2000 United States gubernatorial elections
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Governorships of DE, IN, MO, MT, NH, NC, ND, UT, VT, WA WV, AS, and PR | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The U.S. gubernatorial elections of 2000 were held on November 7, 2000. Eleven states voted to select a governor (and in some cases, lieutenant governor).
Election results
Only the governorship of West Virginia changed party hands in 2000 when Democrat Bob Wise defeated Republican incumbent Cecil Underwood.
Bolded state name features an article about the specific election.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing Candidates |
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| Delaware | Thomas R. Carper | Democratic | Term-Limited, Democratic victory | Ruth Ann Minner (Democratic) 59.2% John M. Burris (Republican) 39.7% Floyd McDowell (Ind. Delaware) 1.1% |
| Indiana | Frank O'Bannon | Democratic | Re-elected, 56.6% | David M. McIntosh (Republican) 41.7% Andrew Horning (Libertarian) 1.8% |
| Missouri | Roger B. Wilson | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Bob Holden (Democratic) 49.1% Jim Talent (Republican) 48.2% Larry Rice (Independent) 1.5% John Swenson (Libertarian) 0.5% Lavoy Reed (Green) 0.4% Richard Kline (Reform) 0.2% Richard Smith (Constitution) 0.1% |
| Montana | Marc Racicot | Republican | Term-Limited, Republican victory | Judy Martz (Republican) 51% Mark O'Keefe (Democratic) 47.1% Stan Jones (Libertarian) 1.9% |
| New Hampshire | Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | Re-elected, 48.7% | Gordon J. Humphrey (Republican) 43.8% Mary Brown (Independent) 6.4% John J. Babiarz (Libertarian) 1.1% |
| North Carolina | Jim Hunt | Democratic | Term-Limited, Democratic victory | Mike Easley (Democratic) 52% Richard Vinroot (Republican) 46.3% Barbara Howe (Libertarian) 1.5% Douglas Schell (Reform) 0.3% |
| North Dakota | Ed Schafer | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | John Hoeven (Republican) 55% Heidi Heitkamp (Democratic) 45% |
| Utah | Michael Leavitt | Republican | Re-elected, 55.8% | Bill Orton (Democratic) 42.7% Jeremy Friedbaum (Independent American) 2% |
| Vermont | Howard Dean | Democratic | Re-elected, 50.4% | Ruth Dwyer (Republican) 37.9% Anthony Pollina (Progressive) 9.5% Phil Stannard Sr. (Independent) 0.7% Joel W. Williams (Vermont Grassroots) 0.5% Hardy Macia (Libertarian) 0.3% Richard F. Gottlieb (Liberty Union) 0.1% |
| Washington | Gary Locke | Democratic | Re-elected, 58.4 | John Carlson (Republican) 39.7% Steve LePage (Libertarian) 1.9% |
| West Virginia | Cecil H. Underwood | Republican | Defeated, 47.2% | Bob Wise (Democratic) 50.1% Denise Giardina (Mountain) 1.6% Bob Myers (Libertarian) 0.9% Randall Ashelman (Natural Law) 0.2% |
| Territory | Incumbent | Party | Status | Competing candidates |
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| American Samoa[1] | Tauese Sunia | Democratic | Re-elected, 51.44% | Lealaifuaneva Peter Reid (Independent) 48.57% |
| Puerto Rico | Pedro Rosselló | PNP/Democratic | Retired, PPD/Democratic victory | Sila María Calderón (PPD/Democratic) 48.6 Carlos Pesquera (PNP/Democratic) 45.7% Rubén Berríos (Puerto Rican Independence Party) 5.2% |
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