United States Senate election in Arizona, 2000

United States Senate election in Arizona, 2000
Arizona
November 7, 2000
 
Nominee Jon Kyl William Toel
Party Republican Independent
Popular vote 1,101,196 109,230
Percentage 79.3% 7.8%
 
Candidate Vance Hansen Barry Hess
Party Green Libertarian
Popular vote 108,926 70,724
Percentage 7.8% 5.1%

County results
U.S. Senator before election

Jon Kyl
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Jon Kyl
Republican

The 2000 United States Senate election in Arizona was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jon Kyl won re-election to a second term, as no candidate was nominated from the Democratic Party. Independent Bill Toel, Green party nominee Vance Hansen, and Libertarian party nominee Barry Hess each got more than 5% of the vote, a strong third party performance.

Candidates

Green

Independent

Libertarian

Republican

Campaign

Jon Kyl, a popular incumbent, did not draw a Democratic opponent [3] despite being labeled as vulnerable at one point.[4]

Results

General election results[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jon Kyl (Incumbent) 1,108,196 79.32% +25.62%
Independent William Toel 109,230 7.82%
Green Vance Hansen 108,926 7.80%
Libertarian Barry Hess 70,724 5.06% -1.68%
Majority 998,966 71.50% +57.34%
Turnout 1,397,076
Republican hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADSB&s_site=azstarnet&f_site=azstarnet&f_sitename=Arizona+Daily+Star%2C+The+%28AZ%29&p_multi=ADSB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EACE68A2EA7D99A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
  2. ↑ http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/63471855.html?dids=63471855:63471855&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+09%2C+2000&author=Kevin+Johnson%2C+Mary+Barnes%2C+Jessie+Halladay%2C+Theresa+Howard%2C+Scott+Hillkirk%3B+Blake+Morrison&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Regional+roundup&pqatl=google
  3. ↑ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9906EFD91E39F93BA35752C1A9669C8B63
  4. ↑ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF92A356AA94E5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
  5. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm