2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico

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2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico

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  Jeff Bingaman.jpg Bill Redmond Congressional Photo.jpg
Nominee Jeff Bingaman Bill Redmond
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 363,744 225,517
Percentage 61.7% 38.3%

2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico results map by county.svg
County results
Bingaman:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Redmond:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Jeff Bingaman
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Jeff Bingaman
Democratic

The 2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman won re-election to a fourth term.[1]

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

  • Jeff Bingaman, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results[]

Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff Bingaman (incumbent) 124,887 100.00
Total votes 124,887 100.00

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

  • Bill Redmond, former U.S. Representative
  • Steve Pearce, State Representative
  • William Davis, former State Senator

Results[]

Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Redmond 43,780 60.39
Republican Steve Pearce 15,628 21.56
Republican William F. Davis 13,083 18.05
Total votes 72,491 100.00

General election[]

Candidates[]

  • Jeff Bingaman (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Bill Redmond (R), former U.S. Representative

Results[]

General election results[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jeff Bingaman (incumbent) 363,744 61.70% +7.73%
Republican Bill Redmond 225,517 38.25% -7.74%
Write-ins 265 0.04%
Majority 138,227 23.45% +15.47%
Turnout 589,525
Democratic hold Swing

See also[]

  • 2000 United States Senate elections

References[]

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - NM US Senate Race - Nov 07, 2000".
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2011-05-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2011-05-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".
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