2000 North Carolina Council of State election

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2000 North Carolina Council of State election
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  1996 November 7, 2000 (2000-11-07) 2004  

All 10 members of the North Carolina Council of State
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election100
Seats won91
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1

The North Carolina Council of State election of 2000 was held on 7 November 2000, to elect the Council of State. The new Council of State was formally inaugurated on January 6, 2001. [1]

Contents

Democrats held open seats for Governor, Attorney General, Agriculture Commissioner, and Treasurer. Republicans flipped the open Commissioner of Labor, which was the first and only win by a Republican for a North Carolina Council of State office (excluding the Governor and Lieutenant Governor) in the 20th century which came just weeks before the end of the century.

Governor

The 2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2000. The general election was between the Republican nominee, former mayor of Charlotte Richard Vinroot and the Democratic nominee, state Attorney General Mike Easley. Easley won by 52% to 46%.

Lieutenant Governor

The 2000 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 7 November 2000, as part of the elections to the Council of State. The election was won by Democrat Beverly Perdue, who succeeded fellow Democrat Dennis A. Wicker. In the general election, Perdue defeated Republican former state senator Betsy Cochrane by 52% to 46%.

Results by county
Perdue:
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40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Cochrane:
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
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Results by county
Perdue:
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Cochrane:
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%

Attorney General

2000 North Carolina Attorney General election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Roy Cooper 1,446,79351.21−7.86
Republican Dan Boyce1,310,84546.40+5.47
Reform Margaret Palms67,5362.39N/A
Turnout 2,825,174
Results by county
Cooper:
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Boyce:
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
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Results by county
Cooper:
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Boyce:
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%

State Auditor

2000 North Carolina State Auditor election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Ralph Campbell (incumbent)1,392,21150.51+0.60
Republican Les Merritt 1,363,89049.49+1.91
Turnout 2,756,101
Results by county
McKee:
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Regunberg:
50-60%
60-70%
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Results by county
McKee:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Regunberg:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%

Commissioner of Agriculture

2000 North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Meg Scott Phipps 1,418,16450.57–7.23
Republican Steve Troxler 1,386,31149.43+9.25
Turnout 2,804,475
Results by county
Phipps:
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Troxler:
50-60%
60-70%
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Results by county
Phipps:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Troxler:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%

Commissioner of Insurance

2000 North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic James E. Long (incumbent)1,590,13956.53–0.20
Republican Mike Causey 1,222,52743.47+2.17
Turnout 2,812,666
Results by county
Long:
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Causey:
50-60%
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Results by county
Long:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Causey:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%

Commissioner of Labor

2000 North Carolina Commissioner of Labor election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Cherie Killian Berry 1,379,41750.13+4.60
Democratic Doug Berger 1,372,16549.87–1.11
Turnout 2,751,582

Incumbent Harry Payne did not run for reelection. [7]

Results by county
Berry:
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Berger:
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
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Results by county
Berry:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Berger:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%

Secretary of State

2000 North Carolina Secretary of State election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Elaine Marshall (incumbent)1,512,07654.44+0.95
Republican Harris Durham Blake 1,265,65445.56+0.39
Turnout 2,777,730
Results by county
Marshall:
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Blake:
50-60%
60-70%
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Results by county
Marshall:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Blake:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%

Superintendent of Public Instruction

2000 North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction election [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Michael E. Ward (incumbent)1,475,30953.36+1.36
Republican Michael Barrick 1,289,47246.64+0.50
Turnout 2,764,781
Results by county
Ward:
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Barrick:
50-60%
60-70%
70-80% 2000 North Carolina superintendent of public instruction election results map by county.svg
Results by county
Ward:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Barrick:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%

State Treasurer

2000 North Carolina State Treasurer election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Richard H. Moore 1,539,76155.35+4.72
Republican Henry McKoy 1,242,20244.65–2.87
Turnout 2,781,963
Results by county
Moore:
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
McKoy:
50-60%
60-70%
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Results by county
Moore:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
McKoy:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%

Footnotes

  1. Saulsby, Pam (January 2001). "Easley Takes Reins as N.C.'s Governor". WRAL-TV. Capitol Broadcasting Company. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  2. "Attorney General". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 28, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  3. "State Auditor". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 28, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  4. "Commissioner of Agriculture". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 28, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  5. "Commissioner of Insurance". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 28, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  6. "Commissioner of Labor". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 28, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  7. "Asheville Citizen-Times 07 Sep 1999, page Page 13". Newspapers.com. September 7, 1999. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  8. "Secretary of State". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 28, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  9. "Superintendent of Public Instruction". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 28, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  10. "State Treasurer". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 28, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.