2000 United States Senate elections

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United States Senate election

The 2000 United States Senate elections were a series of contests held across the country to choose members of the Senate during the same electoral cycle as the closely contested 2000 presidential race.

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United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2000 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Senate election ⓘ
affectedChamber United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
afterElectionMajorityParty Republican Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
afterElectionSenateComposition 50 Republicans, 50 Democrats ⓘ
beforeElectionMajorityParty Republican Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
beforeElectionSenateComposition 55 Republicans, 45 Democrats ⓘ
category 2000 elections in the United States ⓘ
United States Senate elections by year ⓘ
closelyAssociatedWith disputed 2000 presidential election recount in Florida ⓘ
coincidedWith 2000 United States House of Representatives elections NERFINISHED ⓘ
2000 United States presidential election NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electionDate 2000-11-07 ⓘ
electoralCycle six-year Senate term ⓘ
electsBody United States Senate Class 1 senators NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy 2002 United States Senate elections NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows 1998 United States Senate elections NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart individual Senate elections in 33 states ⓘ
includedElectionInState California NERFINISHED ⓘ
Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedInTime 2000 ⓘ
majorParty Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republican Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national media attention ⓘ
notableOutcome control of the Senate depended on the vice president’s tie-breaking vote ⓘ
notableRace 2000 United States Senate election in Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
2000 United States Senate election in New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
2000 United States Senate election in Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 33 ⓘ
otherParty Independent (United States politics) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf United States federal elections, 2000 NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn 50–50 party split in the United States Senate ⓘ
seatsForElection Class 1 seats of the United States Senate ⓘ
tiedToEvent inauguration of Vice President Dick Cheney ⓘ
totalSenateSeats 100 ⓘ
typeOfElection legislative ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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2000 United States House of Representatives elections → coincidedWith → 2000 United States Senate elections ⓘ
United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1994 → nextElection → 2000 United States Senate elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2000