United States Senate election in Virginia, 2000

United States Senate election in Virginia, 2000
Virginia
November 7, 2000
Turnout 54.0% (voting eligible)[1]
 
Nominee George Allen Chuck Robb
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,420,460 1,296,093
Percentage 52.3% 47.7%

U.S. Senate election results map. Red denotes counties/districts won by Allen. Blue denotes those won by Robb.
U.S. Senator before election

Chuck Robb
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

George Allen
Republican

Elections in Virginia

The 2000 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Chuck Robb decided to seek re-election to a third term, but was defeated by Republican nominee George Allen. [2][3]

Candidates

Democratic

Republican

General election

Polling

Source Date Allen (R) Robb (D)
SurveyUSA October 28-29, 2000 53% 46%
SurveyUSA October 15-16, 2000 51% 48%
SurveyUSA October 8-9, 2000 51% 47%
SurveyUSA October 1-2, 2000 56% 41%
SurveyUSA September 24-25, 2000 57% 43%

Results

General election results [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George Allen 1,420,460 52.26% +9.38%
Democratic Chuck Robb (inc.) 1,296,093 47.68% +2.07%
Write-ins 1,748 0.06%
Majority 124,367 4.58% +1.85%
Turnout 2,718,301
Republican gain from Democratic

References

  1. ↑ Dr. Michael McDonald (December 28, 2011). "2000 General Election Turnout Rates". George Mason University. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  2. ↑ David Leip (January 1, 2012). "2000 Senatorial General Election Results - Virginia". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ Our Campaigns (April 23, 2004). "Our Campaigns - VA US Senate Race - Nov 07, 2000". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  4. ↑ Jeff Trandahl (June 21, 2001). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000". Office of the Clerk - U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved March 4, 2013.

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