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2000 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

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2000 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

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Nominee Herb Kohl John Gillespie
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,563,238 940,744
Percentage 61.54% 37.04%

Kohl:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Gillespie:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      
No data:     

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 by a margin of 24.5%. Herb Kohl defeated John Gillespie in a landslide despite Al Gore narrowly winning Wisconsin over Republican presidential nominee George Walker Bush in the concurrent presidential election.

Major candidates

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Democratic

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Republican

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Results

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General election results[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Herb Kohl (Incumbent) 1,563,238 61.54% +3.23%
Republican John Gillespie 940,744 37.04% −3.66%
Libertarian Tim Peterson 21,348 0.84% −0.15%
Independent Eugene A. Hem 9,555 0.38% N/A
Constitution Robert R. Raymond 4,296 0.17% N/A
Independent Write Ins 902 0.04% N/A
Democratic hold Swing

Counties that flipped Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Newsbank". Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2010.
  2. ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".