2000 United States Senate election in Wyoming

2000 United States Senate election in Wyoming
November 7, 2000
 
Nominee Craig L. Thomas Mel Logan
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 157,622 47,087
Percentage 73.77% 22.04%
County results
Thomas:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
U.S. senator before election

Craig L. Thomas
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Craig L. Thomas
Republican

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The 2000 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Craig Thomas won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Mel Logan, mine worker[1]
  • Sheldon Sumey

Results

Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mel Logan 16,530 64.59%
Democratic Sheldon Sumey 9,062 35.41%
Total votes 29,612 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Craig Thomas (Incumbent) 68,132 100.00%
Total votes 68,132 100.00%

General election

Candidates

  • Mel Logan (D), mine worker
  • Craig Thomas (R), incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Craig Thomas (Incumbent) 157,622 73.77% +14.90%
Democratic Mel Logan 47,087 22.04% −17.27%
Libertarian Margaret Dawson 8,950 4.19% +2.37%
Majority 110,535 51.73% +32.17%
Turnout 213,659
Republican hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. ^ "NewsLibrary.com - newspaper archive, clipping service - newspapers and other news sources". Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "F:\Projects\Website Redesign\Elections\conveted PDFs\Archived Election Results\2000 Results\Primary Election\Primary\US - 2000" (PDF). Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  3. ^ [1]
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