected U.S. senator Bill Nelson Democratic

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.

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.^[18] 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.^[19]

Nelson raised only soft money,^[20] but had help from President Bill Clinton and VP Al Gore.^[21] Two days before the election, McCollum predicted he would win by a 6-point margin.^[22] On election day, he lost by a 5-point margin.

Georgia (special)

Georgia special election

Nominee Zell Miller Mack Mattingly Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,413,224 920,478 Percentage 58.1% 37.9%

County results

U.S. senator before election Zell Miller Democratic Elected U.S. senator Zell Miller Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Zell Miller, who was appointed by Democrat Governor Roy Barnes to replace the late Republican Paul Coverdell, 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 is the last Senate election in Georgia won by a Democrat and also until 2020, this is 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.^[23] 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.^[24] 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.^[25]

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.

Hawaii

Hawaii election

Nominee Daniel Akaka John Carroll Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 251,215 84,701 Percentage 72.7% 24.5%

County results

U.S. senator before election Daniel Akaka Democratic Elected U.S. senator Daniel Akaka Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Daniel Akaka won re-election to his second full term, over Republican John Carroll, former State senator and former State Representative.^[26]

Indiana

Indiana election

Nominee Richard Lugar David L. Johnson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,427,944 683,273 Percentage 66.5% 31.9%

County results

U.S. senator before election Richard Lugar Republican Elected U.S. senator Richard Lugar Republican

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.

Maine

Maine election

Nominee Olympia Snowe Mark Lawrence Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 437,689 197,183 Percentage 68.94% 31.06%

County results

U.S. senator before election Olympia Snowe Republican Elected U.S. senator Olympia Snowe Republican

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.^[28] The two candidates agreed to debate on October 15 and 25.^[29]

Maryland

Maryland election

Nominee Paul Sarbanes Paul Rappaport Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,230,013 715,178 Percentage 63.2% 36.7%

County results

U.S. senator before election Paul S. Sarbanes Democratic Elected U.S. senator Paul S. Sarbanes Democratic

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.^[30][31]

Rappaport won the Republican primary against S. Rob Sobhani, Ross Zimmerman Pierpont, Robin Ficker, Kenneth R. Timmerman, Kenneth Wayman and John Stafford^[32] through a grassroots movement with a plurality of just 23%.^[33] Rappaport, a major underdog, pushed for three debates. The four term incumbent actually agreed to one debate on October 26.^[34]

Massachusetts

Massachusetts election

Nominee Ted Kennedy Jack E. Robinson III Carla Howell Party Democratic Republican Libertarian Popular vote 1,889,494 334,341 308 860 Percentage 72.7% 12.9% 11.9%

Municipal results

U.S. senator before election Ted Kennedy Democratic Elected U.S. senator Ted Kennedy Democratic

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.

Michigan

Michigan election

Nominee Debbie Stabenow Spencer Abraham Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,061,952 1,994,693 Percentage 49.5% 47.9%

County results

U.S. senator before election Spencer Abraham Republican Elected U.S. senator Debbie Stabenow Democratic

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.^[35] By September 4, Abraham still had failed to reach 50% in polls despite having spent over $6 million on television ads.^[36] In mid-October, he came back and reached 50% and 49% in two polls respectively.^[37]

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.

Minnesota

Minnesota election

Nominee Mark Dayton Rod Grams Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Popular vote 1,181,553 1,047,474 Percentage 48.8% 43.3%   Nominee James Gibson Party Independence Popular vote 140,583 Percentage 5.81%

County results

U.S. senator before election Rod Grams Republican Elected U.S. senator Mark Dayton Democratic (DFL)

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

Mississippi

Mississippi election

Nominee Trent Lott Troy D. Brown Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 654,941 314,090 Percentage 65.9% 31.6%

County results

U.S. senator before election Trent Lott Republican Elected U.S. senator Trent Lott Republican

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

Missouri

Missouri election

Nominee Mel Carnahan † John Ashcroft Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,191,812 1,142,852 Percentage 50.5% 48.4%

County results

U.S. senator before election John Ashcroft Republican Elected U.S. senator Mel Carnahan † Democratic

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.^[39] 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,^[40] 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.^[41]

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.^[42]

The voters of Missouri, by a margin of approximately fifty thousand votes,^[43] 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.^[44]

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.^[45] Ashcroft stated that he hoped the appointment would be "a matter of comfort for Mrs. Carnahan."

Montana

Montana election

Nominee Conrad Burns Brian Schweitzer Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 208,082 194,430 Percentage 50.6% 47.2%

County results

U.S. senator before election Conrad Burns Republican Elected U.S. senator Conrad Burns Republican

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

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.^[47]

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."^[48] 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.^[49]

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".^[50] 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.^[51] Burns charged that Schweitzer favored "Canadian-style government controls"^[50] and claimed that senior citizens went to doctors to have "somebody to visit with. There's nothing wrong with them."^[51] 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.^[50][52]

Burns spent twice as much money as Schweitzer on the election^[50] 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.

Nebraska

Nebraska election

Nominee Ben Nelson Don Stenberg Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 353,093 337,977 Percentage 51.0% 48.8%

County results

U.S. senator before election Bob Kerrey Democratic Elected U.S. senator Ben Nelson Democratic

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

Nevada

Nevada election

Nominee John Ensign Ed Bernstein Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 330,687 238,260 Percentage 55.1% 39.7%

County results

U.S. senator before election Richard Bryan Democratic Elected U.S. senator John Ensign Republican

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.

New Jersey

New Jersey election

Nominee Jon Corzine Bob Franks Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,511,237 1,420,267 Percentage 50.1% 47.1%

County results

U.S. senator before election Frank Lautenberg Democratic Elected U.S. senator Jon Corzine Democratic

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^[56][57] 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.

Franks, a moderate Republican,^[59] 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.^[60]

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.^[61]

Corzine campaigned for state government programs including universal health care, universal gun registration, mandatory public preschool, and more taxpayer funding for college education.^[62][63] He pushed affirmative action and same-sex marriage.^[64] David Brooks considered Corzine so liberal that although his predecessor was also a Democrat, his election helped shift the Senate to the left.^[65]

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."^[66] Corzine denied mentioning religion, but did not deny the quip about Italians, claiming that some of his own ancestors were probably Italian,^[67] or maybe French.^[68]

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.^[69] 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.^[70]

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.^[71] 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.^[72]

New Mexico

New Mexico election

Nominee Jeff Bingaman Bill Redmond Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 363,744 225,517 Percentage 62.7% 37.3%

County results

U.S. senator before election Jeff Bingaman Democratic Elected U.S. senator Jeff Bingaman Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Jeff Bingaman won re-election to a fourth term, beating Republican former Congressman Bill Redmond.^[73]

New York

New York election

November 7, 2000

Nominee Hillary Clinton Rick Lazio Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 3,747,310 2,915,730 Percentage 55.3% 43.0%

Results by county Clinton:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90% Lazio:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%

U.S. senator before election Daniel Patrick Moynihan Democratic Elected U.S. senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Democratic