United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2000

United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2000

1994 ← November 7, 2000 → 2006

Nominee Jeff Bingaman Bill Redmond Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 363,744 225,517 Percentage 61.7% 38.3%

U.S. Senator before election Jeff Bingaman Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman Democratic

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The 2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman won re-election to a fourth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Jeff Bingaman, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Jeff Bingaman (inc.)	124,887	100.00%
Totals			124,887	100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

• Bill Redmond, former U.S. Congressman
• Steve Pearce, State Representative
• William Davis, former State Senator

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bill Redmond	43,780	60.39%
	Republican	Steve Pearce	15,628	21.56%
	Republican	William F. Davis	13,083	18.05%
Totals			72,491	100.00%

General election

Candidates

• Jeff Bingaman (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
• Bill Redmond (R), former U.S. Congressman

Results

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jeff Bingaman (inc.)	363,744	61.70%	+7.73%
	Republican	Bill Redmond	225,517	38.25%	-7.74%
	Write-ins		265	0.04%
Majority			138,227	23.45%	+15.47%
Turnout			558,550
	Democratic hold		Swing