United States Senate election in Michigan, 2000

United States Senate election in Michigan, 2000

November 7, 2000

130px Nominee Debbie Stabenow Spencer Abraham Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,061,952 1,994,693 Percentage 49.5% 47.9%

U.S. senator before election Spencer Abraham Republican Elected U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow Democratic

The 2000 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Spencer Abraham ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democrat Debbie Stabenow.

Candidates

Democratic

• Debbie Stabenow, U.S. Representative

Republican

• Spencer Abraham, incumbent U.S. Senator

Green

• Matthew Abel

Libertarian

• Michael Corliss

Reform

• Mark Forton

Constitution

• John Mangopoulos

Natural Law

• William Quarton

Campaign

Abraham, who was first elected in the 1994 Republican Revolution despite never running for public office before, was considered vulnerable by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Major issues in the campaign included prescription drugs for the elderly. By September 4, Abraham still had failed to reach 50% in polls despite having spent over $6 million on television ads. In mid-October, he came back and reached 50% and 49% in two polls respectively.

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Debbie Stabenow	2,061,952	49.47
	Republican	Spencer Abraham (Incumbent)	1,994,693	47.86
	Green	Matthew Abel	37,542	0.90
	Libertarian	Michael Corliss	29,966	0.72
	Reform	Mark Forton	26,274	0.63
	Constitution	John Mangopoulos	11,628	0.28
	Natural Law	William Quarton	5,630	0.14
Majority			67,259	1.61
Turnout			4,165,685
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing	-4.02