The 2000 West Virginia Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 7, 2000. State senate seats in West Virginia are staggered, with senators serving 4-year terms. 18 of the 34 state senate seats were up for election, with 17 regular elections and with SD 11 holding an additional special election for Randy Schoonover, who resigned on September 7, 1999. The election took place concurrently with the presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and gubernatorial elections. While Republican candidate for George W. Bush won the state in the presidential election, the Democratic Party won over 70% of the vote for state senate candidates and retained a supermajority in the state legislature's upper chamber.
Summary + Summary of the November 2000 West Virginia Senate election results Party Candidates Votes % Seats Before Up Won After +/– Democratic 18 484,336 70.4% 29 15 14 28 1 Republican 10 200,791 29.3% 5 3 4 6 1 Libertarian 1 2,885 0.3% 0 0 0 0 Total 688,012 100% 34
SD 1
SD 2
SD 3
SD 4
SD 5
SD 6
SD 7
SD 8
SD 9
SD 10
SD 11 (Full term)
SD 11 (Unexpired term)
SD 12
SD 13
SD 14
SD 15
SD 16
SD 17
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