2000 United States Senate election in Texas
(Redirected from United States Senate election in Texas, 2000)
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 full term. As of 2022, this is the last time Travis County voted Republican in a statewide election and the last time a Republican won every county in the Texas Triangle in a statewide election.
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 County results Hutchison: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Kelly: 40-50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Major candidates edit
Democratic edit
- Gene Kelly, retired attorney[1]
Republican edit
- Kay Bailey Hutchison, incumbent U.S. Senator
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Kay Bailey Hutchison (Incumbent) | 4,078,954 | 65.08% | +4.23% | |
| Democratic | Gene Kelly | 2,025,024 | 32.31% | -6.00% | |
| Green | Douglas S. Sandage | 91,329 | 1.46% | N/A | |
| Libertarian | Mary J. Ruwart | 72,657 | 1.16% | +0.32% | |
| Majority | 2,053,930 | 32.77% | +10.23% | ||
| Turnout | 6,267,964 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit
- Foard (Largest city: Crowell)
- Morris (Largest city: Daingerfield)
- Robertson (Largest city: Hearne)
- Kenedy (largest municipality: Sarita) (previously tied)
- Kleberg (largest municipality: Kingsville)
- Cameron (largest community: Brownsville)
- Knox (Largest city: Munday)
- Limestone (Largest city: Mexia)
- Stonewall (Largest city: Aspermont)
- Trinity (Largest city: Trinity)
- Jefferson (largest city: Beaumont)
- Webb (largest city: Laredo)
- King (largest city: Guthrie)
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Archives | The Dallas Morning News, dallasnews.com". nl.newsbank.com.
- ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved May 8, 2021.