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2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska

United states senate election

Field	Value
election_name	2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska
country	Nebraska
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1994 United States Senate election in Nebraska
previous_year	1994
next_election	2006 United States Senate election in Nebraska
next_year	2006
election_date	November 7, 2000
image_size	x145px
image1	Ben Nelson official photo.jpg
nominee1	Ben Nelson
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	353,093
percentage1	51.00%
image2	Don Stenberg (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Don Stenberg
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	337,977
percentage2	48.82%
map_image	2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska results map by county.svg
map_size	301px
map_caption	County results

title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Bob Kerrey
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Ben Nelson
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Nelson:
Stenberg:
The 2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey retired after two terms in office, and Democrat Ben Nelson, a former two-term governor, won the open seat. Ben Nelson won the election despite Republican nominee George Walker Bush winning the state in the concurrent presidential election. This is the last time that Nebraska voted for a Senate candidate and a presidential candidate of different political parties.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Ben Nelson, former Governor of Nebraska and 1996 Democratic nominee for the United States Senate
Al Hamburg, perennial candidate

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Don Stenberg, Attorney General of Nebraska
Scott Moore, Secretary of State of Nebraska
David Hergert
George Grogan
John DeCamp, former State Senator
Elliott Rustad

Results

General election

Candidates

Ben Nelson (D), former Governor of Nebraska and 1996 Democratic nominee for the United States Senate
Don Stenberg (R), Attorney General of Nebraska

Debates

Complete video of debate, September 21, 2000

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Burt (largest village: Tekamah)
Box Butte (largest city: Alliance)
Butler (largest city: David City)
Clay (largest city: Sutton)
Colfax (largest city: Schuyler)
Furnas (largest city: Cambridge)
Gosper (largest city: Elwood)
Harlan (largest city: Alma)
Hitchcock (largest city: Culbertson)
Knox (largest city: Creighton)
Kearney (largest city: Minden)
Merrick (largest city: Central City)
Nemaha (largest city: Auburn)
Nance (largest city: Fullerton)
Boone (largest city: Albion)
Polk (largest city: Stromsburg)
Richardson (largest city: Falls City)
Sarpy (largest city: Bellevue)
Thayer (largest city: Hebron)
Washington (largest city: Blair)
Franklin (largest city: Franklin)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Lincoln (largest city: North Platte)

References

(2000-06-06). "Nebraska Secretary of State".
(2000-08-22). "Republican Senate Race".
(2001-06-21). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000".

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