2000 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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2000 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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Nominee Jeanne Shaheen Gordon Humphrey Mary Brown
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Popular vote 275,038 246,952 35,904
Percentage 48.8% 43.8% 6.4%

2000 New Hampshire gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results

Shaheen:      40–50%      50–60%

Humphrey:      40–50%

Governor before election

Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic

Elected Governor

Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic

The 2000 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jeanne Shaheen won re-election.

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

  • Jeanne Shaheen, incumbent Governor of New Hampshire
  • Mark Fernald, New Hampshire state senator

Results[]

Democratic Primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeanne Shaheen (inc.) 45,249 60.41
Democratic Mark Fernald 28,488 38.03
Democratic Write-ins 1,164 1.55
Total votes 74,901 100.00

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

  • Gordon J. Humphrey, former U.S. senator
  • Jim Squires, former New Hampshire state senator
  • Jeffrey R. Howard, former Attorney General of New Hampshire, former United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire
  • Fred Bramante, perennial candidate
  • Jim Marron

Results[]

Republican Primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gordon Humphrey 54,134 51.86
Republican Jim Squires 23,582 22.59
Republican Jeffrey R. Howard 21,734 20.82
Republican Fred Bramante 2,500 2.39
Republican Write-ins 1,851 1.77
Republican Jim Marron 584 0.56
Total votes 104,385 100.00

Independent[]

  • Mary Brown, former New Hampshire State Senator

Libertarian[]

  • John J. Babiarz

Campaign[]

Debates[]

Results[]

New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2000[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jeanne Shaheen (inc.) 275,038 48.74% -17.34%
Republican Gordon J. Humphrey 246,952 43.76% +12.88%
Independent Mary Brown 35,904 6.36%
Libertarian John J. Babiarz 6,446 1.14% -1.57%
Majority 28,086 4.98% -30.23%
Turnout 564,340
Democratic hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ "Home - NHSOS". www.sos.nh.gov. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Home - NHSOS". www.sos.nh.gov. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Home - NHSOS". www.sos.nh.gov. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

See also[]

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