2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico
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The 2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman won re-election to a fourth term.[1] Jeff Bingaman defeated Bill Redmond in a landslide despite Jeff Bingaman's fellow Democrat Al Gore winning New Mexico over Republican presidential nominee George Walker Bush by a very narrow margin in the concurrent presidential election.
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County results Bingaman: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Redmond: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democratic primary edit
Candidates edit
- Jeff Bingaman, incumbent U.S. Senator
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jeff Bingaman (incumbent) | 124,887 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 124,887 | 100.00 |
Republican primary edit
Candidates edit
- Bill Redmond, former U.S. Representative
- Steve Pearce, State Representative
- William Davis, former State Senator
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Redmond | 43,780 | 60.39 | |
Republican | Steve Pearce | 15,628 | 21.56 | |
Republican | William F. Davis | 13,083 | 18.05 | |
Total votes | 72,491 | 100.00 |
General election edit
Candidates edit
- Jeff Bingaman (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
- Bill Redmond (R), former U.S. Representative
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jeff Bingaman (incumbent) | 363,744 | 61.70% | +7.73% | |
Republican | Bill Redmond | 225,517 | 38.25% | -7.74% | |
Write-ins | 265 | 0.04% | |||
Majority | 138,227 | 23.45% | +15.47% | ||
Turnout | 589,525 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Our Campaigns - NM US Senate Race - Nov 07, 2000".
- ^ "Rsult001". Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
- ^ "Rsult001". Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
- ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".