United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 2000

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

 
Nominee Herb Kohl John Gillespie
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,563,238 940,744
Percentage 61.5% 37.0%
U.S. Senator before election

Herb Kohl
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Herb Kohl
Democratic

The 2000 United States Senate election in Wisconsin took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Herb Kohl won re-election to a third term.

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

General election results[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Herb Kohl (Incumbent) 1,563,238 61.5%
Republican John Gillespie 940,744 37.0%
Libertarian Tim Peterson 21,348 0.8%
Independent Eugene A. Hem 9,555 0.4%
Constitution Robert R. Raymond 4,296 0.2%
Independent Write Ins 902 0.0%
Democratic hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB82DF752E18E16&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
  2. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm
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