United States Senate election in Vermont, 2000

November 7, 2000



Nominee	Jim Jeffords	Ed Flanagan
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	189,133	73,352
Percentage	65.56%	25.43%

U.S. Senator before election

Jim Jeffords
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Jim Jeffords
Independent

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The 2000 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords won re-election to a third term in office. Jeffords switched from being a Republican to an independent, who would caucus with the Democratic Party, thus breaking the 50-50 lock.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Ed Flanagan, Vermont Auditor of Accounts
Jan Backus, former Vermont State Senator and 1994 Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate

Results

Democratic Primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Flanagan	17,440	49.24
	Democratic	Jan Backus	16,444	46.43
	Democratic	Write-ins	1,533	4.33
Total votes			30,229	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Jim Jeffords, incumbent U.S. Senator
Rick Hubbard

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Jeffords (inc.)	60,234	77.79
	Republican	Rick Hubbard	15,991	20.65
	Republican	Write-ins	1,204	1,204
Total votes			77,429	100.00

General election

Results

United States Senate election in Vermont, 2000^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Jim Jeffords (inc.)	189,133	65.56%	+15.24%
	Democratic	Ed Flanagan	73,352	25.43%	-15.14%
	Constitution	Charles W. Russell	10,079	3.49%
	Independent	Rick Hubbard	5,366	1.86%
	Grassroots	Billy Greer	4,889	1.69%
	Libertarian	Hugh Douglas	3,843	1.33%
	Liberty Union	Jerry Levy	1,477	0.51%
	Write-ins		361	0.13%
Majority			115,781	40.13%	+30.38%
Turnout			288,500
	Republican hold		Swing

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