2000 United States Senate election in Mississippi

2000 United States Senate election in Mississippi

November 7, 2000

Nominee Trent Lott Troy D. Brown Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 654,941 314,090 Percentage 65.88% 31.59%

Lott:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Brown:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

U.S. senator before election Trent Lott Republican Elected U.S. Senator Trent Lott Republican

The 2000 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Trent Lott won re-election to a third term.

General election

Candidates

• Troy Brown, perennial candidate (Democratic)
• Jim Giles (Independent)

• Trent Lott, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1989 (Republican)
• Lewis Napper (Libertarian)
• Shawn O'Hara (Reform)

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Trent Lott	654,941	65.88%	−2.92%
	Democratic	Troy D. Brown	314,090	31.59%	+0.39%
	Independent	Jim Giles	9,344	0.94%
	Libertarian	Lewis Napper	8,454	0.85%
	Reform	Shawn O'Hara	7,315	0.74%
	Republican hold		Swing

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Quitman (Largest city: Lambert)
• Sharkey (Largest city: Rolling Fork)
• Issaquena (Largest city: Mayersville)
• Marshall (Largest city: Holly Springs)
• Noxubee (Largest city: Macon)
• Bolivar (Largest city: Cleveland)
• Sunflower (Largest city: Indianola)
• LeFlore (Largest city: Greenwood)

See also

• 2000 United States Senate elections