2000 United States Senate election in Ohio
(Redirected from United States Senate election in Ohio, 2000)
The 2000 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Senator Mike DeWine won re-election to a second term. His victory made him the first Republican re-elected to the Senate in Ohio since John W. Bricker in 1952. As of 2024, this is the last time that the Republicans won Ohio’s Class 1 Senate seat.
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Turnout | 63.6% (Registered Voters) | ||||||||||||||||
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![]() County results DeWine: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Celeste: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Republican primary
editCandidates
edit- Frank Cremeans, former U.S. Representative from Gallipolis
- Mike DeWine, incumbent U.S. Senator
- Ronald Richard Dickson, gun show prompter
Result
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike DeWine (incumbent) | 1,029,860 | 79.51 | |
Republican | Ronald Richard Dickson | 161,185 | 12.44 | |
Republican | Frank Cremeans | 104,219 | 8.05 | |
Total votes | 1,295,264 | 100 |
Democratic primary
editCandidates
edit- Ted Celeste, real estate developer and brother of former Ohio Governor Dick Celeste
- Richard Cordray, former Solicitor General of Ohio and nominee for Ohio Attorney General in 1998
- Marvin McMickle, Reverend
- Dan Radakovich, activist
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ted Celeste | 375,205 | 43.86 | |
Democratic | Marvin McMickle | 208,291 | 24.35 | |
Democratic | Richard Cordray | 202,345 | 23.65 | |
Democratic | Dan Radakovich | 69,620 | 8.14 | |
Total votes | 855,461 | 100 |
General election
editDebates
edit- Complete video of debate, November 4, 2000
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Mike DeWine (Incumbent) | 2,665,512 | 59.92% | +6.48% | |
Democratic | Ted Celeste | 1,595,066 | 35.85% | −3.38% | |
Libertarian | John McAlister | 116,724 | 2.62% | N/A | |
Natural Law | John Eastman | 70,713 | 1.59% | N/A | |
Write-in | 786 | 0.02% | N/A | ||
Majority | 1,070,446 | 24.06% | +9.85% | ||
Turnout | 4,448,801 | 63.6 | |||
Republican hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
edit- Harrison (Largest city: Cadiz)
- Jefferson (largest city: Steubenville)
- Athens (Largest city: Athens)
- Cuyahoga (Largest city: Cleveland)
- Lucas (Largest city: Toledo)