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United States Senate election in Arizona, 2000

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1,101,196
  
109,230

Vance Hansen
  
Barry Hess

7.8%
  
5.1%

79.3%
  
7.8%

108,926
  
70,724

Start date
  
November 7, 2000

United States Senate election in Arizona, 2000 httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Winner
  
Jon Kyl

The 2000 United States Senate election in Arizona was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jon Kyl won re-election to a second term, as no candidate was nominated from the Democratic Party. Independent Bill Toel, Green party nominee Vance Hansen, and Libertarian party nominee Barry Hess each got more than 5% of the vote, a strong third party performance.

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Green

  • Vance Hansen, retired teacher

    • Independent

  • Bill Toel, professor and former banker

    • Libertarian

  • Barry Hess, businessman

    • Republican

  • Jon Kyl, incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in 1994

    • Campaign

    Jon Kyl, a popular incumbent, did not draw a Democratic opponent despite being labeled as vulnerable at one point.

    References

    United States Senate election in Arizona, 2000 Wikipedia
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