United States Senate election in Maryland, 2000

United States Senate election in Maryland, 2000

November 7, 2000

Nominee Paul Sarbanes Paul H. Rappaport Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,230,013 715,178 Percentage 63.2% 36.7%

U.S. Senator before election Paul S. Sarbanes Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Paul S. Sarbanes Democratic

The 2000 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes won re-election to a fifth term.

Candidates

Democratic

• Paul Sarbanes, incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in 1976

Republican

• Paul Rappaport, former Howard County police chief and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1994^[1][2]

Campaign

Rappaport won the Republican primary against S. Rob Sobhani, Ross Zimmerman Pierpont, Robin Ficker, Kenneth R. Timmerman, Kenneth Wayman and John Stafford^[3] through a grassroots movement with a plurality of just 23%.^[4] Rappaport, a major underdog, pushed for three debates. The four term incumbent actually agreed to one debate on October 26.^[5]

Results

General election results[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Paul Sarbanes	1,230,013	63.2
	Republican	Paul Rappaport	715,178	35.7
	Other	Write Ins	1,594	0.1
	Independent	Corrogan R. Vaughn (Write In)	113

References

1. Dianne Feinstein Primaries kind to incumbents, The Deseret News (Associated Press) – March 8, 2000
2. Senate rivals face off in only TV debate Sarbanes defends record of 4 terms against Rappaport accusations. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com (2000-10-20). Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
3. MD US Senate - R Primary, Our Campaigns
4. Rappaport to focus on crime in race with Sarbanes, The Washington Times, March 9, 2000
5. MARYLAND NOTEBOOK; Sarbanes-Rappaport Forum A Matter of Great Debate. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com (2000-10-26). Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
6. 2000 ELECTION STATISTICS. Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved on 2011-06-17.