2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska
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Elections in Nebraska |
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Government |
The 2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator
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
- Governor of Nebraska and 1996Democratic nominee for the United States Senate
- Al Hamburg, perennial candidate
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
- Attorney General of Nebraska
- Scott Moore, Secretary of State of Nebraska
- David Hergert
- George Grogan
- John DeCamp, former State Senator
- Elliott Rustad
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
- Governor of Nebraska and 1996Democratic nominee for the United States Senate
- Attorney General of Nebraska
Debates
- Complete video of debate, September 21, 2000
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
- Burt (largest village: Tekamah)
- Box Butte (largest city: Alliance)
- Butler (largest city: David City)
- Clay (largest city: Sutton)
- Colfax (largest city: Schuyler)
- Furnas (largest city: Cambridge)
- Gosper (largest city: Elwood)
- Harlan (largest city: Alma)
- Hitchcock (largest city: Culbertson)
- Knox (largest city: Creighton)
- Kearney (largest city: Minden)
- Merrick (largest city: Central City)
- Nemaha (largest city: Auburn)
- Nance (largest city: Fullerton)
- Boone (largest city: Albion)
- Polk (largest city: Stromsburg)
- Richardson (largest city: Falls City)
- Sarpy (largest city: Bellevue)
- Thayer (largest city: Hebron)
- Washington (largest city: Blair)
- Franklin (largest city: Franklin)
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Lincoln (largest city: North Platte)
See also
References
- ^ "Nebraska Secretary of State". sos.ne.gov. June 6, 2000. Archived from the original on May 7, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- ^ "Republican Senate Race". sos.ne.gov. August 22, 2000. Archived from the original on May 7, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- ^ 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.