2000 Missouri U.S. Senate Election

Missouri · 6 candidates · See every 2000 U.S. Senate race

Who won the 2000 Missouri U.S. Senate Election?

Mel Carnahan won the 2000 Missouri U.S. Senate Election. Mel Carnahan received 1,191,812 popular votes (50.47%). The main challenger was John Ashcroft (48.39%).

See the full head-to-head between Carnahan and Ashcroft

Carnahan +2.1 pts · won by 48,960 votes

Mel Carnahan DemocraticWINNER50.47%

1,191,812 votes

John Ashcroft Republican48.39%

1,142,852 votes

Evaline TaylorGreen0.45%

10,612 votes

Grant Samuel StaufferLibertarian0.43%

10,198 votes

Hugh FoleyReform0.18%

4,166 votes

Charles DockinsNatural Law0.08%

1,933 votes

Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.