Elections / 2000 · US Senate
The 2000 Senate map
34 Senate contests were decided in 2000: Democrats won 19, Republicans 15. Every contest below links to its page with the state's full Senate history.
2000 U.S. Senate elections
Dem. caucus 50 +551for control50 Republicans −5
8 seats flipped (DE, FL, MI, MN, MO, NV, VA, WA) — Republicans held control. Independents (Sanders, King) are counted in the caucus they organize with and shown in gold on the map.
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States with a seat up this cycle, filled by margin · cyan outlines a seat that flipped party · gold an independent · hover for the detail
Every contest
Statewide totals; candidate-level detail joins when the raw store is re-fetched with names.
| State | Won | Margin | Pres. 2000 | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | R | R+6.3 | 0 | 1,108,196 | 1,397,076 | |
| California | D | D+11.8 | 5,932,522 | 3,886,853 | 10,623,608 | |
| Connecticut | D | D+17.5 | 828,902 | 448,077 | 1,311,261 | |
| Delaware | D | D+13.1 | 181,566 | 142,891 | 326,993 | |
| Florida | D | R+0.01 | 2,989,487 | 2,705,348 | 5,856,643 | |
| Georgia | D | R+11.7 | 1,413,224 | 920,478 | 2,415,743 | |
| Hawaii | D | D+18.3 | 251,215 | 84,701 | 345,623 | |
| Indiana | R | R+15.6 | 683,273 | 1,427,944 | 2,145,209 | |
| Massachusetts | D | D+27.3 | 1,889,494 | 334,341 | 2,599,420 | |
| Maryland | D | D+16.4 | 1,230,013 | 715,178 | 1,946,898 | |
| Maine | R | D+5.1 | 197,183 | 437,689 | 634,872 | |
| Michigan | D | D+5.1 | 2,061,952 | 1,994,693 | 4,167,685 | |
| Minnesota | D | D+2.4 | 1,181,553 | 1,047,474 | 2,419,516 | |
| Missouri | D | R+3.3 | 1,191,812 | 1,142,852 | 2,361,573 | |
| Mississippi | R | R+16.9 | 314,090 | 654,941 | 994,144 | |
| Montana | R | R+25.1 | 194,430 | 208,082 | 411,601 | |
| North Dakota | D | R+27.6 | 176,470 | 111,069 | 287,539 | |
| Nebraska | D | R+29.0 | 353,093 | 337,977 | 691,070 | |
| New Jersey | D | D+15.8 | 1,511,237 | 1,420,267 | 3,015,662 | |
| New Mexico | D | D+0.1 | 363,744 | 225,517 | 589,261 | |
| Nevada | R | R+3.5 | 238,260 | 330,687 | 600,250 | |
| New York | D | D+25.0 | 3,562,415 | 2,724,589 | 6,779,839 | |
| Ohio | R | R+3.5 | 1,595,066 | 2,665,512 | 4,448,015 | |
| Pennsylvania | R | D+4.2 | 2,154,908 | 2,481,962 | 4,735,116 | |
| Rhode Island | R | D+29.1 | 161,023 | 222,588 | 391,353 | |
| Tennessee | R | R+3.9 | 621,152 | 1,255,444 | 1,928,354 | |
| Texas | R | R+21.3 | 2,025,024 | 4,078,954 | 6,267,964 | |
| Utah | R | R+40.5 | 242,569 | 504,803 | 769,704 | |
| Virginia | R | R+8.1 | 1,296,093 | 1,420,460 | 2,716,553 | |
| Vermont | R | D+9.9 | 73,352 | 189,133 | 288,139 | |
| Washington | D | D+5.6 | 1,199,437 | 1,197,208 | 2,461,379 | |
| Wisconsin | D | D+0.2 | 1,563,238 | 940,744 | 2,540,083 | |
| West Virginia | D | R+6.3 | 469,215 | 121,635 | 603,477 | |
| Wyoming | R | R+40.1 | 47,087 | 157,622 | 213,659 |
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2000 US Senate returns, party-classified by literal ballot party · statewide certified totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.