2000 United States Senate elections

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2000_United_States_Senate_elections
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gptkb:2000_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 7, 2000
gptkbp:Democratic_Party_seats_before 45
50
gptkbp:DemocraticLeader gptkb:Tom_Daschle
gptkbp:DemocraticLeaderSeat gptkb:South_Dakota
gptkbp:DemocraticLeaderSince January 3, 1995
gptkbp:DemocraticPopularVote 45,592,656
gptkbp:DemocraticVotePercentage 47.3%
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2000 United States Senate elections
gptkbp:independentPopularVote 97,111
gptkbp:IndependentSeatsAfter 0
gptkbp:IndependentSeatsBefore 1
gptkbp:independentVotePercentage 0.1%
gptkbp:majorityPartyAfterElection gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:majorityPartyBeforeElection gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:mapType Results of the 2000 United States Senate elections
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:2002_United_States_Senate_elections
gptkbp:notableAchievement First time since 1881 Senate was evenly split
Senate split 50-50 after election
gptkbp:notableEvent Mel Carnahan elected posthumously in Missouri
gptkbp:notableLoss gptkb:Slade_Gorton
gptkb:John_Ashcroft
gptkb:Spencer_Abraham
gptkb:Rod_Grams
William V. Roth Jr.
gptkbp:notableRace Washington Senate race (Maria Cantwell vs. Slade Gorton)
New York Senate race (Hillary Clinton vs. Rick Lazio)
Missouri Senate race (John Ashcroft vs. Mel Carnahan)
gptkbp:notableWinner gptkb:Hillary_Clinton
gptkb:Bill_Nelson
gptkb:Jon_Corzine
gptkbp:partOf 2000 United States elections
gptkbp:previousEdition 1998 United States Senate elections
gptkbp:Republican_Party_seats_before 50
54
gptkbp:RepublicanLeader gptkb:Trent_Lott
gptkbp:RepublicanLeaderSeat gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:RepublicanLeaderSince June 12, 1996
gptkbp:RepublicanPopularVote 46,890,343
gptkbp:RepublicanVotePercentage 48.7%
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 34
gptkbp:totalSenateSeats 100
gptkbp:type legislative
gptkbp:voterTurnout ~51.3%
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gptkb:2000_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections
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