United States Senate election in Texas, 2000

United States Senate election in Texas, 2000

November 7, 2000

Nominee Kay Bailey Hutchison Gene Kelly Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 4,078,954 2,025,024 Percentage 65.0% 32.4%

Senator before election Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican Elected 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 term.

Major candidates

Democratic

• Gene Kelly, retired attorney^[1]

Republican

• Kay Bailey Hutchison, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

Texas United States Senate election, 2000^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Kay Bailey Hutchison (inc.)	4,078,954	65.0%
	Democratic	Gene Kelly	2,025,024	32.4%
	Green	Douglas S. Sandage	91,329	1.5%
	Libertarian	Mary J. Ruwart	72,657	1.2%
Majority
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

References

1. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED822C76CB274B2&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
2. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm

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