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| Turnout | 54.0% (voting eligible)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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 County and independent city results Congressional district results Precinct resultsAllen: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Robb: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Tie: 50% | |||||||||||||||||
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The2000 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 7, 2000. IncumbentDemocratic U.S. SenatorChuck Robb sought re-election to a third term, but was defeated by the Republican nominee, former governorGeorge Allen.[2][3] With Allen's victory, this marked the first time since 1989 that Republicans held both of Virginia's Senate seats. Allen is one of the two freshmen Republican senators alongsideJohn Ensign in the107th Congress, and the only first-time Republican senator defeated an incumbent. As of 2026[update], this is the last time that Republicans won the Class 1 Senate seat in Virginia.
| Source | Date | Allen (R) | Robb (D) |
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| SurveyUSA[4] | September 24–25, 2000 | 57% | 43% |
| SurveyUSA[5] | October 1–2, 2000 | 56% | 41% |
| SurveyUSA[6] | October 8–9, 2000 | 51% | 47% |
| SurveyUSA[7] | October 15–16, 2000 | 51% | 48% |
| SurveyUSA[8] | October 28–29, 2000 | 53% | 46% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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| Republican | George Allen | 1,420,460 | 52.26% | +9.38% | ||
| Democratic | Chuck Robb (incumbent) | 1,296,093 | 47.68% | +2.07% | ||
| Write-in | 1,748 | 0.06% | -0.01% | |||
| Majority | 124,367 | 4.58% | +1.85% | |||
| Turnout | 2,718,301 | |||||
| Republicangain fromDemocratic | ||||||
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