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2000 United States Senate election in Mississippi Mississippi Flag of Mississippi (1996-2001).svg presidential no 1994 United States Senate election in Mississippi 1994 2006 United States Senate election in Mississippi 2006 November 7, 2000 File:Trent Lott official portrait (cropped).jpg 150x150px Trent Lott Republican Party (United States) 654,941 65.88% 3x4.svg Troy D. Brown Democratic Party (United States) 314,090 31.59% 170px County results Lott: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% Brown: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% U.S. Senator Trent Lott Republican Party (United States) Trent Lott Republican Party (United States)
The 2000 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Trent Lott won re-election to a third term.
General election
Candidates
Troy Brown, perennial candidate (Democratic)
Jim Giles (Independent)
Trent Lott, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1989 (Republican)
Lewis Napper (Libertarian)
Shawn O'Hara (Others)
Results
2000 United States Senate election in Mississippi
Republican Party (United States)
Trent Lott
654,941
65.88%
-2.92%
Democratic Party (United States) Troy D. Brown 314,090 31.59% +0.39%
Independent politician Jim Giles 9,344 0.94% N/A
Libertarian Party (United States) Lewis Napper 8,454 0.85% N/A
Reform Party of the United States of America Shawn O'Hara 7,315 0.74% N/A
994,144 100.00% N/A
Republican Party (United States)
Democratic Party (United States)
By county
Countyhttp://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/2000ReCap/CertResultsScans/USSenator.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20081127224226/http://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/2000ReCap/CertResultsScans/USSenator.pdf November 27, 2008 dead U.S. SENATE Clark Eric Eric Clark (politician) December 6, 2000 Secretary of State of Mississippi March 18, 2026Trent LottRepublicanTroy D. BrownDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Adams7,18349.90%7,06249.06%1511.05%1210.84%14,396Alcorn7,89572.64%2,58123.75%3923.61%5,31448.90%10,868Amite4,11461.40%2,40535.90%1812.70%1,70925.51%6,700Attala4,93165.89%2,42832.44%1251.67%2,50333.44%7,484Benton2,13962.05%1,17834.17%1303.77%96127.88%3,447Bolivar5,78146.13%6,39150.99%3612.88%-610-4.87%12,533Calhoun4,35675.34%1,31322.71%1131.95%3,04352.63%5,782Carroll3,60070.20%1,44328.14%851.66%2,15742.06%5,128Chickasaw4,50862.54%2,40033.30%3004.16%2,10829.25%7,208Choctaw2,73972.59%96025.44%741.96%1,77947.15%3,773Claiborne1,45231.63%3,07566.99%631.37%-1,623-35.36%4,590Clarke4,99368.94%2,10028.99%1502.07%2,89339.94%7,243Clay4,70054.59%3,73743.41%1722.00%96311.19%8,609Coahoma4,16351.55%3,71946.05%1942.40%4445.50%8,076Copiah6,38157.90%4,43140.21%2091.90%1,95017.69%11,021Covington5,17872.59%1,65323.17%3024.23%3,52549.42%7,133DeSoto27,10378.07%6,69219.28%9212.65%20,41158.79%34,716Forrest15,57168.90%6,37128.19%6572.91%9,20040.71%22,599Franklin2,79969.96%1,12528.12%771.92%1,67441.84%4,001George5,75978.70%1,38618.94%1732.36%4,37359.76%7,318Greene3,64978.98%89319.33%781.69%2,75659.65%4,620Grenada5,66661.75%3,31936.17%1902.07%2,34725.58%9,175Hancock10,97874.98%3,15121.52%5123.50%7,82753.46%14,641Harrison37,22171.50%13,16025.28%1,6753.22%24,06146.22%52,056Hinds42,96051.39%37,11244.39%3,5234.21%5,8487.00%83,595Holmes2,61134.11%4,90864.12%1351.76%-2,297-30.01%7,654Humphreys1,97845.71%2,25452.09%952.20%-276-6.38%4,327Issaquena43248.70%43549.04%202.25%-3-0.34%887Itawamba6,68878.04%1,64519.19%2372.77%5,04358.84%8,570Jackson32,63873.67%10,14422.90%1,5223.44%22,49450.77%44,304Jasper4,17059.20%2,69638.27%1782.53%1,47420.93%7,044Jefferson1,27036.67%2,08760.27%1063.06%-817-23.59%3,463Jefferson Davis3,05956.42%2,21840.91%1452.67%84115.51%5,422Jones17,92273.26%6,09824.93%4441.81%11,82448.33%24,464Kemper2,23549.06%2,22248.77%992.17%130.29%4,556Lafayette8,41766.76%3,87330.72%3182.52%4,54436.04%12,608Lamar13,73482.62%2,11812.74%7714.64%11,61669.88%16,623Lauderdale18,27171.67%6,73626.42%4871.91%11,53545.25%25,494Lawrence4,29868.06%1,83028.98%1872.96%2,46839.08%6,315Leake4,85866.77%2,24630.87%1722.36%2,61235.90%7,276Lee17,83472.12%6,49926.28%3951.60%11,33545.84%24,728Leflore5,06846.56%5,58251.29%2342.15%-514-4.72%10,884Lincoln9,77571.80%3,61426.54%2261.66%6,16145.25%13,615Lowndes12,85564.77%6,53432.92%4572.30%6,32131.85%19,846Madison20,88468.88%8,71728.75%7182.37%12,16740.13%30,319Marion7,79668.71%3,30829.15%2432.14%4,48839.55%11,347Marshall5,43947.43%5,85851.09%1701.48%-419-3.65%11,467Monroe8,90564.36%4,68933.89%2431.76%4,21630.47%13,837Montgomery3,21363.09%1,78535.05%951.87%1,42828.04%5,093Neshoba7,36079.09%1,71518.43%2312.48%5,64560.66%9,306Newton5,84674.33%1,89024.03%1291.64%3,95650.30%7,865Noxubee2,15640.86%2,98656.60%1342.54%-830-15.73%5,276Oktibbeha9,19061.67%5,42936.43%2821.89%3,76125.24%14,901Panola6,88457.29%4,90040.78%2321.93%1,98416.51%12,016Pearl River12,60375.91%3,59921.68%4012.42%9,00454.23%16,603Perry3,61878.41%86718.79%1292.80%2,75159.62%4,614Pike8,75556.58%6,33940.97%3802.46%2,41615.61%15,474Pontotoc7,47478.91%1,88119.86%1171.24%5,59359.05%9,472Prentiss6,28872.79%2,18325.27%1681.94%4,10547.52%8,639Quitman1,77347.31%1,84949.33%1263.36%-76-2.03%3,748Rankin35,14182.64%6,62115.57%7631.79%28,52067.07%42,525Scott6,15367.04%2,92931.91%961.05%3,22435.13%9,178Sharkey1,28348.52%1,30349.28%582.19%-20-0.76%2,644Simpson6,87070.37%2,71927.85%1741.78%4,15142.52%9,763Smith5,46481.18%1,12416.70%1432.12%4,34064.48%6,731Stone4,14474.71%1,18021.27%2234.02%2,96453.43%5,547Sunflower4,31347.74%4,53950.24%1832.03%-226-2.50%9,035Tallahatchie3,22554.99%2,47942.27%1612.75%74612.72%5,865Tate5,98266.21%2,89532.04%1581.75%3,08734.17%9,035Tippah6,51676.27%1,84421.58%1832.14%4,67254.69%8,543Tishomingo4,80068.20%2,09829.81%1401.99%2,70238.39%7,038Tunica1,13745.61%1,23249.42%1244.97%-95-3.81%2,493Union6,97975.53%2,17223.51%890.96%4,80752.02%9,240Walthall4,13667.95%1,71228.13%2393.93%2,42439.82%6,087Warren12,25367.18%5,67231.10%3141.72%6,58136.08%18,239Washington8,91553.32%7,46544.65%3402.03%1,4508.67%16,720Wayne5,67769.58%2,32628.51%1561.91%3,35141.07%8,159Webster3,75479.32%88118.61%982.07%2,87360.70%4,733Wilkinson1,77341.90%2,29954.34%1593.76%-526-12.43%4,231Winston5,38161.51%3,23236.95%1351.54%2,14924.57%8,748Yalobusha3,19459.28%2,06738.36%1272.36%1,12720.92%5,388Yazoo5,73560.80%3,48236.91%2162.29%2,25323.88%9,433Totals654,94165.88%314,09031.59%25,1132.53%340,85134.29%994,144
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Quitman (Largest city: Lambert)
Sharkey (Largest city: Rolling Fork)
Issaquena (Largest city: Mayersville)
Marshall (Largest city: Holly Springs)
Noxubee (Largest city: Macon)
Bolivar (Largest city: Cleveland)
Sunflower (Largest city: Indianola)
LeFlore (Largest city: Greenwood)
See also
2000 United States Senate elections
References
2000
Mississippi
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