United States Senate election in Nevada, 2000

United States Senate election in Nevada, 2000

November 7, 2000

Nominee John Ensign Edward M. Bernstein Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 330,687 238,260 Percentage 55.1% 39.7%

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U.S. senator before election Richard Bryan Democratic Elected U.S. Senator John Ensign Republican

The 2000 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democrat Richard Bryan decided to retire, instead of seeking a third term. Republican nominee John Ensign won the open seat.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Ed Bernstein, attorney

Results

Bernstein was unopposed in the Democratic primary

Republican primary

Candidates

• John Ensign, former U.S. Representative and nominee for the United States Senate in 1998
• Richard Hamzik
• Fernando Platin, Jr.

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Ensign	95,904	88.03
	Republican	Richard Hamzik	6,202	5.69
	Republican	None of these candidates	5,290	4.86
	Republican	Fernando Platin, Jr.	1,543	1.42
Total votes			108,939	100.00

General election

Candidates

• Ernie Berghof (IA)
• Ed Bernstein (D), attorney
• John Ensign (R), former U.S. Representative and nominee for the United States Senate in 1998
• Bill Grutzmacher (CF)
• J.J. Johnson (L)
• Kathryn Rusco (G)

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Ensign	330,687	55.09%	+14.09%
	Democratic	Edward M. Bernstein	238,260	39.69%	-11.24%
	None of These Candidates		11,503	1.92%	-1.40%
	Green	Kathryn Rusco	10,286	1.71%
	Libertarian	J.J. Johnson	5,395	0.90%	-0.67%
	Independent American	Ernie Berghof	2,540	0.42%	-1.01%
	Citizens First Party	Bill Grutzmacher	1,579	0.26%
Majority			92,427	15.40%	+5.47%
Turnout			600,250
	Republican gain from Democratic