- Source: 2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska
The 2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey retired after two terms in office, and Democrat Ben Nelson, a former two-term governor, won the open seat. Ben Nelson won the election despite Republican nominee George Walker Bush winning the state in the concurrent presidential election. This is the last time that Nebraska voted for a Senate candidate and a presidential candidate of different political parties.
Democratic primary
= Candidates
=Ben Nelson, former Governor of Nebraska and 1996 Democratic nominee for the United States Senate
Al Hamburg, perennial candidate
= Results
=Republican primary
= Candidates
=Don Stenberg, Attorney General of Nebraska
Scott Moore, Secretary of State of Nebraska
David Hergert
George Grogan
John DeCamp, former State Senator
Elliott Rustad
= Results
=General election
= Candidates
=Ben Nelson (D), former Governor of Nebraska and 1996 Democratic nominee for the United States Senate
Don Stenberg (R), Attorney General of Nebraska
= Debates
=Complete video of debate, September 21, 2000
= Results
=Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Burt (largest village: Tekamah)
Box Butte (largest city: Alliance)
Butler (largest city: David City)
Clay (largest city: Sutton)
Colfax (largest city: Schuyler)
Furnas (largest city: Cambridge)
Gosper (largest city: Elwood)
Harlan (largest city: Alma)
Hitchcock (largest city: Culbertson)
Knox (largest city: Creighton)
Kearney (largest city: Minden)
Merrick (largest city: Central City)
Nemaha (largest city: Auburn)
Nance (largest city: Fullerton)
Boone (largest city: Albion)
Polk (largest city: Stromsburg)
Richardson (largest city: Falls City)
Sarpy (largest city: Bellevue)
Thayer (largest city: Hebron)
Washington (largest city: Blair)
Franklin (largest city: Franklin)
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Lincoln (largest city: North Platte)
See also
2000 United States Senate elections
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