United States Senate election in Arizona, 2000

United States Senate election in Arizona, 2000
November 7, 2000

 
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%
County Results
Kyl:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
U.S. Senator before election

Jon Kyl
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Jon Kyl
Republican

The 2000 United States Senate election in Arizona was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jon Kyl won re-election to a second term, as no candidate was nominated from the Democratic Party. Independent Bill Toel, Green party nominee Vance Hansen, and Libertarian party nominee Barry Hess each got more than 5% of the vote, a strong third party performance.

Candidates

Green

  • Vance Hansen, retired teacher

Independent

  • Bill Toel, professor and former banker[1]

Libertarian

  • Barry Hess, businessman

Republican

  • Jon Kyl, incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in 1994

Campaign

Jon Kyl, a popular incumbent, did not draw a Democratic opponent[2] despite being labeled as vulnerable at one point.[3]

Results

General election results[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Jon Kyl (Incumbent) 1,108,196 79.32% +25.62%
Independent William Toel 109,230 7.82%
Green Vance Hansen 108,926 7.80%
Libertarian Barry Hess 70,724 5.06% -1.68%
Majority 998,966 71.50% +57.34%
Turnout 1,397,076
Republican hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "WHERE THE CANDIDATES STAND".
  2. ↑ "THE 2000 ELECTIONS: WEST".
  3. ↑ "State-by-state roundup Selected results in Tuesday's election".
  4. ↑ "2000 ELECTION STATISTICS". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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