The 2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator
Bob Kerrey retired after two terms in office, and Democrat
Ben Nelson, a former two-term governor, won the open seat.
Ben Nelson won the election despite Republican nominee
George Walker Bush winning the state in the
concurrent presidential election. This is the last time that Nebraska voted for a Senate candidate and a presidential candidate of different political parties.