2000 United States Senate election in Wyoming

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.

2000 United States Senate election in Wyoming

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Nominee Craig L. Thomas Mel Logan
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 157,622 47,087
Percentage 73.77% 22.04%

County results
Thomas:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Craig L. Thomas
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Craig L. Thomas
Republican

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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  • Mel Logan, mine worker[1]
  • Sheldon Sumey

Results

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Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mel Logan 16,530 64.59%
Democratic Sheldon Sumey 9,062 35.41%
Total votes 29,612 100.00%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Craig Thomas (Incumbent) 68,132 100.00%
Total votes 68,132 100.00%

General election

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Candidates

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

Results

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General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Craig Thomas (Incumbent) 157,622 73.77% +14.90%
Democratic Mel Logan 47,087 22.04% −17.27%
Libertarian Margaret Dawson 8,950 4.19% +2.37%
Majority 110,535 51.73% +32.17%
Turnout 213,659
Republican hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NewsLibrary.com - newspaper archive, clipping service - newspapers and other news sources". Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "F:\Projects\Website Redesign\Elections\conveted PDFs\Archived Election Results\2000 Results\Primary Election\Primary\US - 2000" (PDF). Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  3. ^ [1][dead link]