2000 United States Senate election in Maryland

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2000 United States Senate election in Maryland
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  1994 November 7, 2000 2006  
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Nominee Paul Sarbanes Paul Rappaport
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,230,013715,178
Percentage63.18%36.73%

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County results

Sarbanes:     50–60%     60–70%     80–90%

Rappaport:     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Paul Sarbanes
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Paul Sarbanes
Democratic

The 2000 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes won re-election to a fifth term.

Contents

Candidates

Democratic

Republican

Campaign

Rappaport won the Republican primary against S. Rob Sobhani, Ross Zimmerman Pierpont, Robin Ficker, Kenneth R. Timmerman, Kenneth Wayman and John Stafford [3] through a grassroots movement with a plurality of just 23%. [4] Rappaport, a major underdog, pushed for three debates. The four-term incumbent agreed to one debate on October 26. [5]

Results

General election results [6] [7] [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Paul Sarbanes (incumbent) 1,230,013 63.18% +4.08%
Republican Paul Rappaport715,17836.73%-4.17%
OtherWrite Ins1,5940.08%
Independent Corrogan R. Vaughn (Write In)1130.01%
Total votes1,946,898 100.0%
Democratic hold

Results by county

CountyPaul S. Sarbanes

Democratic

Paul H. Rappaport

Republican

Corrogan R. Vaughn

Independent

Write-ins

Independent

MarginTotal

Votes

Cast

#%#%#%#%#%
Allegany 1263859.03%876840.96%00.00%20.01%387018.08%21408
Anne Arundel 10162751.44%9573748.46%170.01%1770.09%58902.98%197558
Baltimore (City) 15826086.75%2401913.17%50.00%1570.09%13424173.58%182441
Baltimore (County) 17555158.82%12260141.08%00.00%3020.10%5295017.74%298454
Calvert 1530552.87%1361847.04%40.01%240.08%16875.83%28951
Caroline 423948.62%447251.29%10.01%70.08%-233-2.67%8719
Carroll 2378137.97%3879061.94%00.00%590.09%-15009-23.96%62630
Cecil 1416850.33%1395549.58%10.00%240.09%2130.76%28148
Charles 2527857.95%1832142.00%10.00%240.06%695715.95%43624
Dorchester 572457.24%427642.76%00.00%00.00%144814.48%10000
Frederick 3731548.83%3903151.07%30.00%760.10%-1716-2.25%76425
Garrett 431942.44%585857.56%00.00%00.00%-1539-15.12%10177
Harford 4167946.27%4832253.65%80.01%680.08%-6643-7.37%90077
Howard 6263656.66%4778643.23%220.02%970.09%1485013.43%110541
Kent 434655.50%348144.45%00.00%40.05%86511.05%7831
Montgomery 25066469.42%10991130.44%410.01%4470.12%14075338.98%361063
Prince George's 20462283.63%4003316.36%50.00%130.01%16458967.27%244673
Queen Anne's 753946.19%877553.76%20.01%70.04%-1236-7.57%16323
St. Mary's 468164.84%253635.13%00.00%20.03%214529.71%7219
Somerset 1527353.31%1335746.62%00.00%210.07%19166.69%28651
Talbot 699647.14%782052.70%10.01%230.15%-824-5.55%14840
Washington 2236248.94%2329150.98%20.00%350.08%-929-2.03%45690
Wicomico 1894660.74%1223439.22%00.00%140.04%671221.52%31194
Worcester 1206459.54%818640.40%00.00%110.05%387819.14%20261
Total123001363.18%71517836.73%1130.01%15940.08%51483526.44%1946898

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican

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