2000 United States Senate election in Mississippi
November 7, 2000
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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
| 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
- Quitman (Largest city: Lambert)
- Sharkey (Largest city: Rolling Fork)
- Issaquena (Largest city: Mayersville)
- Marshall (Largest city: Holly Springs)
- Noxubee (Largest city: Macon)
- Bolivar (Largest city: Cleveland)
- Sunflower (Largest city: Indianola)
- LeFlore (Largest city: Greenwood)
See also
References
- ^ 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.