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2000 Senate elections · New Jersey history

New Jersey U.S. Senate election 2000

Jon Stevens Corzine DEM +3.0 · Class I seat · held 11/7/00

Votes counted
3,015,662
Margin
3.0 pts
Seat held by
Democraticheld
President in NJ
D+15.8same year

General election 11/7/00

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Jon Stevens Corzine WonDEM1,511,23750.11%
Bob FranksREP1,420,26747.10%
Bruce AfranIND32,8411.09%
Pat DiNizioIND19,3120.64%
Emerson EllettIND7,2410.24%
Dennis Arthur BreenIND6,0610.20%
J. M. CarterIND5,6570.19%
Lorraine LaNeveIND3,8360.13%
Gregory PasonIND3,3650.11%
Nancy RosenstockIND3,3090.11%
George GostigianIND2,5360.08%
Total3,015,662

Official source: Election-Statistics

Other New Jersey Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2024Class IAndy Kim9.6
2020Class IICory A. Booker16.3
2018Class IBob Menendez11.2
2014Class IICory A. Booker13.5
2013 specialClass IICory A. Booker10.9
2012Class IBob Menendez19.5
2008Class IIFrank R. Lautenberg14.1
2006Class IBob Menendez16.0
2002Class IIFrank R. Lautenberg9.9
2000Class IJon Stevens Corzine3.0
1996Class IIRobert G. Torricelli10.1
1994Class IFrank R. Lautenberg3.3

Full New Jersey Senate history →

Questions and answers

Who won the 2000 New Jersey Senate race?

Jon Stevens Corzine (DEM) won with 50.1% of the vote, ahead of Bob Franks (47.1%), a margin of 3.0 points.

Did the New Jersey Senate seat change party in 2000?

No. The Democratic Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 2000 New Jersey Senate race?

3,015,662 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.