2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska

November 7, 2000
 
Nominee Ben Nelson Don Stenberg
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 353,093 337,977
Percentage 51.00% 48.82%

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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ben Nelson 105,661 92.12%
Democratic Al Hamburg 8,482 7.39%
Democratic Write-ins 558 0.49%
Total votes 114,701 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Don Stenberg 94,394 49.99%
Republican Scott Moore 41,120 21.77%
Republican David Hergert 32,228 17.07%
Republican George Grogan 8,293 4.39%
Republican John DeCamp 7,469 3.96%
Republican Elliott Rustad 5,317 2.82%
Republican Write-ins 21 0.01%
Total votes 188,842 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Debates

Results

General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ben Nelson 353,093 51.00% -3.78%
Republican Don Stenberg 337,977 48.82% +3.81%
Write-in 1,280 0.18% N/A
Total votes 692,350 100.00% N/A
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.
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