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

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