2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska

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2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska
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  Ben Nelson official photo.jpg Don Stenberg.jpg
Nominee Ben Nelson Don Stenberg
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 353,093 337,977
Percentage 51.0% 48.8%
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County results
Nelson:      50–60%      60–70%
Stenberg:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. senator before election

Bob Kerrey
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Ben Nelson
Democratic

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The 2000 United States election in Nebraska was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey retired after two terms in office, and Democrat Ben Nelson, a former two-term governor, won the open seat. As of 2021, this is the most recent statewide election in Nebraska won by a Democrat who was not the incumbent.

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

  • Ben Nelson, former Governor of Nebraska and 1996 Democratic nominee for the United States Senate
  • Al Hamburg, perennial candidate

Results[]

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
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[]

Results[]

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
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[]

Debates[]

Results[]

General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

See also[]

  • 2000 United States Senate elections

References[]

  1. ^ "Nebraska Secretary of State". sos.ne.gov. June 6, 2000. Archived from the original on May 7, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "Republican Senate Race". sos.ne.gov. August 22, 2000. Archived from the original on May 7, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
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