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 61.5% 37.0%

2000 United States Senate election in Wisconsin results map by county.svg
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

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%.

Major candidates[]

Democratic[]

  • Herb Kohl, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican[]

  • John Gillespie, founder of Rawhide Boys Ranch[1]
  • William Lorge, former State Representative

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[]

  • 2000 United States Senate elections

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. ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".
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