2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska

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2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska
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  1994 November 7, 2000 2006  
  Ben Nelson official photo.jpg Don Stenberg (cropped).jpg
Nominee Ben Nelson Don Stenberg
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote353,093337,977
Percentage51.00%48.82%

2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska results map by county.svg
County results
Nelson:     50–60%     60–70%
Stenberg:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Bob Kerrey
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Ben Nelson
Democratic

The 2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey retired after two terms in office, and Democrat Ben Nelson, a former two-term governor, won the open seat. Ben Nelson won the election despite Republican nominee George Walker Bush winning the state in the concurrent presidential election. This is the last time that Nebraska voted for a Senate candidate and a presidential candidate of different political parties.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ben Nelson 105,661 92.12%
Democratic Al Hamburg8,4827.39%
Democratic Write-ins5580.49%
Total votes114,701 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Don Stenberg 94,394 49.99%
Republican Scott Moore41,12021.77%
Republican David Hergert32,22817.07%
Republican George Grogan8,2934.39%
Republican John DeCamp7,4693.96%
Republican Elliott Rustad5,3172.82%
Republican Write-ins210.01%
Total votes188,842 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Debates

Results

General election results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Ben Nelson 353,093 51.00% −3.78%
Republican Don Stenberg 337,97748.82%+3.81%
Write-in 1,2800.18%
Majority 15,1162.18%−7.60%
Total votes692,350 100.00%
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. "Nebraska Secretary of State". sos.ne.gov. June 6, 2000. Archived from the original on May 7, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  2. "Republican Senate Race". sos.ne.gov. August 22, 2000. Archived from the original on May 7, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  3. Trandahl, Jeff (June 21, 2001). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000". clerk.house.gov. Archived from the original on January 5, 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2021.