United States Senate election in Nevada, 2000

United States Senate election in Nevada, 2000
Nevada
November 7, 2000

 
Nominee John Ensign Edward M. Bernstein
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 330,687 238,260
Percentage 55.1% 39.7%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Richard Bryan
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

John Ensign
Republican

The 2000 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democrat Richard Bryan decided to retire, instead of seeking a third term. Republican nominee John Ensign won the open seat.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Bernstein was unopposed in the Democratic primary

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Ensign 95,904 88.03
Republican Richard Hamzik 6,202 5.69
Republican None of these candidates 5,290 4.86
Republican Fernando Platin, Jr. 1,543 1.42
Total votes 108,939 100.00

General election

Candidates

Results

General election results[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Ensign 330,687 55.09% +14.09%
Democratic Edward M. Bernstein 238,260 39.69% -11.24%
None of These Candidates 11,503 1.92% -1.40%
Green Kathryn Rusco 10,286 1.71%
Libertarian J.J. Johnson 5,395 0.90% -0.67%
Independent American Ernie Berghof 2,540 0.42% -1.01%
Citizens First Party Bill Grutzmacher 1,579 0.26%
Majority 92,427 15.40% +5.47%
Turnout 600,250
Republican gain from Democratic

References

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