2000 United States Senate election in New York

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In the United States Senate election held in the State of New York on November 7, 2000, Hillary Rodham Clinton, then first lady of the United States and the first presidential spouse to run for political office, defeated U.S. representative Rick Lazio. The general election coincided with the U.S. presidential election. The race began in November 1998 when four-term incumbent senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan announced his retirement, making this the first open Senate seat in New York since the 1958 Senate election. Both the Democratic Party and Republican Party sought high-profile candidates to compete for the open seat. By early 1999, Clinton and New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani were the frontrunners for their parties' respective nominations. Clinton and her husband, President Bill Clinton, purchased a house in Chappaqua, New York, in September 1999; she thereby became eligible for the election, although she faced accusations of carpetbagging since she had never resided in the state before...

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