The 2000 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Chuck Robb sought re-election to a third term, but he was defeated by Republican nominee George Allen.[2][3] With Allen's victory, this marked the first time since 1989 that Republicans would hold both of Virginia's Senate seats. As of 2024[update], this was the only time since 1982 that Republicans won the Class 1 Senate seat in Virginia.
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Turnout | 54.0% (voting eligible)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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County and independent city results Allen: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Robb: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Source | Date | Allen (R) | Robb (D) |
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SurveyUSA | September 24–25, 2000 | 57% | 43% |
SurveyUSA | October 1–2, 2000 | 56% | 41% |
SurveyUSA | October 8–9, 2000 | 51% | 47% |
SurveyUSA | October 15–16, 2000 | 51% | 48% |
SurveyUSA | October 28–29, 2000 | 53% | 46% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Republican | George Allen | 1,420,460 | 52.26% | +9.38% | ||
Democratic | Chuck Robb (incumbent) | 1,296,093 | 47.68% | +2.07% | ||
Write-in | 1,748 | 0.06% | -0.01% | |||
Majority | 124,367 | 4.58% | +1.85% | |||
Turnout | 2,718,301 | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |