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2000 United States Senate election in Arizona Arizona presidential no 1994 United States Senate election in Arizona 1994 2006 United States Senate election in Arizona 2006 November 7, 2000 Jon Kyl, official 109th Congress photo (cropped).jpg Jon Kyl Republican Party (United States) 1,101,196 79.32% 3x4.svg William Toel Independent 109,230 7.82% 3x4.svg Vance Hansen Green Party (United States) 108,926 7.80% Barry Hess by Gage Skidmore.jpg Barry Hess Arizona Libertarian Party 70,724 5.06% 2000 United States Senate election in Arizona results map by county.svg 220px County results
Kyl: #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% U.S. Senator Jon Kyl Republican Party (United States) Jon Kyl Republican Party (United States)
The 2000 United States Senate election in Arizona was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jon Kyl won re-election to a second term. No candidate was nominated from the Democratic Party. Independent Bill Toel, Green party nominee Vance Hansen, and Libertarian party nominee Barry Hess each got more than 5% of the vote, a strong non-major-party performance.
Candidates
Green
Vance Hansen, retired teacher
Independent
Bill Toel, professor and former banker Where the Candidates Stand http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADSB&s_site=azstarnet&f_site=azstarnet&f_sitename=Arizona+Daily+Star%2C+The+%28AZ%29&p_multi=ADSB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EACE68A2EA7D99A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
Libertarian
Barry Hess, businessman
Republican
Jon Kyl, incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in 1994
Campaign
Jon Kyl, a popular incumbent, did not draw a Democratic opponentThe 2000 Elections: West https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9906EFD91E39F93BA35752C1A9669C8B63 despite being labeled as vulnerable at one point.State-by-state roundup Selected results in Tuesday's election http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF92A356AA94E5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
Results
General election resultshttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm 2000 Election Statistics clerk.house.gov 12 April 2018
Republican Party (United States)
Jon Kyl (Incumbent)
1,108,196
79.32%
+25.61%
Independent William Toel 109,230 7.82%
Green Party (United States) Vance Hansen 108,926 7.80%
Arizona Libertarian Party Barry Hess 70,724 5.06% -1.69%
998,966 71.50% +57.34%
1,397,076
Republican Party (United States)
Results by county
CountyJon KylRepublicanWilliam ToelIndependentVance HansenGreenBarry HessLibertarianMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Apache9,85761.1%2,37614.7%1,89011.7%2,01112.5%7,48146.4%16,134Cochise24,76680.1%2,1286.9%2,2557.3%1,7525.7%22,51172.8%"margin" Compares margin over Hansen.30,901Coconino25,51267.3%3,2978.7%6,18916.3%2,8877.6%19,32351.0%"margin"37,885Gila13,54981.2%1,3848.3%8194.9%9415.6%12,16572.9%16,693Graham7,52085.4%5856.6%3283.7%3754.3%6,93578.8%8,808Greenlee2,13581.3%2569.7%933.5%1435.4%1,87971.6%2,627La Paz3,48482.1%3428.1%1904.5%2285.4%3,14274.0%4,244Maricopa663,75681.1%68,3878.4%49,1076.0%36,8474.5%595,36972.7%818,097Mohave32,68679.8%4,30910.5%1,9804.8%1,9724.8%28,37769.3%40,947Navajo18,67177.1%2,0708.6%1,6276.7%1,8357.6%16,60168.5%24,203Pima198,26675.9%12,6874.9%25,08113.4%15,2805.8%163,18562.5%"margin"261,314Pinal30,13478.9%3,7169.7%2,1455.6%2,1835.7%26,41869.2%38,178Santa Cruz5,75373.0%85310.8%7079.0%5637.1%4,90062.2%7,876Yavapai50,81580.2%4,6477.3%5,3348.4%2,5414.0%45,48171.8%"margin"63,337Yuma21,29282.4%2,1938.5%1,1814.6%1,1664.5%19,09973.9%25,832Totals1,108,19679.3%109,2307.8%108,9267.8%70,7245.1%998,96671.5%1,397,076
thumb|240px|County Flips:
Republican
#f48882 Hold
#ca0120 Flip
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Apache (largest municipality: Eagar)
Santa Cruz (largest municipality: Nogales)
Coconino (largest municipality: Flagstaff)
Pima (largest municipality: Tucson)
See also
2000 United States Senate elections
References
Notes
External links
Official campaign websites (archived)
Jon Kyl (R) for Senate
William Toel (I) for Senate
Vance Hansen (G) for Senate
Barry Hess (L) for Senate
2000
Arizona
United States Senate election