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2000 United States Senate election in Rhode Island

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Field	Value
election_name	2000 United States Senate election in Rhode Island
country	Rhode Island
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1994 United States Senate election in Rhode Island
previous_year	1994
next_election	2006 United States Senate election in Rhode Island
next_year	2006
election_date	November 7, 2000
image_size	x150px
image1	File:Lincoln Chafee official portrait (cropped 2).jpg
nominee1	Lincoln Chafee
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	222,588
percentage1	56.88%
image2	File:Bob Weygand.jpg
nominee2	Robert Weygand
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	161,023
percentage2	41.15%
map	{{switcher
map_caption	Chafee:
Weygand:
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Lincoln Chafee
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Lincoln Chafee
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

|[[File:2000 United States Senate election in Rhode Island results map by county.svg|250px]] |County results |[[File:2000 United States Senate election in Rhode Island results map by municipality.svg|250px]] |Municipality results}} Weygand: The 2000 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held on November 7, 2000. Republican U.S. Senator John Chafee had announced in 1999 that he would not seek reelection, leading his son, Lincoln Chafee, to announce his own candidacy. The elder Chafee, however, died a few months later; his son was appointed to fill the remainder of the unexpired term. The younger Chafee, now the incumbent, sought a full term and won, defeating Democratic U.S. Representative Bob Weygand. , this was the last congressional election in Rhode Island to be won by a Republican.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Robert Weygand, U.S. Representative
Richard A. Licht, former Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island and nominee for the United States Senate in 1988

Results

Weygand defeated former nominee Licht in the Democratic primary by a fair margin.

Republican primary

Candidates

Lincoln Chafee, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

General election

At a state and federal level, Rhode Island has been one of the most Democratic states in the country since the 1930s. The state voted Republican only in landslide presidential elections. In the concurrent 2000 presidential election, Al Gore was safely favored to win by the state.

Nonetheless, former Senator John Chafee managed to continually win re-election as a moderate Republican. Chafee died in 1999 and his son, Lincoln, was appointed to the seat. Lincoln Chafee similarly was a moderate Republican as Mayor of Warwick.

In the general election, Republican Chafee won a full term with 57% of the vote to his opponent due to heavy ticket splitting. Al Gore carried Rhode Island in the concurrent presidential election with 61% of the vote.

Candidates

Lincoln Chafee (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
Kenneth Proulx (I)
Robert Weygand (D), U.S. Representative
Christopher Young (Re)

Debates

Complete video of debate, September 24, 2000
Complete video of debate, November 1, 2000

Results

Notes

References

(2000). "Results summary".
(2000). "Results summary".
"Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

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