United States Senate election in West Virginia, 2000

November 7, 2000



Nominee	Robert Byrd	David Gallaher
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	469,215	121,635
Percentage	77.8%	20.2%

County Results

U.S. Senator before election

Robert Byrd
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Robert Byrd
Democratic

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The 2000 United States Senate election in West Virginia took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Robert Byrd won re-election to an eighth term. He won every county and congressional district in the state.

Major candidates

Democratic

Robert Byrd, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

David T. Gallaher, contractor^[1]

Results

West Virginia United States Senate election, 2000^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Byrd (inc.)	469,215	77.8%
	Republican	David T. Gallaher	121,635	20.2%
	Libertarian	Joe Whelan	12,627	2.1%
Majority
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

Robert C. Byrd

Electoral history	1982 Senate 1988 Senate 1994 Senate 2000 Senate 2006 Senate

Books	The Senate, 1789–1989 series Senate of the Roman Republic: Addresses on the History of Roman Constitutionalism Losing America: Confronting A Reckless and Arrogant Presidency We Stand Passively Mute: Senator Robert C. Byrd's Iraq Speeches Robert C. Byrd: Child of the Appalachian Coalfields Letter to a New President: Commonsense Lessons for our Next Leader

Related topics	Reaction to the death of Robert Byrd List of places named after Robert Byrd Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program

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