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 Paul Sarbanes, incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in 1976
Republican Paul H. Rappaport, former Howard County police chief and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1994Dianne Feinstein Primaries kind to incumbents, The Deseret News (Associated Press) – March 8, 2000Senate rivals face off in only TV debate Sarbanes defends record of 4 terms against Rappaport accusations . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com (October 20, 2000). Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
Campaign Rappaport won the Republican primary against S. Rob Sobhani, Ross Zimmerman Pierpont, Robin Ficker, Kenneth R. Timmerman, Kenneth Wayman and John StaffordMD US Senate - R Primary, Our Campaigns through a grassroots movement with a plurality of just 23%.Rappaport to focus on crime in race with Sarbanes, The Washington Times, March 9, 2000 Rappaport, a major underdog, pushed for three debates. The four-term incumbent agreed to one debate on October 26.MARYLAND NOTEBOOK; Sarbanes-Rappaport Forum A Matter of Great Debate . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com (October 26, 2000). Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
Results
Results by county
+CountyPaul S. Sarbanes DemocraticPaul H. Rappaport RepublicanCorrogan R. Vaughn IndependentWrite-ins IndependentMarginTotal Votes
Cast#%#%#%#%#% Allegany 12638 59.03% 8768 40.96% 0 0.00% 2 0.01% 3870 18.08% 21408 Anne Arundel 101627 51.44% 95737 48.46% 17 0.01% 177 0.09% 5890 2.98% 197558 Baltimore (City) 158260 86.75% 24019 13.17% 5 0.00% 157 0.09% 134241 73.58% 182441 Baltimore (County) 175551 58.82% 122601 41.08% 0 0.00% 302 0.10% 52950 17.74% 298454 Calvert 15305 52.87% 13618 47.04% 4 0.01% 24 0.08% 1687 5.83% 28951 Caroline 4239 48.62% 4472 51.29% 1 0.01% 7 0.08% -233 -2.67% 8719 Carroll 23781 37.97% 38790 61.94% 0 0.00% 59 0.09% -15009 -23.96% 62630 Cecil 14168 50.33% 13955 49.58% 1 0.00% 24 0.09% 213 0.76% 28148 Charles 25278 57.95% 18321 42.00% 1 0.00% 24 0.06% 6957 15.95% 43624 Dorchester 5724 57.24% 4276 42.76% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1448 14.48% 10000 Frederick 37315 48.83% 39031 51.07% 3 0.00% 76 0.10% -1716 -2.25% 76425 Garrett 4319 42.44% 5858 57.56% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1539 -15.12% 10177 Harford 41679 46.27% 48322 53.65% 8 0.01% 68 0.08% -6643 -7.37% 90077 Howard 62636 56.66% 47786 43.23% 22 0.02% 97 0.09% 14850 13.43% 110541 Kent 4346 55.50% 3481 44.45% 0 0.00% 4 0.05% 865 11.05% 7831 Montgomery 250664 69.42% 109911 30.44% 41 0.01% 447 0.12% 140753 38.98% 361063 Prince George's 204622 83.63% 40033 16.36% 5 0.00% 13 0.01% 164589 67.27% 244673 Queen Anne's 7539 46.19% 8775 53.76% 2 0.01% 7 0.04% -1236 -7.57% 16323 St. Mary's 4681 64.84% 2536 35.13% 0 0.00% 2 0.03% 2145 29.71% 7219 Somerset 15273 53.31% 13357 46.62% 0 0.00% 21 0.07% 1916 6.69% 28651 Talbot 6996 47.14% 7820 52.70% 1 0.01% 23 0.15% -824 -5.55% 14840 Washington 22362 48.94% 23291 50.98% 2 0.00% 35 0.08% -929 -2.03% 45690 Wicomico 18946 60.74% 12234 39.22% 0 0.00% 14 0.04% 6712 21.52% 31194 Worcester 12064 59.54% 8186 40.40% 0 0.00% 11 0.05% 3878 19.14% 20261 Total 1230013 63.18% 715178 36.73% 113 0.01% 1594 0.08% 514835 26.44% 1946898
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Anne Arundel (largest municipality: Annapolis)
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Harford (largest municipality: Aberdeen)
See also 2000 United States Senate elections 2000 United States elections
References
External links Candidates at Vote Smart Campaign finance at FEC Campaign finance at OpenSecrets
Official campaign websites (archived) Paul Rappaport