United States Senate election in Virginia, 2000

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United States Senate election in Virginia, 2000
Virginia
1994 ←
 November 7, 2000
Class 1 Senator		 → 2006
Turnout 54.0% (voting eligible)[1]
  George Allen official portrait.jpg Charles robb.jpg
Nominee George Allen Chuck Robb
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,420,460 1,296,093
Percentage 52.3% 47.7%

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U.S. Senate election results map. Red denotes counties/districts won by Allen. Blue denotes those won by Robb.
U.S. Senator before election

Chuck Robb
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

George Allen
Republican
Elections in Virginia
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The 2000 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Chuck Robb decided to seek re-election to a third term, but was defeated by Republican nominee George Allen. [2][3]

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Candidates [edit]

Democratic [edit]

Republican [edit]

General election [edit]

Polling [edit]

Source Date Allen (R) Robb (D)
SurveyUSA October 28-29, 2000 53% 46%
SurveyUSA October 15-16, 2000 51% 48%
SurveyUSA October 8-9, 2000 51% 47%
SurveyUSA October 1-2, 2000 56% 41%
SurveyUSA September 24-25, 2000 57% 43%

Results [edit]

General election results [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George Allen 1,420,460 52.26% +9.38%
Democratic Chuck Robb (inc.) 1,296,093 47.68% +2.07%
Write-ins 1,748 0.06%
Majority 124,367 4.58% +1.85%
Turnout 2,718,301
Republican gain from Democratic

References [edit]

  1. ^ Dr. Michael McDonald (December 28, 2011). "2000 General Election Turnout Rates". George Mason University. Retrieved March 4, 2013. 
  2. ^ David Leip (January 1, 2012). "2000 Senatorial General Election Results - Virginia". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 4, 2013. 
  3. ^ Our Campaigns (April 23, 2004). "Our Campaigns - VA US Senate Race - Nov 07, 2000". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 4, 2013. 
  4. ^ Jeff Trandahl (June 21, 2001). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000". Office of the Clerk - U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved March 4, 2013. 

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Preceded by
1996
John Warner		 Virginia U.S. Senate elections
2000
George Allen		 Succeeded by
2002
John Warner
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