United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2000

United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2000

November 7, 2000

Nominee Craig L. Thomas Mel Logan Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 157,622 47,087 Percentage 73.8% 22.0%

County results

U.S. Senator before election Craig L. Thomas Republican Elected U.S. Senator Craig L. Thomas Republican

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^[1]
• Sheldon Sumey

Results

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

Candidates

• Craig Thomas, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

Republican primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Craig Thomas (inc.)	68,132	100.00
Total votes			68,132	100.00

General election

Candidates

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

Results

General election results^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Craig Thomas (inc.)	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

References

1. 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
2. http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2000/00Results/00_Primary_SW_Candidates.pdf
3. http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2000/00Results/00_Primary_SW_Candidates.pdf
4. http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/00Results/00General/00_General_SW_Candidate_Judicial_Issues.pdf