2000 United States Senate election in Georgia

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United States Senate special election in Georgia, 2000
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Nominee Zell Miller Mack Mattingly
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,413,224920,478
Percentage58.1%37.9%
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County Results
U.S. Senator before election

Zell Miller
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Zell Miller
Democratic

The 2000 Georgia United States Senate special election was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Zell Miller, who was appointed by Governor Roy Barnes to replace the late Paul Coverdell, won re-election to serve the remainder of the term. Miller defeated Mattingly by over 20 percentage points. As of 2019, this is the last election in which a Democrat was elected to the US Senate from Georgia.

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Candidates

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.

Democratic Party

Republican Party

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Libertarian Party

Green Party

Independents

Campaign

One of the biggest campaign issues was Social Security. Miller attacked Mattingly for supporting a raise in the retirement age. [1] 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. [2] 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. [3]

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Debates

Results

General election results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Nonpartisan Zell Miller (incumbent) 1,413,224 58.19% +13.04%
Nonpartisan Mack Mattingly 920,47837.90%-14.47%
Nonpartisan Paul Robert MacGregor25,9421.07%-1.41%
Nonpartisan Ben Ballenger22,9750.95%+0.95%
Nonpartisan Jeff Gates21,2490.88%+0.88%
Nonpartisan Bobby Wood12,4990.51%+0.51%
Nonpartisan Winnie Walsh11,8750.49%+0.49%
Majority492,74620.29%+13.07%
Total votes2,428,242100.00%0.00%
Democratic hold

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References

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  2. ↑ http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2000/10/16/met_300291.shtml
  3. ↑ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CL&s_site=ledgerenquirer&p_multi=CL&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB722D10F9BD7F7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
  4. ↑ General Election Results, Georgia Secretary of State
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