2000 United States gubernatorial elections

2000 United States gubernatorial elections
13 governorships; 11 states; 2 territories
	Map of the results; Democratic hold Republican hold; Democratic gain Popular Democratic gain; Nonpartisan No election

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 2000, in 11 states and two territories. The elections coincided with the presidential election.

Election results[]

States[]

State	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Delaware	Tom Carper	Democratic	1992	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Democratic hold.	Y Ruth Ann Minner (Democratic) 59.2% John M. Burris (Republican) 39.7% Floyd E. McDowell (Independent) 1.0%
Indiana	Frank O'Bannon	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Frank O'Bannon (Democratic) 56.6% David M. McIntosh (Republican) 41.7% Andrew Horning (Libertarian) 1.8%
Missouri	Roger B. Wilson	Democratic	2000^[a]	Incumbent retired. New governor elected. Democratic hold.	Y Bob Holden (Democratic) 49.1% Jim Talent (Republican) 48.2% Larry Rice (Independent) 1.5%
Montana	Marc Racicot	Republican	1992	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Republican hold.	Y Judy Martz (Republican) 51.0% Mark O'Keefe (Democratic) 47.1% Stan Jones (Libertarian) 1.9%
New Hampshire	Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic) 48.7% Gordon J. Humphrey (Republican) 43.7% Mary Brown (Independent) 6.4% John J. Babiarz (Libertarian) 1.1%
North Carolina	Jim Hunt	Democratic	1992	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Democratic hold.	Y Mike Easley (Democratic) 52.0% Richard Vinroot (Republican) 46.3% Barbara Howe (Libertarian) 1.4%
North Dakota	Ed Schafer	Republican	1992	Incumbent retired. New governor elected. Republican hold.	Y John Hoeven (Republican) 55.0% Heidi Heitkamp (Democratic) 45.0%
Utah	Mike Leavitt	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Mike Leavitt (Republican) 55.8% Bill Orton (Democratic) 42.3%
Vermont	Howard Dean	Democratic	1991^[b]	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Howard Dean (Democratic) 50.5% Ruth Dwyer (Republican) 38.0% Anthony Pollina (Progressive) 9.6%
Washington	Gary Locke	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Gary Locke (Democratic) 58.4% John Carlson (Republican) 39.7% Steve LePage (Libertarian) 1.9%
West Virginia	Cecil Underwood	Republican	1996	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected. Democratic gain.	Y Bob Wise (Democratic) 50.1% Cecil Underwood (Republican) 47.2% Denise Giardina (Mountain) 1.6%

Territories[]

State	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
American Samoa	Tauese Sunia	Democratic		Incumbent .	Y Tauese Sunia (Democratic) 51.4% L. Peter Reid (Independent) 48.6%^[1]
Puerto Rico	Pedro Rosselló	New Progressive	1992	Incumbent retired. New governor elected. Popular Democratic gain.	Y Sila María Calderón (PPD) 48.6% Carlos Pesquera (PNP) 45.7% Rubén Berríos Martínez (PIP) 5.2%

Closest races[]

States where the margin of victory was under 1%:

Missouri, 0.9%

States where the margin of victory was under 5%:

American Samoa, 2.8%
West Virginia, 2.9%
Puerto Rico, 3.0%
Montana, 3.9%

States where the margin of victory was under 10%:

New Hampshire, 5.0%
North Carolina, 5.8%

Notes[]

^ Wilson took office after his predecessor (Mel Carnahan) died.
^ Dean took office after his predecessor (Richard Snelling) died. He was subsequently elected in the 1992 Vermont gubernatorial election.

References[]

^ "Our Campaigns - AS Governor Race - Nov 07, 2000".

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[1] Wilson took office after his predecessor (Mel Carnahan) died.

[2] Dean took office after his predecessor (Richard Snelling) died. He was subsequently elected in the 1992 Vermont gubernatorial election.

[3] "Our Campaigns - AS Governor Race - Nov 07, 2000".

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