2000 United States Senate election in Wyoming

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2000 United States Senate election in Wyoming
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Nominee Craig L. Thomas Mel Logan
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 157,622 47,087
Percentage 73.8% 22.0%
2000 United States Senate election in Wyoming results map by county.svg
County results
Thomas:      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%
U.S. senator before election

Craig L. Thomas
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Craig L. Thomas
Republican

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The 2000 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Craig Thomas won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

  • Mel Logan, mine worker[1]
  • Sheldon Sumey

Results[]

Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mel Logan 16,530 64.59%
Democratic Sheldon Sumey 9,062 35.41%
Total votes 29,612 100.00%

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

  • Craig Thomas, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results[]

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Craig Thomas (Incumbent) 68,132 100.00%
Total votes 68,132 100.00%

General election[]

Candidates[]

  • Mel Logan (D), mine worker
  • Craig Thomas (R), incumbent U.S. Senator

Results[]

General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Craig Thomas (Incumbent) 157,622 73.77% +14.90%
Democratic Mel Logan 47,087 22.04% -17.27%
Libertarian Margaret Dawson 8,950 4.19% +2.37%
Majority 110,535 51.73% +32.17%
Turnout 213,659
Republican hold Swing

See also[]

  • 2000 United States Senate elections

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2010-08-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ a b "F:\Projects\Website Redesign\Elections\conveted PDFs\Archived Election Results\2000 Results\Primary Election\Primary\US - 2000" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  3. ^ [1][dead link]
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