2000 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

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.

2000 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
November 7, 2000
 
Nominee Herb Kohl John Gillespie
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,563,238 940,744
Percentage 61.5% 37.0%
County Results

Kohl:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Gillespie:      40–50%      50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Herb Kohl
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Herb Kohl
Democratic

Elections in Wisconsin

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
  • United States Senate elections, 2000

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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