2000 United States Senate election in Mississippi

2000 United States Senate election in Mississippi

November 7, 2000
 
Nominee Trent Lott Troy D. Brown
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 654,941 314,090
Percentage 65.88% 31.59%

Lott:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Brown:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Trent Lott
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Trent Lott
Republican

The 2000 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Trent Lott won re-election to a third term.

General election

Candidates

  • Troy Brown, perennial candidate (Democratic)
  • Jim Giles (Independent)
  • Trent Lott, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1989 (Republican)
  • Lewis Napper (Libertarian)
  • Shawn O'Hara (Others)

Results

2000 United States Senate election in Mississippi[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Trent Lott 654,941 65.88% −2.92%
Democratic Troy D. Brown 314,090 31.59% +0.39%
Independent Jim Giles 9,344 0.94% N/A
Libertarian Lewis Napper 8,454 0.85% N/A
Reform Shawn O'Hara 7,315 0.74% N/A
Total votes 994,144 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

By county

County[1] Trent Lott
Republican
Troy D. Brown
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Adams 7,183 49.90% 7,062 49.06% 151 1.05% 121 0.84% 14,396
Alcorn 7,895 72.64% 2,581 23.75% 392 3.61% 5,314 48.90% 10,868
Amite 4,114 61.40% 2,405 35.90% 181 2.70% 1,709 25.51% 6,700
Attala 4,931 65.89% 2,428 32.44% 125 1.67% 2,503 33.44% 7,484
Benton 2,139 62.05% 1,178 34.17% 130 3.77% 961 27.88% 3,447
Bolivar 5,781 46.13% 6,391 50.99% 361 2.88% -610 -4.87% 12,533
Calhoun 4,356 75.34% 1,313 22.71% 113 1.95% 3,043 52.63% 5,782
Carroll 3,600 70.20% 1,443 28.14% 85 1.66% 2,157 42.06% 5,128
Chickasaw 4,508 62.54% 2,400 33.30% 300 4.16% 2,108 29.25% 7,208
Choctaw 2,739 72.59% 960 25.44% 74 1.96% 1,779 47.15% 3,773
Claiborne 1,452 31.63% 3,075 66.99% 63 1.37% -1,623 -35.36% 4,590
Clarke 4,993 68.94% 2,100 28.99% 150 2.07% 2,893 39.94% 7,243
Clay 4,700 54.59% 3,737 43.41% 172 2.00% 963 11.19% 8,609
Coahoma 4,163 51.55% 3,719 46.05% 194 2.40% 444 5.50% 8,076
Copiah 6,381 57.90% 4,431 40.21% 209 1.90% 1,950 17.69% 11,021
Covington 5,178 72.59% 1,653 23.17% 302 4.23% 3,525 49.42% 7,133
DeSoto 27,103 78.07% 6,692 19.28% 921 2.65% 20,411 58.79% 34,716
Forrest 15,571 68.90% 6,371 28.19% 657 2.91% 9,200 40.71% 22,599
Franklin 2,799 69.96% 1,125 28.12% 77 1.92% 1,674 41.84% 4,001
George 5,759 78.70% 1,386 18.94% 173 2.36% 4,373 59.76% 7,318
Greene 3,649 78.98% 893 19.33% 78 1.69% 2,756 59.65% 4,620
Grenada 5,666 61.75% 3,319 36.17% 190 2.07% 2,347 25.58% 9,175
Hancock 10,978 74.98% 3,151 21.52% 512 3.50% 7,827 53.46% 14,641
Harrison 37,221 71.50% 13,160 25.28% 1,675 3.22% 24,061 46.22% 52,056
Hinds 42,960 51.39% 37,112 44.39% 3,523 4.21% 5,848 7.00% 83,595
Holmes 2,611 34.11% 4,908 64.12% 135 1.76% -2,297 -30.01% 7,654
Humphreys 1,978 45.71% 2,254 52.09% 95 2.20% -276 -6.38% 4,327
Issaquena 432 48.70% 435 49.04% 20 2.25% -3 -0.34% 887
Itawamba 6,688 78.04% 1,645 19.19% 237 2.77% 5,043 58.84% 8,570
Jackson 32,638 73.67% 10,144 22.90% 1,522 3.44% 22,494 50.77% 44,304
Jasper 4,170 59.20% 2,696 38.27% 178 2.53% 1,474 20.93% 7,044
Jefferson 1,270 36.67% 2,087 60.27% 106 3.06% -817 -23.59% 3,463
Jefferson Davis 3,059 56.42% 2,218 40.91% 145 2.67% 841 15.51% 5,422
Jones 17,922 73.26% 6,098 24.93% 444 1.81% 11,824 48.33% 24,464
Kemper 2,235 49.06% 2,222 48.77% 99 2.17% 13 0.29% 4,556
Lafayette 8,417 66.76% 3,873 30.72% 318 2.52% 4,544 36.04% 12,608
Lamar 13,734 82.62% 2,118 12.74% 771 4.64% 11,616 69.88% 16,623
Lauderdale 18,271 71.67% 6,736 26.42% 487 1.91% 11,535 45.25% 25,494
Lawrence 4,298 68.06% 1,830 28.98% 187 2.96% 2,468 39.08% 6,315
Leake 4,858 66.77% 2,246 30.87% 172 2.36% 2,612 35.90% 7,276
Lee 17,834 72.12% 6,499 26.28% 395 1.60% 11,335 45.84% 24,728
Leflore 5,068 46.56% 5,582 51.29% 234 2.15% -514 -4.72% 10,884
Lincoln 9,775 71.80% 3,614 26.54% 226 1.66% 6,161 45.25% 13,615
Lowndes 12,855 64.77% 6,534 32.92% 457 2.30% 6,321 31.85% 19,846
Madison 20,884 68.88% 8,717 28.75% 718 2.37% 12,167 40.13% 30,319
Marion 7,796 68.71% 3,308 29.15% 243 2.14% 4,488 39.55% 11,347
Marshall 5,439 47.43% 5,858 51.09% 170 1.48% -419 -3.65% 11,467
Monroe 8,905 64.36% 4,689 33.89% 243 1.76% 4,216 30.47% 13,837
Montgomery 3,213 63.09% 1,785 35.05% 95 1.87% 1,428 28.04% 5,093
Neshoba 7,360 79.09% 1,715 18.43% 231 2.48% 5,645 60.66% 9,306
Newton 5,846 74.33% 1,890 24.03% 129 1.64% 3,956 50.30% 7,865
Noxubee 2,156 40.86% 2,986 56.60% 134 2.54% -830 -15.73% 5,276
Oktibbeha 9,190 61.67% 5,429 36.43% 282 1.89% 3,761 25.24% 14,901
Panola 6,884 57.29% 4,900 40.78% 232 1.93% 1,984 16.51% 12,016
Pearl River 12,603 75.91% 3,599 21.68% 401 2.42% 9,004 54.23% 16,603
Perry 3,618 78.41% 867 18.79% 129 2.80% 2,751 59.62% 4,614
Pike 8,755 56.58% 6,339 40.97% 380 2.46% 2,416 15.61% 15,474
Pontotoc 7,474 78.91% 1,881 19.86% 117 1.24% 5,593 59.05% 9,472
Prentiss 6,288 72.79% 2,183 25.27% 168 1.94% 4,105 47.52% 8,639
Quitman 1,773 47.31% 1,849 49.33% 126 3.36% -76 -2.03% 3,748
Rankin 35,141 82.64% 6,621 15.57% 763 1.79% 28,520 67.07% 42,525
Scott 6,153 67.04% 2,929 31.91% 96 1.05% 3,224 35.13% 9,178
Sharkey 1,283 48.52% 1,303 49.28% 58 2.19% -20 -0.76% 2,644
Simpson 6,870 70.37% 2,719 27.85% 174 1.78% 4,151 42.52% 9,763
Smith 5,464 81.18% 1,124 16.70% 143 2.12% 4,340 64.48% 6,731
Stone 4,144 74.71% 1,180 21.27% 223 4.02% 2,964 53.43% 5,547
Sunflower 4,313 47.74% 4,539 50.24% 183 2.03% -226 -2.50% 9,035
Tallahatchie 3,225 54.99% 2,479 42.27% 161 2.75% 746 12.72% 5,865
Tate 5,982 66.21% 2,895 32.04% 158 1.75% 3,087 34.17% 9,035
Tippah 6,516 76.27% 1,844 21.58% 183 2.14% 4,672 54.69% 8,543
Tishomingo 4,800 68.20% 2,098 29.81% 140 1.99% 2,702 38.39% 7,038
Tunica 1,137 45.61% 1,232 49.42% 124 4.97% -95 -3.81% 2,493
Union 6,979 75.53% 2,172 23.51% 89 0.96% 4,807 52.02% 9,240
Walthall 4,136 67.95% 1,712 28.13% 239 3.93% 2,424 39.82% 6,087
Warren 12,253 67.18% 5,672 31.10% 314 1.72% 6,581 36.08% 18,239
Washington 8,915 53.32% 7,465 44.65% 340 2.03% 1,450 8.67% 16,720
Wayne 5,677 69.58% 2,326 28.51% 156 1.91% 3,351 41.07% 8,159
Webster 3,754 79.32% 881 18.61% 98 2.07% 2,873 60.70% 4,733
Wilkinson 1,773 41.90% 2,299 54.34% 159 3.76% -526 -12.43% 4,231
Winston 5,381 61.51% 3,232 36.95% 135 1.54% 2,149 24.57% 8,748
Yalobusha 3,194 59.28% 2,067 38.36% 127 2.36% 1,127 20.92% 5,388
Yazoo 5,735 60.80% 3,482 36.91% 216 2.29% 2,253 23.88% 9,433
Totals 654,941 65.88% 314,090 31.59% 25,113 2.53% 340,851 34.29% 994,144

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Clark, Eric (December 6, 2000). "U.S. SENATE" (PDF). Secretary of State of Mississippi. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2008. Retrieved March 18, 2026.