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The 2000 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 7, 2000, to select the next U.S. senator from Missouri.Incumbent Republican senator John Ashcroft lost re-election to a second term to Democratic governor Mel Carnahan despite Carnahan's death in a plane crash 20 days before Election Day.
2000 United States Senate elections ← 1998 November 7, 2000 2002 → 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate 51 [a] seats needed for a majority Majority party Minority party Leader Trent Lott Tom Daschle Party Republican Democratic Leader since June 12, 1996 January 3, 1995 Leader's seat Mississippi South Dakota Seats before 54 46 Seats after 50 + VP [b] 50 [b] Seat change 4 4 ...
Republicans won control of the Missouri Senate for the first time since 1949, the New Hampshire Senate (which was previously tied), the South Carolina Senate for the first time since 1879 (which also meant they controlled both chambers of the state legislature for the first time since 1877), and the Vermont House of Representatives.
The day after the 1998 midterm elections, Carnahan announced his intention to challenge incumbent Senator John Ashcroft for his U.S. Senate seat in 2000. [157] Despite some calls for him to run for the Class 1 Senate seat in 1994 , he declined, wanting to remain governor. [ 158 ]
The 2000 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 7, 2000, as part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose eleven electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Prior to the election, Missouri was widely considered to be a critical swing state. [1]
There are 163 members of Missouri’s House of Representatives, all of whom are up for election in 2022. Missouri Senate election: Find your state senator and see who’s winning the midterm vote.
In 2000, Governor Carnahan ran for a Senate seat from Missouri against incumbent Republican John Ashcroft in a hotly contested battle, in which Senate control was on the line. Three weeks before election day, the governor was killed in an airplane crash, along with their son Randy (who piloted the plane) and Chris Sifford, the governor's chief ...
“To think that losing an election is going to purge him from public life is naive,” said Jeff Smith, a former Democratic state senator. Eric Greitens lost the Missouri Senate primary. He won ...