The 2000 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes

Paul Sarbanes

Paul Spyros Sarbanes , a Democrat, is a former United States Senator who represented the state of Maryland. Sarbanes was the longest-serving senator in Maryland history, having served from 1977 until 2007. He did not seek re-election in 2006, when he was succeeded by fellow Democrat Ben Cardin...

 won re-election to a fifth term.

Republican

• Paul Rappaport, former Howard County
  Howard County, Maryland
  -2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*62.2% White*17.5% Black*0.3% Native American*14.4% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.6% Two or more races*2.0% Other races*5.8% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
  
   police chief and former lieutenant governor candidate

Campaign

Rappaport won the Republican primary against S. Rob Sobhani

S. Rob Sobhani

Dr. S. Rob Sobhani, PhD, is an American author, expert on U.S. policy toward the Middle East, lecturer and pundit. Formerly a professor at Georgetown University, Sobhani is currently the president and founder of Caspian Energy Consulting, a company that specializes in working with companies that...

, Ross Zimmerman Pierpont, Robin Ficker

Robin Ficker

Robin Ficker is an American attorney, real estate broker, political activist, and sports heckler who lives in Boyds, Maryland.-Education and professional career:...

, Kenneth R. Timmerman

Kenneth R. Timmerman

Kenneth R. Timmerman is a journalist, political writer, and conservative Republican activist who in 2000 was a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from Maryland. Timmerman is executive director of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran, an organization that works to support...

, Kenneth Wayman and John Stafford

John Stafford

John Stafford may refer to:*John Stafford , English politician & archbishop*John Stafford , former Irish Fianna Fáil party politician...

 through a grassroots

Grassroots

A grassroots movement is one driven by the politics of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it are natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures...

movement with a plurality of just 23%.Rappaport, a major underdog, pushed for three debates. The four term incumbent actually agreed to one debate on October 26.

Results