2000 United States Senate election in Maryland

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Nominee	Paul Sarbanes	Paul Rappaport
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,230,013	715,178
Percentage	63.18%	36.73%

County results

Sarbanes: 50–60% 60–70% 80–90%

Rappaport: 50–60% 60–70%

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Paul Sarbanes
Democratic

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Democratic

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The 2000 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes won re-election to a fifth term.

Candidates

Democratic

Paul Sarbanes, incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in 1976

Republican

Paul H. Rappaport, former Howard County police chief and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1994

Campaign

Rappaport won the Republican primary against S. Rob Sobhani, Ross Zimmerman Pierpont, Robin Ficker, Kenneth R. Timmerman, Kenneth Wayman and John Stafford through a grassroots movement with a plurality of just 23%. Rappaport, a major underdog, pushed for three debates. The four-term incumbent agreed to one debate on October 26.

Results

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Paul Sarbanes (incumbent)	1,230,013	63.18%	+4.08%
	Republican	Paul Rappaport	715,178	36.73%	−4.17%
	Other	Write Ins	1,594	0.08%
	Independent	Corrogan R. Vaughn (Write In)	113	0.01%
Total votes			1,946,898	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Results by county


County	Paul S. Sarbanes Democratic		Paul H. Rappaport Republican		Corrogan R. Vaughn Independent		Write-ins Independent		Margin		Total Votes Cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total Votes Cast
Allegany	12638	59.03%	8768	40.96%	0	0.00%	2	0.01%	3870	18.08%	21408
Anne Arundel	101627	51.44%	95737	48.46%	17	0.01%	177	0.09%	5890	2.98%	197558
Baltimore (City)	158260	86.75%	24019	13.17%	5	0.00%	157	0.09%	134241	73.58%	182441
Baltimore (County)	175551	58.82%	122601	41.08%	0	0.00%	302	0.10%	52950	17.74%	298454
Calvert	15305	52.87%	13618	47.04%	4	0.01%	24	0.08%	1687	5.83%	28951
Caroline	4239	48.62%	4472	51.29%	1	0.01%	7	0.08%	-233	-2.67%	8719
Carroll	23781	37.97%	38790	61.94%	0	0.00%	59	0.09%	-15009	-23.96%	62630
Cecil	14168	50.33%	13955	49.58%	1	0.00%	24	0.09%	213	0.76%	28148
Charles	25278	57.95%	18321	42.00%	1	0.00%	24	0.06%	6957	15.95%	43624
Dorchester	5724	57.24%	4276	42.76%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	1448	14.48%	10000
Frederick	37315	48.83%	39031	51.07%	3	0.00%	76	0.10%	-1716	-2.25%	76425
Garrett	4319	42.44%	5858	57.56%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-1539	-15.12%	10177
Harford	41679	46.27%	48322	53.65%	8	0.01%	68	0.08%	-6643	-7.37%	90077
Howard	62636	56.66%	47786	43.23%	22	0.02%	97	0.09%	14850	13.43%	110541
Kent	4346	55.50%	3481	44.45%	0	0.00%	4	0.05%	865	11.05%	7831
Montgomery	250664	69.42%	109911	30.44%	41	0.01%	447	0.12%	140753	38.98%	361063
Prince George's	204622	83.63%	40033	16.36%	5	0.00%	13	0.01%	164589	67.27%	244673
Queen Anne's	7539	46.19%	8775	53.76%	2	0.01%	7	0.04%	-1236	-7.57%	16323
St. Mary's	4681	64.84%	2536	35.13%	0	0.00%	2	0.03%	2145	29.71%	7219
Somerset	15273	53.31%	13357	46.62%	0	0.00%	21	0.07%	1916	6.69%	28651
Talbot	6996	47.14%	7820	52.70%	1	0.01%	23	0.15%	-824	-5.55%	14840
Washington	22362	48.94%	23291	50.98%	2	0.00%	35	0.08%	-929	-2.03%	45690
Wicomico	18946	60.74%	12234	39.22%	0	0.00%	14	0.04%	6712	21.52%	31194
Worcester	12064	59.54%	8186	40.40%	0	0.00%	11	0.05%	3878	19.14%	20261
Total	1230013	63.18%	715178	36.73%	113	0.01%	1594	0.08%	514835	26.44%	1946898

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Anne Arundel (largest municipality: Annapolis)

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Harford (largest municipality: Aberdeen)

References

Dianne Feinstein Primaries kind to incumbents, The Deseret News (Associated Press) – March 8, 2000
Senate rivals face off in only TV debate Sarbanes defends record of 4 terms against Rappaport accusations Archived November 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com (October 20, 2000). Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
MD US Senate - R Primary, Our Campaigns
Rappaport to focus on crime in race with Sarbanes, The Washington Times, March 9, 2000
MARYLAND NOTEBOOK; Sarbanes-Rappaport Forum A Matter of Great Debate Archived November 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com (October 26, 2000). Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
2000 ELECTION STATISTICS. Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved on June 17, 2011.
2000 Presidential Election
"Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 07, 2000". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
"2000 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. August 27, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2023.

External links

Official campaign websites (archived)

Paul Rappaport

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