United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 2000

November 7, 2000



Nominee	Lincoln Chafee	Robert Weygand
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	222,588	161,023
Percentage	57%	41%

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Lincoln Chafee
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Lincoln Chafee
Republican

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The 2000 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee was elected his first full term after being appointed in 1999 to fill the seat of his father John Chafee who died on October 24, 1999.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Robert Weygand, U.S. Representative
Richard A. Licht, former Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island and nominee for the United States Senate in 1988

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Weygand	51,769	57.49
	Democratic	Richard A. Licht	38,281	42.51
Total votes			90,050	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Lincoln Chafee, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

Republican Party primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lincoln Chafee (inc.)	2,221	100.00
Total votes			2,221	100.00

General election

Candidates

Lincoln Chafee (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
Kenneth Proulx (I)
Robert Weygand (D), U.S. Representative
Christopher Young (Re)

Results

General election results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Lincoln Chafee (incumbent)	222,588	56.88%	-7.65%
	Democratic	Robert Weygand	161,023	41.15%	+5.67%
	Reform	Christopher Young	4,107	1.05%
	Independent	Kenneth Proulx	3,635	0.93%
Majority			61,565	15.73%	-13.32%
Turnout			391,353
	Republican hold		Swing

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