2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico

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2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico
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  1994 November 7, 2000 2006  
  Jeff Bingaman.jpg Bill Redmond Congressional Photo.jpg
Nominee Jeff Bingaman Bill Redmond
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote363,744225,517
Percentage61.70%38.25%

2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico results map by county.svg
County results
Bingaman:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Redmond:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Jeff Bingaman
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Jeff Bingaman
Democratic

The 2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman won re-election to a fourth term. [1] Bingaman defeated Bill Redmond in a landslide, despite fellow Democrat Al Gore winning New Mexico over Republican nominee George W. Bush by a very narrow margin in the concurrent presidential election.

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Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jeff Bingaman (incumbent) 124,887 100.00
Total votes124,887 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Redmond 43,780 60.39
Republican Steve Pearce15,62821.56
Republican William F. Davis13,08318.05
Total votes72,491 100.00

General election

Candidates

Results

General election results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jeff Bingaman (incumbent) 363,744 61.70% +7.73%
Republican Bill Redmond 225,51738.25%-7.74%
Write-ins2650.04%
Majority138,22723.45%+15.47%
Turnout 589,525
Democratic hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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