United States gubernatorial elections, 2000

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Election Results Map, Republican holds in dark red, Republican pickups in light red, Democratic holds in dark blue, Democratic pickups in light blue

The U.S. gubernatorial elections of 2000 were held on November 2, 2000. Eleven states voted to select a governor (and in some cases, lieutenant governor).

Delaware gubernatorial election, 2000
Indiana gubernatorial election, 2000
Missouri gubernatorial election, 2000
Montana gubernatorial election, 2000
New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2000
North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2000
North Dakota gubernatorial election, 2000
Utah gubernatorial election, 2000
Vermont gubernatorial election, 2000
Washington gubernatorial election, 2000
West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2000

[edit] Election results

Only the governorship of West Virginia changed party hands in 2000 when Democrat Bob Wise defeated Republican incumbent Cecil Underwood.

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
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%

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