2000 New Castle County Executive election

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2000 New Castle County Executive election
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Nominee Thomas P. Gordon Craig Shumaker
Party Democratic Green
Popular vote143,14023,302
Percentage86.00%14.00%
New Castle County Executive before election

Thomas P. Gordon
Democratic

Elected New Castle County Executive

Thomas P. Gordon
Democratic

The 2000 New Castle County Executive election was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Thomas P. Gordon, who was first elected in 1996, ran for re-election to a second term. He faced no challengers in the primary, and no Republicans ran against him. [1] Gordon's only opponent was Green Party nominee Craig Shumaker, a research engineer. [2] Gordon defeated Shumaker in a landslide, winning his second term with 86 percent of the vote.

Contents

General election

Candidates

Campaign

Gordon announced that he would seek a second term as Executive, and initially faced no opponents. Though the local Republican Party planned to field a challenger against him, [3] no Republicans filed by the deadline, leaving Green Party nominee Craig Shumaker as the only candidate. Shumaker said that he ran against Gordon so that he would have an opponent and was forced to spend down his campaign account, noting, "Until I filed, Gordon wasn't going to have to spend it. Now he can spend the next two months helping the local economy." [1] The News Journal endorsed Gordon for re-election, praising him for his "ambitious first term," for "tackl[ing] runaway suburban development," and "ma[king] good on a promise of no property tax increases," while criticizing Shumaker's ideas as "much less coherent and flatly contradictory." [4]

Results

2000 New Castle County Executive election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Thomas P. Gordon (inc.) 143,140 86.00%
Green Craig Shumaker23,30214.00%
Total votes166,442 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

  1. 1 2 Hale, Charlotte (May 16, 2008). "Gordon gets an opponent". The News Journal . Wilmington, Delaware. p. 8B. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Hale, Charlotte (October 29, 2000). "Voter Guide: New Castle County Executive". The News Journal . Wilmington, Delaware. p. 23. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Hall, Charlotte (June 4, 2000). "Gordon's seat so far unopposed". The News Journal . Wilmington, Delaware. p. B1. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Give Gordon another term to build upon good results so far". The News Journal . Wilmington, Delaware. October 31, 2000. p. A8. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  5. ↑ "2000 General Election". Delaware Department of Elections. November 22, 2000. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
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