United States Senate election in Maryland, 2000
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The 2000 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes won re-election to a fifth term.
Candidates[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
- Paul Rappaport, former Howard County police chief[1] and former lieutenant governor candidate[2]
Campaign[edit]
Rappaport won the Republican primary against S. Rob Sobhani, Ross Zimmerman Pierpont, Robin Ficker, Kenneth R. Timmerman, Kenneth Wayman and John Stafford[3] through a grassroots movement with a plurality of just 23%.[4] Rappaport, a major underdog, pushed for three debates. The four term incumbent actually agreed to one debate on October 26.[5]
Results[edit]
| General election results[6] |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
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Democratic |
Paul Sarbanes |
1,230,013 |
63.2 |
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Republican |
Paul Rappaport |
715,178 |
35.7 |
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Other |
Write Ins |
1,594 |
0.1 |
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Independent |
Corrogan R. Vaughn (Write In) |
113 |
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