2000 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

none March 2026 September 2023 2000 United States Senate election in Wisconsin Wisconsin presidential no 1994 United States Senate election in Wisconsin 1994 2006 United States Senate election in Wisconsin 2006 November 7, 2000 File:Herbert Kohl, official photo (cropped).jpg 150x150px Herb Kohl Democratic Party (United States) 1,563,238 61.54% 3x4.svg John Gillespie Republican Party (United States) 940,744 37.04% 260px County results 260px Precinct results 1 Kohl: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0D0596 >90%Gillespie: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90%Tie: #D2B1D9 U.S. Senator Herb Kohl Democratic Party (United States) Herb Kohl Democratic Party (United States) The 2000 United States Senate election in Wisconsin took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Herb Kohl won re-election to a third term by a margin of 24.5% against John Gillespie. Kohl’s landslide victory was despite Al Gore only narrowly winning Wisconsin over Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush in the concurrent presidential election. Major candidates Democratic Herb Kohl, incumbent U.S. Senator Republican John Gillespie, founder of Rawhide Boys Ranchhttp://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB82DF752E18E16&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Newsbank 2010-10-02 2012-10-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20121023161543/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB82DF752E18E16&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM dead William Lorge, former State Representative Results General election resultshttps://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Party (United States) Herb Kohl (Incumbent) 1,563,238 61.54% +3.23% Republican Party (United States) John Gillespie 940,744 37.04% -3.66% Libertarian Party (United States) Tim Peterson 21,348 0.84% -0.15% Independent (United States) Eugene A. Hem 9,555 0.38% N/A Constitution Party (United States) Robert R. Raymond 4,296 0.17% N/A Independent (United States) Write Ins 902 0.04% N/A 2,540,083 100% Democratic Party (United States) Counties that flipped Democratic to Republican Outagamie (largest city: Appleton) Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Shawano (largest city: Shawano) Fond du Lac (Largest city: Fond du Lac) Juneau (largest city: Mauston) See also 2000 United States Senate elections References External links Official campaign websites (archived) Herb Kohl (D) for Senate John Gillespie (R) for Senate Wisconsin 2000 United States Senate election in Wisconsin