United States Senate election in Arizona, 2000

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United States Senate election in Arizona, 2000
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  Jon Kyl, official 109th Congress photo.jpg
Nominee Jon Kyl William Toel
Party Republican Independent
Popular vote 1,101,196 109,230
Percentage 79.3% 7.8%
 
Candidate Vance Hansen Barry Hess
Party Green Libertarian
Popular vote 108,926 70,724
Percentage 7.8% 5.1%
04AZSenateCounties.PNG
County results
U.S. senator before election

Jon Kyl
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Jon Kyl
Republican

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2000 United States Senate election in Arizona was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jon Kyl won re-election to a second term, as no candidate was nominated from the Democratic Party. Independent Bill Toel, Green party nominee Vance Hansen, and Libertarian party nominee Barry Hess each got more than 5% of the vote, a strong third party performance.

Candidates

Green

  • Vance Hansen, retired teacher

Independent

  • Bill Toel, professor and former banker [1]

Libertarian

  • Barry Hess, businessman [2]

Republican

  • Jon Kyl, incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in 1994

Campaign

Jon Kyl, a popular incumbent, did not draw a Democratic opponent [3] despite being labeled as vulnerable at one point.[4]

Results

General election results[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jon Kyl (Incumbent) 1,108,196 79.32% +25.62%
Independent William Toel 109,230 7.82%
Green Vance Hansen 108,926 7.80%
Libertarian Barry Hess 70,724 5.06% -1.68%
Majority 998,966 71.50% +57.34%
Turnout 1,397,076
Republican hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADSB&s_site=azstarnet&f_site=azstarnet&f_sitename=Arizona+Daily+Star%2C+The+%28AZ%29&p_multi=ADSB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EACE68A2EA7D99A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
  2. ↑ http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/63471855.html?dids=63471855:63471855&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+09%2C+2000&author=Kevin+Johnson%2C+Mary+Barnes%2C+Jessie+Halladay%2C+Theresa+Howard%2C+Scott+Hillkirk%3B+Blake+Morrison&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Regional+roundup&pqatl=google
  3. ↑ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9906EFD91E39F93BA35752C1A9669C8B63
  4. ↑ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF92A356AA94E5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
  5. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm


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