2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska

United states senate election March 2026 May 2021 2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska Nebraska presidential no 1994 United States Senate election in Nebraska 1994 2006 United States Senate election in Nebraska 2006 November 7, 2000 150x150px Ben Nelson official photo.jpg Ben Nelson Democratic Party (United States) 353,093 51.00% Don Stenberg (cropped).jpg Don Stenberg Republican Party (United States) 337,977 48.82% 2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska results map by county.svg 301px County results Nelson: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70%Stenberg: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey Democratic Party (United States) Ben Nelson Democratic Party (United States) The 2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey retired after two terms in office, and Democrat Ben Nelson, a former two-term governor, won the open seat despite Republican nominee George W. Bush winning the state in the concurrent presidential election. This is the last time that Nebraska voted for a Senate candidate and a presidential candidate of different political parties. Nelson’s Republican opponent in this election, Don Stenberg, would later run for this seat again in 2006 and 2012 and lose the Republican primary both times. Democratic primary Candidates Ben Nelson, former Governor of Nebraska and 1996 Democratic nominee for the United States Senate Al Hamburg, perennial candidate Results Democratic primary resultsNebraska Secretary of State http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/prev_elec/2000/dem_senate.html sos.ne.gov 7 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20080507212958/http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/prev_elec/2000/dem_senate.html 2008-05-07 2000-06-06 dead Ben Nelson Democratic Party (United States) 105,661 92.12% Al Hamburg Democratic Party (United States) 8,482 7.39% Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 558 0.49% 114,701 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Don Stenberg, Attorney General of Nebraska Scott Moore, Secretary of State of Nebraska David Hergert George Grogan John DeCamp, former State Senator Elliott Rustad Results Republican primary resultsRepublican Senate Race http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/prev_elec/2000/rep_senate.html sos.ne.gov 7 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20080507213027/http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/prev_elec/2000/rep_senate.html 2008-05-07 2000-08-22 dead Don Stenberg Republican Party (United States) 94,394 49.99% Scott Moore Republican Party (United States) 41,120 21.77% David Hergert Republican Party (United States) 32,228 17.07% George Grogan Republican Party (United States) 8,293 4.39% John DeCamp Republican Party (United States) 7,469 3.96% Elliott Rustad Republican Party (United States) 5,317 2.82% Write-ins Republican Party (United States) 21 0.01% 188,842 100.00% General election Candidates Ben Nelson (D), former Governor of Nebraska and 1996 Democratic nominee for the United States Senate Don Stenberg (R), Attorney General of Nebraska Debates Complete video of debate, September 21, 2000 Results General election resultsTrandahl Jeff Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm clerk.house.gov 7 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20070105011428/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm 2007-01-05 2001-06-21 dead Democratic Party (United States) Ben Nelson 353,093 51.00% -3.78% Republican Party (United States) Don Stenberg 337,977 48.82% +3.81% 1,280 0.18% — 15,116 2.18% -7.60% 692,350 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Burt (largest village: Tekamah) Box Butte (largest city: Alliance) Butler (largest city: David City) Clay (largest city: Sutton) Colfax (largest city: Schuyler) Furnas (largest city: Cambridge) Gosper (largest city: Elwood) Harlan (largest city: Alma) Hitchcock (largest city: Culbertson) Knox (largest city: Creighton) Kearney (largest city: Minden) Merrick (largest city: Central City) Nemaha (largest city: Auburn) Nance (largest city: Fullerton) Boone (largest city: Albion) Polk (largest city: Stromsburg) Richardson (largest city: Falls City) Sarpy (largest city: Bellevue) Thayer (largest city: Hebron) Washington (largest city: Blair) Franklin (largest city: Franklin) Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Lincoln (largest city: North Platte) See also 2000 United States Senate elections References Nebraska Politics Nebraska 2000 Category:2000 Nebraska elections