United States Senate election in Maine, 2000

November 7, 2000



Nominee	Olympia Snowe	Mark Lawrence
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	437,689	197,183
Percentage	68.94%	31.06%

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The 2000 United States Senate election in Maine was held November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe was re-elected to a second term, defeating Democratic candidate Mark Lawrence.

Candidates

Democratic

Mark W. Lawrence, former President of the Maine State Senate

Republican

Olympia Snowe, incumbent U.S. Senator

Campaign

Snowe, a popular moderate incumbent, outpolled and outspent Lawrence.^[1] The two candidates agreed to debate on October 15 and October 25.^[2]

Results

United State Senate election in Maine, 2000^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Olympia Snowe (incumbent)	437,689	68.94%	+8.70%
	Democratic	Mark W. Lawrence	197,183	31.06%	-5.30%
Majority			240,506	37.88%	+14.00%
Turnout			634,872
	Republican hold		Swing

Preceded by 1996 Susan Collins	Maine U.S. Senate elections 2000	Succeeded by 2002 Susan Collins

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