The 2000 United States House of Representatives elections on November 7, 2000 coincided with the election of
George W. Bush
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as
President of the United States
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. The
Republican Party
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won 221 seats, while the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
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won 212 and independents won two.
This marked the first time since 1992 that the victorious presidential party lost seats in the House, and the first since 1988 that they lost seats in both Houses.
Overall results
Retirements
In the November general elections, thirty incumbents did not seek re-election, either to retire or to seek other positions.
Democrats
Seven Democrats did not seek re-election.
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Debbie Stabenow
Deborah Ann Stabenow ( ; née Greer, born April 29, 1950) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Michigan, a seat she has held since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she became the state's first female ...
retired to
run for U.S. Senator.
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Bill Clay
William Lacy Clay Sr (born April 30, 1931) is an American politician from Missouri. As Congressman from Missouri's first district, he represented portions of St. Louis in the U.S. House of Representatives for 32 years.
Early life and family
...
retired.
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Pat Danner
Patsy Ann "Pat" Danner (born January 13, 1934, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American politician. She formerly represented the Missouri's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat.
Education and back ...
retired.
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Ron Klink
Ronald Klink (born September 23, 1951) is an American television broadcaster and politician and who served four terms as a United States Representative from Pennsylvania from 1993 to 2001, as member of the Democratic Party.
Early life and career ...
retired to
run for U.S. Senator.
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Robert Weygand
Robert A. "Bob" Weygand (born May 10, 1948) is an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1997 until 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party from Rhode Island.
Life and career
Weygand was bo ...
retired to
run for U.S. Senator.
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Owen B. Pickett
Owen Bradford Pickett (August 31, 1930 – October 27, 2010) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia.
Early life
Pickett was born in Richmond, Virginia on August 31, 1930. He graduated from Vir ...
retired.
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Bob Wise
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. (born January 6, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 33rd Governor of West Virginia from 2001 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, Wise also served in the United States House of Representatives from ...
retired to
run for Governor of West Virginia.
Republicans
Twenty-three Republicans did not seek re-election.
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Matt Salmon
Matthew James Salmon (born January 21, 1958) is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arizona from 1995 to 2001 and again from 2013 until 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he retired from office after representing ...
retired to
run for Governor of Arizona.
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Tom Campbell retired to
run for U.S. Senator.
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Ron Packard
Ronald C. Packard, D.M.D. (born January 19, 1931) is a retired Republican politician from California who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001.
Biography
Packard was born and raised in Meridian, Idaho. He attended Me ...
retired.
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Tillie Fowler
Tillie Kidd Fowler (December 23, 1942 – March 2, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2001. Her father and brother served as ...
retired.
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Bill McCollum
Ira William McCollum Jr. (born July 12, 1944) is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001, representing Florida's 5th congressional district, which was l ...
retired to
run for U.S. Senator.
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Charles T. Canady
Charles Terrance Canady (born June 22, 1954) is an American attorney and judge serving on the Supreme Court of Florida since 2008. He previously served two two-year terms as Chief Justice, from 2010 to 2012 and from 2020 to 2022.
Prior to his ap ...
retired.
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Helen Chenoweth
Helen Margaret Palmer Chenoweth-Hage (born Helen Margaret Palmer; January 27, 1938 – October 2, 2006) was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Idaho. She remains the only Republican woman to ever represent Idaho in the United States ...
retired.
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John Porter John Porter may refer to:
Politicians
*John Porter (portreeve), 1390–94, Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton
*John Porter (Illinois politician) (1935–2022), Illinois politician, U.S. Representative
*John Porter (MP for Bramber) (died 1599), ...
retired.
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Thomas W. Ewing
Thomas William Ewing (born September 19, 1935 in Atlanta, Illinois) is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the Illinois State House of Representatives. Ewing was a state representative from 1974 to 199 ...
retired.
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David M. McIntosh
David Martin McIntosh (born June 8, 1958) is an American attorney and Republican Party politician who served as the U.S. representative for Indiana's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 2001. He is a co-founder of two conservative politica ...
retired to
run for Governor of Indiana.
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Edward A. Pease
Edward Allan Pease (born May 22, 1951) is an American politician and lawyer from Indiana. He is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, serving two terms from 1997 to 2001,
Biography Early life and education
Pe ...
retired.
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Jim Talent
James Matthes Talent (born October 18, 1956) is an American politician who was a U.S. Senator from Missouri from 2002 to 2007. He is a Republican and resided in the St. Louis area while serving in elected office.
After serving for eight years ...
retired to
run for Governor of Missouri.
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Rick Hill
Richard Hill (born December 30, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Montana. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Montana in 2012.
Early life and e ...
retired.
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Bill Barrett
William Emery Barrett (February 9, 1929 – September 20, 2016) was an American Republican politician from Nebraska who served five terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2001 as the congressman for Nebraska's third ...
retired.
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Bob Franks
Robert Douglas Franks (September 21, 1951 – April 9, 2010) was an American Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.
Early life
Franks was born on September 21, 1951, in Hackensack, New Jersey, the son of Nor ...
retired to
run for U.S. Senator.
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Rick Lazio
Enrico Anthony Lazio (; born March 13, 1958) is an American attorney and former four-term U.S. Representative from the State of New York. A Long Island native, Lazio became well-known during his bid for U.S. Senate in New York's 2000 Senate ele ...
retired to
run for U.S. Senator.
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John Kasich
John Richard Kasich Jr. ( ; born May 13, 1952) is an American politician, author, and television news host who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001 and as the 69th governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, Kasic ...
retired to
run for U.S. President.
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Tom Coburn
Thomas Allen Coburn (March 14, 1948 – March 28, 2020) was an American politician and physician who served as a United States senator for Oklahoma from 2005, until his resignation in 2015. A Republican, he previously served as a United St ...
retired.
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William F. Goodling
William Franklin Goodling (December 5, 1927 – September 17, 2017) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. At the time of his death, he was the Chairman of the Board of the Goodling Institute for Re ...
retired.
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Mark Sanford
Marshall Clement "Mark" Sanford Jr. (born May 28, 1960) is an American politician and author who served as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district from 1995 to 2001 and again from 2013 to 2019, and also as th ...
retired to
run for Governor of South Carolina.
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Bill Archer
William Reynolds Archer Jr. (born March 22, 1928) is a retired American lawyer and politician. Archer served two terms, from 1967 to 1971, in the Texas House of Representatives – changing from the Democratic to the Republican party in 1969 � ...
retired.
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Thomas J. Bliley Jr. retired.
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Jack Metcalf retired.
Deaths
Two seats opened early due to deaths and were not filled until the November elections.
Democrats
One Democrat died.
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Bruce Vento
Bruce Frank Vento (October 7, 1940 – October 10, 2000) was an American politician, a Democratic-Farmer-Labor member of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 until his death in 2000, representing .
Early life
Vento was born in ...
died October 10, 2000.
Republicans
One Republican died.
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Herbert H. Bateman
Herbert Harvell "Herb" Bateman (August 7, 1928 – September 11, 2000) was an American politician in Virginia. He was a nine-term member of the United States House of Representatives, serving as a Republican from 1983 until his death from natura ...
died September 11, 2000.
Incumbents defeated
In primary elections
Democrats
Two Democrats lost renomination.
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Matthew G. Martínez
Matthew Gilbert "Marty" Martínez (February 14, 1929 – October 15, 2011) was a Congressional representative who was both a member of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party from California's 30th congressional district from 1982 to 1993 ...
lost renomination to
Hilda Solis
Hilda Lucia Solis (; born October 20, 1957) is an American politician and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 1st district. Solis previously served as the 25th United States Secretary of Labor from 2009 to 2013, as par ...
, who then won the general election.
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Carlos Romero Barceló
Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló (September 4, 1932 – May 2, 2021) was a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1977 to 1985. He was the second governor to be elected from the New Progressive Party (PNP). He als ...
lost renomination to
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá (born 13 February 1962) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. He served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 2005 to 2009. He is a Harvard University alumnus (LL.M. 1987) and a graduate of the University of Puer ...
, who then won the general election.
Republicans
One Republican lost renomination.
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Merrill Cook
Merrill Cook (born May 6, 1946) is a Republican Party politician and businessman who served in the United States House of Representatives from Utah.
Early life and career
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, Coo ...
lost renomination to Derek Smith, who then lost the general election to
Jim Matheson
James David Matheson (born March 21, 1960) is an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Utah from 2001 to 2015. He represented Utah's 2nd district from 2001 to 2013 and its from 2013 to 2015 as a member of the Dem ...
.
In the general election
Democrats
Three Democrats lost re-election to Republicans.
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Sam Gejdenson
Samuel Gejdenson (born May 20, 1948) is a former United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut.
Biography
Born in a displaced persons camp in Eschwege, Allied-occupied Germany, Gejdenson was the child of a Bela ...
lost to
Rob Simmons
Robert Ruhl "Rob" Simmons (born February 11, 1943) is an American politician and retired U.S. Army colonel who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007, representing Connecticut's second congressional ...
.
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David Minge
David R. Minge (born March 19, 1942) is an American former judge and politician. David Minge served as a judge on the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 2002 until retiring at the end of March 2012. Previously, Minge was a Democratic–Farmer–L ...
lost to
Mark Kennedy.
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Michael Forbes
Michael Patrick Forbes (born July 16, 1952) is an American former politician from the state of New York. Forbes represented a Long Island district in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001, first as a Republican (until 19 ...
lost to
Felix Grucci
Felix J. Grucci Jr. (born November 25, 1951) is an American politician from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district as a member of the Republican Party.
Early life
Felix J. G ...
.
Republicans
Four Republicans lost re-election to Democrats.
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Jay Dickey
Jay Woodson Dickey Jr. (December 14, 1939 – April 20, 2017), was a Republican U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2001. The amendment known as the Dickey Amendment (1996) blocks the Centers for Diseas ...
lost to
Mike Ross.
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James E. Rogan
James Edward Rogan (born August 21, 1957) is an American judge of the Superior Court of California, adjunct law professor, author and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from California. He also formerly served as United S ...
lost to
Adam Schiff
Adam Bennett Schiff (born June 22, 1960) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who has served as a U.S. representative since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he has represented since 2013.
Schiff's district (numbered as the ...
.
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Steven T. Kuykendall
Steven T. Kuykendall (January 27, 1947 – January 22, 2021) was an American politician and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from from 1999 to 2001 in the 106th Congress. He defeated Democrat Janice Hahn in the 1998 electi ...
lost to
Jane Harman
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.
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Brian Bilbray
Brian Phillip Bilbray (born January 28, 1951) is an American Republican politician who represented parts of San Diego County in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001 and again from 2006 to 2013.
Bilbray was Chairman of the House ...
lost to
Susan Davis.
Open seats that changed parties
Democratic seats won by Republicans
Five Democratic seats were won by Republicans.
# : Won by
Mike Rogers.
# : Won by
Sam Graves
Samuel Bruce Graves Jr. (born November 7, 1963) is an American politician serving as the United States representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches across most of the northern third of ...
.
# : Won by
Melissa Hart.
# : Won by
Ed Schrock
Edward Lee Schrock (born April 6, 1941) is a retired naval officer (1964–1988) and American Republican politician who served as a member of the Senate of Virginia from 1996 - 2001. He also served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Janua ...
.
# : Won by
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Wellons Moore Capito ( ; born November 26, 1953) is an American politician and retired educator serving as the junior United States senator from West Virginia since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Capito served as the U.S. rep ...
.
Republican seats won by Democrats
Four Republican seats were won by Democrats.
# : Won by
Mike Honda
Michael Makoto "Mike" Honda (born June 27, 1941) is an American politician and former educator. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in Congress from 2001 to 2017.
Initially involved in education in California, he first became active in ...
.
# : Won by
Steve Israel
Steven J. Israel (born May 30, 1958) is an American political commentator, lobbyist, author, bookseller and former politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from New York from 2001 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected ...
.
# : Won by
Brad Carson
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.
# : Won by
Rick Larsen
Richard Ray Larsen (born June 15, 1965) is an American politician and lobbyist serving as the United States representative for since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, Larsen is a member of the House Armed Services Committee and the House ...
.
Open seats that parties held
Democratic seats held by Democrats
Three held five of their open seats.
# : Won by
Betty McCollum
Betty Louise McCollum (born July 12, 1954) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for , serving since 2001. She is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). McCollum's district centers on St. Paul, Minnesota' ...
.
# : Won by
Lacy Clay
William Lacy Clay Jr. (born July 27, 1956) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative from from 2001 to 2021. His congressional career ended after he lost in a Democratic primary to Cori Bush in 2020, after successfully de ...
.
# : Won by
James Langevin
James R. Langevin ( ; born April 22, 1964) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the first quadriplegic to serve in Congress; Langevin was appointed to be the first ...
.
Republican seats held by Republicans
Twenty held fourteen of their open seats.
# : Won by
Jeff Flake
Jeffry Lane Flake (born December 31, 1962) is an American politician and diplomat who is the current U.S Ambassador to Turkey. A member of the Republican Party, Flake served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013 and ...
.
# : Won by
Darrell Issa
Darrell Edward Issa ( ; born November 1, 1953) is an American businessman and politician who has served as the U.S. representative for California's 50th congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served ...
.
# : Won by
Ander Crenshaw
Alexander Mann "Ander" Crenshaw (born September 1, 1944) is an American banker, attorney, and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2001 to 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party. Crenshaw retired from Congress when ...
.
# : Won by
Ric Keller
Richard Anthony "Ric" Keller (born September 5, 1964) is an American politician, author, and lawyer who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 8th congressional district from 2001 to 2009. His district included much of the Central Flori ...
.
# : Won by
Adam Putnam
Adam Hughes Putnam (born July 31, 1974) is an American politician who served as the 11th Commissioner of Agriculture of Florida from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives for fiv ...
.
# : Won by
Butch Otter
Clement Leroy "Butch" Otter (born May 3, 1942) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 32nd governor of Idaho from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2006, and reelected in 2010, and 2014. Otter ...
.
# : Won by
Mark Kirk
Mark Steven Kirk (born September 15, 1959) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as a United States senator from Illinois from 2010 to 2017, and as the United States representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district ...
.
# : Won by
Tim Johnson.
# : Won by
Mike Pence
Michael Richard Pence (born June 7, 1959) is an American politician who served as the 48th vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, ...
.
# : Won by
Brian Kerns
Brian Douglas Kerns (born May 22, 1957) is an American politician. He served as a Republican Representative from Indiana's 7th Congressional District from January 3, 2001 to January 3, 2003.
Kerns was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. He has bot ...
.
# : Won by
Todd Akin
William Todd Akin (July 5, 1947 – October 3, 2021) was an American politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 2001 to 2013. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republ ...
.
# : Won by
Denny Rehberg
Dennis Ray Rehberg (born October 5, 1955) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party. He served as the Lieutenant Governor of Montana from 1991 to 1997 and as the U.S. representative for from 2001 to 2013. Rehberg was the Rep ...
.
# : Won by
Tom Osborne
Thomas William Osborne (born February 23, 1937) is a former American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and politician from Nebraska. He served as head football coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1973 to 1997 (25 seaso ...
.
# : Won by
Mike Ferguson.
# : Won by
Pat Tiberi
Patrick Joseph Tiberi (; born October 21, 1962) is an American lobbyist and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2001 to 2018. His district included communities north and east of Columbus. He is a member of the Republican ...
.
# : Won by
Todd Russell Platts
Todd Russell Platts (born March 5, 1962) is an American attorney and Republican Party politician who serves as a Judge on the York County Court of Common Pleas and is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2001 to 2013.
The district, ...
.
# : Won by
Henry E. Brown Jr.
# : Won by
John Culberson
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.
# : Won by
Jo Ann Davis
Jo Ann Davis (née Sides; June 29, 1950 – October 6, 2007) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party from Virginia, she represented the s ...
.
# : Won by
Eric Cantor
Eric Ivan Cantor (born June 6, 1963) is an American lawyer and former politician who represented Virginia's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2014. A Republican, Cantor served as House Minori ...
.
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See also
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United States elections, 2000
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United States gubernatorial elections, 2000
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 2000, in 11 states and two territories. The elections coincided with the presidential election. Democrats gained one seat by defeating an incumbent in West Virginia. As of , this remai ...
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2000 United States presidential election
The 2000 United States presidential election was the 54th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000. Republican candidate George W. Bush, the governor of Texas and eldest son of the 41st president, George H. W. Bu ...
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United States Senate elections, 2000
The 2000 United States Senate elections were held on November 7, 2000. The elections coincided with other federal and state elections, including the presidential election which was won by Republican George W. Bush. It featured a number of fiercel ...
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106th United States Congress
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107th United States Congress
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References
* Wattenberg; Martin P. "The Democrats' Decline in the House during the Clinton Presidency: An Analysis of Partisan Swings" ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'', Vol. 29, 1999
* Wattier; Mark J. "The Clinton Factor: The Effects of Clinton's Personal Image in 2000 Presidential Primaries and in the General Election" ''White House Studies'', Vol. 4, 2004
External links
United States Election 2000 Web Archivefrom the U.S.
Library of Congress
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