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The 2000 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Senator Mike DeWine won re-election to a second term. His victory made him the first Republican re-elected to the Senate in Ohio since John W. Bricker in 1952. This was last time until the 2024 United States Senate election in Ohio that the Republicans won Ohio’s Class 1 Senate seat.
Republican primary
Candidates
Frank Cremeans, former U.S. Representative from Gallipolis
Mike DeWine, incumbent U.S. Senator
Ronald Richard Dickson, gun show prompter
Result
Republican primary resultResults
Republican Party (United States)
Mike DeWine (incumbent)
1,029,860
79.51
Republican Party (United States)
Ronald Richard Dickson
161,185
12.44
Republican Party (United States)
Frank Cremeans
104,219
8.05
1,295,264 100
Democratic primary
Candidates
Ted Celeste, real estate developer and brother of former Ohio Governor Dick Celeste
Richard Cordray, former Solicitor General of Ohio and nominee for Ohio Attorney General in 1998
Marvin McMickle, Reverend
Dan Radakovich, activist
Results
Democratic primary resulthttp://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2000/2000senate.htm Result
Ted Celeste Democratic Party (United States) 375,205 43.86
Marvin McMickle Democratic Party (United States) 208,291 24.35
Richard Cordray Democratic Party (United States) 202,345 23.65
Dan Radakovich Democratic Party (United States) 69,620 8.14
855,461 100
General election
Debates
Complete video of debate, November 4, 2000
Results
Ohio United States Senate election, 2000 https://publicfiles.ohiosos.gov/election-results/past-elections/2000/General%20Election:%20November%207,%202000/2000_us_senate_november_7.xlsx 2000 US Senate Election Results
Republican Party (United States)
Mike DeWine (Incumbent)
2,666,736
59.90%
+6.46%
Democratic Party (United States) Ted Celeste 1,597,122 35.87% -3.36%Libertarian Party (United States) John McAlister 117,466 2.64% N/A
Natural Law Party (United States) John Eastman 70,738 1.59% N/A
Write-in
74
0.00%
N/A
1,069,614 24.03% +9.82%4,452,136 63.6 Republican Party (United States)
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Harrison (Largest city: Cadiz)
Jefferson (largest city: Steubenville)
Athens (Largest city: Athens)
Cuyahoga (Largest city: Cleveland)
Lucas (Largest city: Toledo)
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Madison (Largest city: London)
See also
2000 United States Senate elections
References
External links
Official campaign websites (archived)
Mike DeWine (R) for Senate
Ted Celeste (D) for Senate
Ohio
2000
Category:2000 Ohio elections