2000 United States Senate election in Vermont

2000 United States Senate election in Vermont

← 1994 November 7, 2000 2006 →
 
Nominee Jim Jeffords Ed Flanagan
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 189,133 73,352
Percentage 65.56% 25.43%

Jeffords:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Jim Jeffords
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Jim Jeffords
Republican

The 2000 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords won re-election to a third term in office. In May 2001, Jeffords left the Republican Party and announced that he would become an independent who would caucus with the Democratic Party. His party exit broke the 50–50 lock in the Senate and effectively gave the Democrats the majority. Thus, that switch marked the first time since 1855 that Vermont had no Republicans in its entire congressional delegation.

Despite his 40-point victory, this remains the most recent congressional election in Vermont won by a Republican, and the last time as of 2024, either party won this seat.[a]
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