2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Mexico Knowpia

2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico
	County results; Bingaman: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Redmond: 50–60%
U.S. senator before election; Jeff Bingaman; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Jeff Bingaman; Democratic

The 2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman won re-election to a fourth term.^[1] Jeff Bingaman defeated Bill Redmond in a landslide despite Jeff Bingaman's fellow Democrat Al Gore winning New Mexico over Republican presidential nominee George Walker Bush by a very narrow margin in the concurrent presidential election.

Democratic primary edit

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Bingaman (incumbent)	124,887	100.00
Total votes			124,887	100.00

Republican primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Redmond	43,780	60.39
	Republican	Steve Pearce	15,628	21.56
	Republican	William F. Davis	13,083	18.05
Total votes			72,491	100.00

General election results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jeff Bingaman (incumbent)	363,744	61.70%	+7.73%
	Republican	Bill Redmond	225,517	38.25%	-7.74%
	Write-ins		265	0.04%
Majority			138,227	23.45%	+15.47%
Turnout			589,525
	Democratic hold		Swing

^ "Our Campaigns - NM US Senate Race - Nov 07, 2000".
^ "Rsult001". Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
^ "Rsult001". Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".