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. 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 non-major-party performance.

Candidates 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.

Results

Results by county CountyJon KylRepublicanWilliam ToelIndependentVance HansenGreenBarry HessLibertarianMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Apache9,85761.1%2,37614.7%1,89011.7%2,01112.5%7,48146.4%16,134Cochise24,76680.1%2,1286.9%2,2557.3%1,7525.7%22,51172.8%30,901Coconino25,51267.3%3,2978.7%6,18916.3%2,8877.6%19,32351.0%37,885Gila13,54981.2%1,3848.3%8194.9%9415.6%12,16572.9%16,693Graham7,52085.4%5856.6%3283.7%3754.3%6,93578.8%8,808Greenlee2,13581.3%2569.7%933.5%1435.4%1,87971.6%2,627La Paz3,48482.1%3428.1%1904.5%2285.4%3,14274.0%4,244Maricopa663,75681.1%68,3878.4%49,1076.0%36,8474.5%595,36972.7%818,097Mohave32,68679.8%4,30910.5%1,9804.8%1,9724.8%28,37769.3%40,947Navajo18,67177.1%2,0708.6%1,6276.7%1,8357.6%16,60168.5%24,203Pima198,26675.9%12,6874.9%25,08113.4%15,2805.8%163,18562.5%261,314Pinal30,13478.9%3,7169.7%2,1455.6%2,1835.7%26,41869.2%38,178Santa Cruz5,75373.0%85310.8%7079.0%5637.1%4,90062.2%7,876Yavapai50,81580.2%4,6477.3%5,3348.4%2,5414.0%45,48171.8%63,337Yuma21,29282.4%2,1938.5%1,1814.6%1,1664.5%19,09973.9%25,832Totals1,108,19679.3%109,2307.8%108,9267.8%70,7245.1%998,96671.5%1,397,076

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Apache (largest municipality: Eagar) Santa Cruz (largest municipality: Nogales) Coconino (largest municipality: Flagstaff) Pima (largest municipality: Tucson)

See also 2000 United States Senate elections

References

Notes

External links Official campaign websites (archived) Jon Kyl (R) for Senate William Toel (I) for Senate Vance Hansen (G) for Senate Barry Hess (L) for Senate