United States Senate election in Maryland, 2000

United States Senate election in Maryland, 2000
Maryland
November 7, 2000
 
Nominee Paul Sarbanes Paul H. Rappaport
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,230,013 715,178
Percentage 63.2% 36.7%
U.S. Senator before election

Paul S. Sarbanes
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Paul S. 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.

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 actually agreed to one debate on October 26.[5]

Results

General election results[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Paul Sarbanes 1,230,013 63.2
Republican Paul Rappaport 715,178 35.7
Other Write Ins 1,594 0.1
Independent Corrogan R. Vaughn (Write In) 113

References

  1. ↑ Dianne Feinstein Primaries kind to incumbents, The Deseret News (Associated Press) – March 8, 2000
  2. ↑ Senate rivals face off in only TV debate Sarbanes defends record of 4 terms against Rappaport accusations. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com (2000-10-20). Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
  3. ↑ MD US Senate - R Primary, Our Campaigns
  4. ↑ Rappaport to focus on crime in race with Sarbanes, The Washington Times, March 9, 2000
  5. ↑ MARYLAND NOTEBOOK; Sarbanes-Rappaport Forum A Matter of Great Debate. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com (2000-10-26). Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
  6. ↑ 2000 ELECTION STATISTICS. Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved on 2011-06-17.


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