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2000 United States Senate election in Texas

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2000 United States Senate election in Texas

← 1994 November 7, 2000 2006 →
 
Nominee Kay Bailey Hutchison Gene Kelly
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 4,078,954 2,025,024
Percentage 65.08% 32.31%

County results
Hutchison:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Kelly:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Kay Bailey Hutchison
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Kay Bailey Hutchison
Republican

The 2000 United States Senate election in Texas took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison won re-election to a second full term. As of 2024, this is the last time Travis County voted Republican in a statewide election and the last time a Republican won every county in the Texas Triangle in a statewide election.

Major candidates

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Democratic

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  • Gene Kelly, retired attorney[1]

Republican

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Results

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2000 United States Senate election in Texas[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison (Incumbent) 4,078,954 65.08% +4.23%
Democratic Gene Kelly 2,025,024 32.31% −6.00%
Green Douglas S. Sandage 91,329 1.46% N/A
Libertarian Mary J. Ruwart 72,657 1.16% +0.32%
Majority 2,053,930 32.77% +10.23%
Turnout 6,267,964
Republican hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Archives | The Dallas Morning News, dallasnews.com". nl.newsbank.com.
  2. ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
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