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2000 election for U.S. Senate in Florida

Name: 2000 election for U.S. Senate in Florida
Start: 2000-11-07
Location: Florida

U.S. Senate · Florida

Bill Nelson (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Bill McCollum (R) by 4.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Bill NelsonDemocrat · winner

51.0%2,989,487

46.2%2,705,348

1.4%80,830

0.4%26,087

0.4%21,664

0.3%17,338

0.3%15,889

5,856,731 votes

Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2000

Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 AM ET

Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.

Bill NelsonBill McCollum

$6.6M

Raised by the campaign

$7.9M

$6.6M

Spent by the campaign

$8.7M

$3.4K

Cash on hand

$48.1K

Other candidates' campaigns: Willie Logan $363.1K · Joe Simonetta $23.1K · Joel Deckard $16.6K · Darrell L. McCormick $10.2K.

Campaign money: FEC, through Dec 31, 2000.

Source: FEC campaign filingsUpdated Dec 31, 2000

Also on the ballot: Willie Logan (Independent), 1.4%; Joe Simonetta (Natural Law), 0.4%; Darrell L. McCormick (Independent), 0.4%; Joel Deckard (Reform), 0.3%; Andy Martin (Independent), 0.3%