United States Senate election in Nebraska, 2000
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The 2000 United States election in Nebraska was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey decided to retire. Democrat Ben Nelson won the open seat.
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Democratic primary [edit]
Candidates [edit]
- Ben Nelson, former Governor of Nebraska and 1996 Democratic nominee for the United States Senate
- Al Hamburg, perennial candidate
Results [edit]
| Democratic primary results[1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Ben Nelson | 105,661 | 92.12% | |
| Democratic | Al Hamburg | 8,482 | 7.39% | |
| Democratic | Write-ins | 558 | 0.49% | |
| Totals | 114,701 | 100.00% | ||
Republican primary [edit]
Candidates [edit]
- 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 [edit]
| Republican primary results[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| 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% | |
| Totals | 188,842 | 100.00% | ||
General election [edit]
Candidates [edit]
- Ben Nelson (D), former Governor of Nebraska and 1996 Democratic nominee for the United States Senate
- Don Stenberg (R), Attorney General of Nebraska
Campaign [edit]
Governor Ben Nelson, also a centrist Democrat, decided to run for his seat following in Kerrey's foot steps as both were governors before they were elected as a senator. Nelson won one of the closest elections of 2000.
Results [edit]
| General election results[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Ben Nelson | 353,093 | 51.00% | -3.78% | |
| Republican | Don Stenberg | 337,977 | 48.82% | +3.81% | |
| Write-ins | 1,280 | 0.18% | |||
| Majority | 15,116 | 2.18% | -7.59% | ||
| Turnout | 692,350 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
