Election Name: | 2000 United States Senate election in Wisconsin |
Country: | Wisconsin |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1994 United States Senate election in Wisconsin |
Previous Year: | 1994 |
Next Election: | 2006 United States Senate election in Wisconsin |
Next Year: | 2006 |
Election Date: | November 7, 2000 |
Image1: | File:Herbert Kohl, official photo.jpg |
Nominee1: | Herb Kohl |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 1,563,238 |
Percentage1: | 61.54% |
Nominee2: | John Gillespie |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 940,744 |
Percentage2: | 37.04% |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Herb Kohl |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Herb Kohl |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2000 United States Senate election in Wisconsin took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Herb Kohl won re-election to a third term by a margin of 24.5%. Herb Kohl defeated John Gillespie in a landslide despite Al Gore narrowly winning Wisconsin over Republican presidential nominee George Walker Bush in the concurrent presidential election.