2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska

2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska
	November 7, 2000
	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

The 2000 United States Senate 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. Ben Nelson won the election despite Republican nominee George Walker Bush winning the state in the concurrent presidential election. This is the last time that Nebraska voted for a Senate candidate and a presidential candidate of different political parties.

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

Don Stenberg, Attorney General of Nebraska
Scott Moore, Secretary of State of Nebraska
David Hergert
George Grogan
John DeCamp, former State Senator
Elliott Rustad

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

Ben Nelson (D), former Governor of Nebraska and 1996 Democratic nominee for the United States Senate
Don Stenberg (R), Attorney General of Nebraska

Debates

Complete video of debate, September 21, 2000

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%	—
Majority			15,116	2.18%	−7.60%
Total votes			692,350	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Burt (largest village: Tekamah)
Box Butte (largest city: Alliance)
Butler (largest city: David City)
Clay (largest city: Sutton)
Colfax (largest city: Schuyler)
Furnas (largest city: Cambridge)
Gosper (largest city: Elwood)
Harlan (largest city: Alma)
Hitchcock (largest city: Culbertson)
Knox (largest city: Creighton)
Kearney (largest city: Minden)
Merrick (largest city: Central City)
Nemaha (largest city: Auburn)
Nance (largest city: Fullerton)
Boone (largest city: Albion)
Polk (largest city: Stromsburg)
Richardson (largest city: Falls City)
Sarpy (largest city: Bellevue)
Thayer (largest city: Hebron)
Washington (largest city: Blair)
Franklin (largest city: Franklin)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Lincoln (largest city: North Platte)

References

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

[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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Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

General election

Candidates

Debates

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References