2000 United States Senate election in Arizona

2000 United States Senate election in Arizona

November 7, 2000

Nominee Jon Kyl William Toel Party Republican Independent Popular vote 1,101,196 109,230 Percentage 79.32% 7.82%   Nominee Vance Hansen Barry Hess Party Green Libertarian Popular vote 108,926 70,724 Percentage 7.80% 5.06%

County results Kyl:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election Jon Kyl Republican Elected U.S. Senator Jon Kyl Republican

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^[1]

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 opponent^[2] despite being labeled as vulnerable at one point.^[3]

Results

General election results^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jon Kyl (Incumbent)	1,108,196	79.32%	+25.61%
	Independent	William Toel	109,230	7.82%
	Green	Vance Hansen	108,926	7.80%
	Libertarian	Barry Hess	70,724	5.06%	−1.69%
Majority			998,966	71.50%	+57.34%
Turnout			1,397,076
	Republican hold		Swing

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

1. "Where the Candidates Stand".
2. "The 2000 Elections: West".
3. "State-by-state roundup Selected results in Tuesday's election".
4. "2000 Election Statistics". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved April 12, 2018.