| Outgoing Members: | These seats' last election (1996) |
| Elected Members: | These seats' next election (2004) |
| Election Name: | 2000 West Virginia Senate elections |
| Seats Needed2: | 7 |
| Country: | West Virginia |
| Image1 Size: | x180px |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Before Election: | Earl Ray Tomblin |
| Senate President | |
| After Election: | Earl Ray Tomblin |
| After Party: | West Virginia Democratic Party |
| Type: | legislative |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Before Party: | West Virginia Democratic Party |
| Party1: | West Virginia Democratic Party |
| Leader1: | Earl Ray Tomblin |
| Leaders Seat1: | SD 7 |
| Leader Since1: | 1995 |
| Popular Vote1: | 484,336 |
| Percentage1: | 70.4% |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 1Data1: | 15 |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
| Leader2: | Vic Sprouse |
| Leader Since2: | 1998 |
| Party2: | West Virginia Republican Party |
| Next Election: | 2002 West Virginia Senate election |
| Seats For Election: | 18 of 34 seats in the West Virginia Senate (17 regular, 1 special) |
| Majority Seats: | 18 |
| Previous Election: | 1998 West Virginia Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 1998 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 2000 |
| Leaders Seat2: | SD 8 |
| 1Data2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 200,791 |
| Percentage2: | 29.3% |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| 2Data1: | 14 |
| 2Data2: | 4 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Seats Before1: | 29 |
| Seats Before2: | 5 |
| Seats After1: | 28 |
| Seats After2: | 6 |
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,[1] 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,[2] the Democratic Party won over 70% of the vote for state senate candidates and retained a supermajority in the state legislature's upper chamber.
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| 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 | ||||||