2000 United States Senate election in Maryland
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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.
Candidates
[edit]Democratic
[edit]- Paul Sarbanes, incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in 1976
Republican
[edit]- Paul H. Rappaport, former Howard County police chief and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1994[1][2]
Campaign
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Paul Sarbanes (incumbent) | 1,230,013 | 63.18% | +4.08% | |
Republican | Paul Rappaport | 715,178 | 36.73% | −4.17% | |
Other | Write Ins | 1,594 | 0.08% | ||
Independent | Corrogan R. Vaughn (Write In) | 113 | 0.01% | ||
Total votes | 1,946,898 | 100.0% | |||
Democratic hold |
Results by county
[edit]County | Paul S. Sarbanes
Democratic |
Paul H. Rappaport
Republican |
Corrogan R. Vaughn
Independent |
Write-ins
Independent |
Margin | Total
Votes Cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Allegany | 12638 | 59.03% | 8768 | 40.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.01% | 3870 | 18.08% | 21408 |
Anne Arundel | 101627 | 51.44% | 95737 | 48.46% | 17 | 0.01% | 177 | 0.09% | 5890 | 2.98% | 197558 |
Baltimore (City) | 158260 | 86.75% | 24019 | 13.17% | 5 | 0.00% | 157 | 0.09% | 134241 | 73.58% | 182441 |
Baltimore (County) | 175551 | 58.82% | 122601 | 41.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 302 | 0.10% | 52950 | 17.74% | 298454 |
Calvert | 15305 | 52.87% | 13618 | 47.04% | 4 | 0.01% | 24 | 0.08% | 1687 | 5.83% | 28951 |
Caroline | 4239 | 48.62% | 4472 | 51.29% | 1 | 0.01% | 7 | 0.08% | -233 | -2.67% | 8719 |
Carroll | 23781 | 37.97% | 38790 | 61.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 59 | 0.09% | -15009 | -23.96% | 62630 |
Cecil | 14168 | 50.33% | 13955 | 49.58% | 1 | 0.00% | 24 | 0.09% | 213 | 0.76% | 28148 |
Charles | 25278 | 57.95% | 18321 | 42.00% | 1 | 0.00% | 24 | 0.06% | 6957 | 15.95% | 43624 |
Dorchester | 5724 | 57.24% | 4276 | 42.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1448 | 14.48% | 10000 |
Frederick | 37315 | 48.83% | 39031 | 51.07% | 3 | 0.00% | 76 | 0.10% | -1716 | -2.25% | 76425 |
Garrett | 4319 | 42.44% | 5858 | 57.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1539 | -15.12% | 10177 |
Harford | 41679 | 46.27% | 48322 | 53.65% | 8 | 0.01% | 68 | 0.08% | -6643 | -7.37% | 90077 |
Howard | 62636 | 56.66% | 47786 | 43.23% | 22 | 0.02% | 97 | 0.09% | 14850 | 13.43% | 110541 |
Kent | 4346 | 55.50% | 3481 | 44.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.05% | 865 | 11.05% | 7831 |
Montgomery | 250664 | 69.42% | 109911 | 30.44% | 41 | 0.01% | 447 | 0.12% | 140753 | 38.98% | 361063 |
Prince George's | 204622 | 83.63% | 40033 | 16.36% | 5 | 0.00% | 13 | 0.01% | 164589 | 67.27% | 244673 |
Queen Anne's | 7539 | 46.19% | 8775 | 53.76% | 2 | 0.01% | 7 | 0.04% | -1236 | -7.57% | 16323 |
St. Mary's | 4681 | 64.84% | 2536 | 35.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.03% | 2145 | 29.71% | 7219 |
Somerset | 15273 | 53.31% | 13357 | 46.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 21 | 0.07% | 1916 | 6.69% | 28651 |
Talbot | 6996 | 47.14% | 7820 | 52.70% | 1 | 0.01% | 23 | 0.15% | -824 | -5.55% | 14840 |
Washington | 22362 | 48.94% | 23291 | 50.98% | 2 | 0.00% | 35 | 0.08% | -929 | -2.03% | 45690 |
Wicomico | 18946 | 60.74% | 12234 | 39.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 14 | 0.04% | 6712 | 21.52% | 31194 |
Worcester | 12064 | 59.54% | 8186 | 40.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 11 | 0.05% | 3878 | 19.14% | 20261 |
Total | 1230013 | 63.18% | 715178 | 36.73% | 113 | 0.01% | 1594 | 0.08% | 514835 | 26.44% | 1946898 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]- Anne Arundel (largest municipality: Annapolis)
Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dianne Feinstein Primaries kind to incumbents, The Deseret News (Associated Press) – March 8, 2000
- ^ Senate rivals face off in only TV debate Sarbanes defends record of 4 terms against Rappaport accusations Archived November 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com (October 20, 2000). Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
- ^ MD US Senate - R Primary, Our Campaigns
- ^ Rappaport to focus on crime in race with Sarbanes, The Washington Times, March 9, 2000
- ^ MARYLAND NOTEBOOK; Sarbanes-Rappaport Forum A Matter of Great Debate Archived November 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com (October 26, 2000). Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
- ^ 2000 ELECTION STATISTICS. Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved on June 17, 2011.
- ^ 2000 Presidential Election
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 07, 2000". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
- ^ "2000 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. August 27, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
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