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2000 United States Senate election in Maryland

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Field	Value
election_name	2000 United States Senate election in Maryland
country	Maryland
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1994 United States Senate election in Maryland
previous_year	1994
next_election	2006 United States Senate election in Maryland
next_year	2006
election_date	November 7, 2000
image1	File:Paul Sarbanes, official color photo.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Paul Sarbanes
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	1,230,013
percentage1	63.18%
image2	3x4.svg
nominee2	Paul Rappaport
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	715,178
percentage2	36.73%
map_image	2000 United States Senate election in Maryland results map by county.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	County results

title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Paul Sarbanes
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Paul Sarbanes
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Sarbanes:

Rappaport:
The 2000 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes won re-election to a fifth term.

Candidates

Democratic

Paul Sarbanes, incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in 1976

Republican

Paul H. Rappaport, former Howard County police chief and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1994

Campaign

Rappaport won the Republican primary against S. Rob Sobhani, Ross Zimmerman Pierpont, Robin Ficker, Kenneth R. Timmerman, Kenneth Wayman and John Stafford through a grassroots movement with a plurality of just 23%. Rappaport, a major underdog, pushed for three debates. The four-term incumbent agreed to one debate on October 26.

Results

Results by county

County	Paul S. Sarbanes	Paul H. Rappaport	Corrogan R. Vaughn	Write-ins	Margin	Total		#		%		#
	Allegany	12638	59.03%	8768	40.96%	0	0.00%	2	0.01%	3870	18.08%	21408
	Anne Arundel	101627	51.44%	95737	48.46%	17	0.01%	177	0.09%	5890	2.98%	197558
	Baltimore (City)	158260	86.75%	24019	13.17%	5	0.00%	157	0.09%	134241	73.58%	182441
	Baltimore (County)	175551	58.82%	122601	41.08%	0	0.00%	302	0.10%	52950	17.74%	298454
	Calvert	15305	52.87%	13618	47.04%	4	0.01%	24	0.08%	1687	5.83%	28951
	Caroline	4239	48.62%	4472	51.29%	1	0.01%	7	0.08%	-233	-2.67%	8719
	Carroll	23781	37.97%	38790	61.94%	0	0.00%	59	0.09%	-15009	-23.96%	62630
	Cecil	14168	50.33%	13955	49.58%	1	0.00%	24	0.09%	213	0.76%	28148
	Charles	25278	57.95%	18321	42.00%	1	0.00%	24	0.06%	6957	15.95%	43624
	Dorchester	5724	57.24%	4276	42.76%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	1448	14.48%	10000
	Frederick	37315	48.83%	39031	51.07%	3	0.00%	76	0.10%	-1716	-2.25%	76425
	Garrett	4319	42.44%	5858	57.56%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-1539	-15.12%	10177
	Harford	41679	46.27%	48322	53.65%	8	0.01%	68	0.08%	-6643	-7.37%	90077
	Howard	62636	56.66%	47786	43.23%	22	0.02%	97	0.09%	14850	13.43%	110541
	Kent	4346	55.50%	3481	44.45%	0	0.00%	4	0.05%	865	11.05%	7831
	Montgomery	250664	69.42%	109911	30.44%	41	0.01%	447	0.12%	140753	38.98%	361063
	Prince George's	204622	83.63%	40033	16.36%	5	0.00%	13	0.01%	164589	67.27%	244673
	Queen Anne's	7539	46.19%	8775	53.76%	2	0.01%	7	0.04%	-1236	-7.57%	16323
	St. Mary's	4681	64.84%	2536	35.13%	0	0.00%	2	0.03%	2145	29.71%	7219
	Somerset	15273	53.31%	13357	46.62%	0	0.00%	21	0.07%	1916	6.69%	28651
	Talbot	6996	47.14%	7820	52.70%	1	0.01%	23	0.15%	-824	-5.55%	14840
	Washington	22362	48.94%	23291	50.98%	2	0.00%	35	0.08%	-929	-2.03%	45690
	Wicomico	18946	60.74%	12234	39.22%	0	0.00%	14	0.04%	6712	21.52%	31194
	Worcester	12064	59.54%	8186	40.40%	0	0.00%	11	0.05%	3878	19.14%	20261
Total	1230013	63.18%	715178	36.73%	113	0.01%	1594	0.08%	514835	26.44%	1946898

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Anne Arundel (largest municipality: Annapolis)

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Harford (largest municipality: Aberdeen)

References

Dianne Feinstein [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uvZHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-u0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6610,3359985&dq=former+howard+county+police+chief+paul+rappaport&hl=en Primaries kind to incumbents], The Deseret News (Associated Press) – March 8, 2000
link. (November 5, 2012 . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com (October 20, 2000). Retrieved on 2011-06-17.)
[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=24701 MD US Senate - R Primary], Our Campaigns
[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WT&p_theme=wt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB08BD1D7199B56&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Rappaport to focus on crime in race with Sarbanes], The Washington Times, March 9, 2000
link. (November 5, 2012 . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com (October 26, 2000). Retrieved on 2011-06-17.)
[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm 2000 ELECTION STATISTICS]. Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved on June 17, 2011.
[https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2000/results/pregnsen.html 2000 Presidential Election]
(n.d.). "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 07, 2000". Our Campaigns.
(August 27, 2008). "2000 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". [[Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections]].

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