2000 United States Senate election in Wyoming

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2000 United States Senate election in Wyoming

| country = Wyoming

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1994 United States Senate election in Wyoming

| previous_year = 1994

| next_election = 2006 United States Senate election in Wyoming

| next_year = 2006

| election_date = November 7, 2000

| image_size = 150x150px

| image1 = File:Craig Thomas official portrait.jpg

| nominee1 = Craig L. Thomas

| party1 = Republican Party (United States)

| popular_vote1 = 157,622

| percentage1 = 73.77%

| image2 = 3x4.svg

| nominee2 = Mel Logan

| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 47,087

| percentage2 = 22.04%

| map_image = 2000 United States Senate election in Wyoming results map by county.svg

| map_size = 250px

| map_caption = County results

Thomas: {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} {{legend0|#d72f30|70–80%}} {{legend0|#c21b18|80–90%}}

| title = U.S. Senator

| before_election = Craig L. Thomas

| before_party = Republican Party (United States)

| after_election = Craig L. Thomas

| after_party = Republican Party (United States)

}}

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The 2000 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Craig Thomas won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

= Candidates =

  • Mel Logan, mine worker{{Cite web |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=APAB&d_place=APAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F89C5B955D57D1B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title = NewsLibrary.com - newspaper archive, clipping service - newspapers and other news sources |access-date=2010-08-25 |archive-date=2011-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609160547/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=APAB&d_place=APAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F89C5B955D57D1B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=dead }}
  • Sheldon Sumey

= Results =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Democratic primary results{{cite web|url=http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2000/00Results/00_Primary_SW_Candidates.pdf |title=F:\Projects\Website Redesign\Elections\conveted PDFs\Archived Election Results\2000 Results\Primary Election\Primary\US - 2000 |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2021-05-08}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Mel Logan

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 16,530

| percentage = 64.59%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Sheldon Sumey

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 9,062

| percentage = 35.41%

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 29,612

| percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box end}}

Republican primary

= Candidates =

= Results =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Republican primary results

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Craig Thomas (Incumbent)

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 68,132

| percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 68,132

| percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box end}}

General election

= Candidates =

  • Mel Logan (D), mine worker
  • Craig Thomas (R), incumbent U.S. Senator

= Results =

{{Election box begin

| title = General election results[https://web.archive.org/web/20110927124810/http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/00Results/00General/00_General_SW_Candidate_Judicial_Issues.pdf ]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Craig Thomas (Incumbent)

| votes = 157,622

| percentage = 73.77%

| change = +14.90%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Mel Logan

| votes = 47,087

| percentage = 22.04%

| change = -17.27%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| candidate = Margaret Dawson

| votes = 8,950

| percentage = 4.19%

| change = +2.37%

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 110,535

| percentage = 51.73%

| change = +32.17%

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 213,659

| percentage =

| change =

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{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

| loser =

| swing =

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{{Election box end}}

==Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican==

See also

References

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{{United States elections, 2000}}

Wyoming

2000

Category:2000 Wyoming elections