| Turnout | Mel Carnahan (D) |
John Ashcroft* (R) |
Evaline Taylor (Green) |
Grant Stauffer (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 54% | 4,184 | 34.4% | 7,843 | 64.4% | 58 | 0.5% | 46 | 0.4% | 39 | 0.3% | -3,659 | 12,170 |
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Other candidates included: Hugh Foley (Reform), 4,166 votes ; Charles Dockins (Natural Law), 1,933 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Mel Carnahan | |
| Total Disbursements: | $8,891,026 |
| Total Receipts: | $9,185,101 |
| Cash on Hand: | $294,075 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $6,674,258 |
| Party Contributions: | $26,550 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $891,578 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $492,244 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $357,317 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $3 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $357,314 |
| Net Spending: | $9,248,340 |
| John Ashcroft* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $9,868,309 |
| Total Receipts: | $9,837,573 |
| Cash on Hand: | $87,551 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $6,298,043 |
| Party Contributions: | $33,530 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $2,223,957 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $788,084 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $538,297 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $130,316 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $407,981 |
| Net Spending: | $10,276,290 |
**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/MO/2000