2000 United States Senate election in Arizona

2000 United States Senate election in Arizona

November 7, 2000
 
Nominee Jon Kyl William Toel
Party Republican Independent
Popular vote 1,101,196 109,230
Percentage 79.32% 7.82%

 
Nominee Vance Hansen Barry Hess
Party Green Libertarian
Popular vote 108,926 70,724
Percentage 7.80% 5.06%

County results
Kyl:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Jon Kyl
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Jon Kyl
Republican

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. 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 non-major-party performance.

Candidates

Green

  • Vance Hansen, retired teacher

Independent

  • Bill Toel, professor and former banker[1]

Libertarian

  • Barry Hess, businessman

Republican

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

Campaign

Jon Kyl, a popular incumbent, did not draw a Democratic opponent[2] despite being labeled as vulnerable at one point.[3]

Results

General election results[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jon Kyl (Incumbent) 1,108,196 79.32% +25.61%
Independent William Toel 109,230 7.82%
Green Vance Hansen 108,926 7.80%
Libertarian Barry Hess 70,724 5.06% −1.69%
Majority 998,966 71.50% +57.34%
Turnout 1,397,076
Republican hold Swing

Results by county

County Jon Kyl
Republican
William Toel
Independent
Vance Hansen
Green
Barry Hess
Libertarian
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Apache 9,857 61.1% 2,376 14.7% 1,890 11.7% 2,011 12.5% 7,481 46.4% 16,134
Cochise 24,766 80.1% 2,128 6.9% 2,255 7.3% 1,752 5.7% 22,511 72.8% 30,901
Coconino 25,512 67.3% 3,297 8.7% 6,189 16.3% 2,887 7.6% 19,323 51.0% 37,885
Gila 13,549 81.2% 1,384 8.3% 819 4.9% 941 5.6% 12,165 72.9% 16,693
Graham 7,520 85.4% 585 6.6% 328 3.7% 375 4.3% 6,935 78.8% 8,808
Greenlee 2,135 81.3% 256 9.7% 93 3.5% 143 5.4% 1,879 71.6% 2,627
La Paz 3,484 82.1% 342 8.1% 190 4.5% 228 5.4% 3,142 74.0% 4,244
Maricopa 663,756 81.1% 68,387 8.4% 49,107 6.0% 36,847 4.5% 595,369 72.7% 818,097
Mohave 32,686 79.8% 4,309 10.5% 1,980 4.8% 1,972 4.8% 28,377 69.3% 40,947
Navajo 18,671 77.1% 2,070 8.6% 1,627 6.7% 1,835 7.6% 16,601 68.5% 24,203
Pima 198,266 75.9% 12,687 4.9% 25,081 13.4% 15,280 5.8% 163,185 62.5% 261,314
Pinal 30,134 78.9% 3,716 9.7% 2,145 5.6% 2,183 5.7% 26,418 69.2% 38,178
Santa Cruz 5,753 73.0% 853 10.8% 707 9.0% 563 7.1% 4,900 62.2% 7,876
Yavapai 50,815 80.2% 4,647 7.3% 5,334 8.4% 2,541 4.0% 45,481 71.8% 63,337
Yuma 21,292 82.4% 2,193 8.5% 1,181 4.6% 1,166 4.5% 19,099 73.9% 25,832
Totals 1,108,196 79.3% 109,230 7.8% 108,926 7.8% 70,724 5.1% 998,966 71.5% 1,397,076

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. ^ "Where the Candidates Stand".
  2. ^ "The 2000 Elections: West".
  3. ^ "State-by-state roundup Selected results in Tuesday's election".
  4. ^ "2000 Election Statistics". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved April 12, 2018.

Official campaign websites (archived)