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2000 Nevada U.S. Senate Election

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

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

John E. Ensign won the 2000 Nevada U.S. Senate Election. John E. Ensign received 330,687 popular votes (55.04%). The main challenger was Ed Bernstein (39.66%).

See the full head-to-head between Ensign and Bernstein

Ensign +15.4 pts · won by 92,427 votes
John E. EnsignRepublicanWINNER55.04%
330,687 votes
Ed BernsteinDemocratic39.66%
238,260 votes
Kathryn RuscoGreen1.71%
10,286 votes
J. J. JohnsonLibertarian0.9%
5,395 votes
Ernie BerghofIndependent American0.42%
2,540 votes
Bill GrutzmacherCitizens First0.26%
1,579 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.0% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
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.