2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election

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2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election
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  1996 November 7, 2000 2004  
  Mike Easley.jpg Richard Vinroot (cropped).jpg
Nominee Mike Easley Richard Vinroot
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,530,3241,360,960
Percentage52.02%46.26%

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County results
Easley:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Vinroot:     50–60%     60–70%

Governor before election

Jim Hunt
Democratic

Elected Governor

Mike Easley
Democratic

The 2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2000. The general election was fought 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%, and succeeded fellow Democrat Jim Hunt as governor. This election was the first North Carolina gubernatorial election since 1980 in which the winner of the gubernatorial election was of a different party from the winner of the concurrent presidential election.

Contents

Primaries

Democratic

Candidates

Results

Primary results by county:
Easley
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Easley--81-90%
Easley--71-80%
Easley--61-70%
Easley--51-60%
Easley--41-50%
Wicker
Wicker--71-80%
Wicker--51-60%
Wicker--41-50% 2000 North Carolina gubernatorial Democratic primary county map.svg
Primary results by county:
Easley
  •   Easley—81-90%
  •   Easley—71-80%
  •   Easley—61-70%
  •   Easley—51-60%
  •   Easley—41-50%
Wicker
  •   Wicker—71-80%
  •   Wicker—51-60%
  •   Wicker—41-50%
2000 North Carolina gubernatorial Democratic primary election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Mike Easley 330,764 58.86
Democratic Dennis A. Wicker 203,72336.25
Democratic Bob Ayers9,2241.64
Democratic Ken Rogers7,9981.42
Turnout 561,940100

Republican

Candidates

Results

Primary results by county:
Vinroot
Vinroot--71-80%
Vinroot--61-70%
Vinroot--51-60%
Vinroot--41-50%
Vinroot--31-40%
Daughtry
Daughtry--81-90%
Daughtry--71-80%
Daughtry--61-70%
Daughtry--51-60%
Daughtry--41-50%
Daughtry--31-40%
Neely
Neely--31-40%
Tie between Daughtry and Neely--31-40% 2000 North Carolina gubernatorial Republican primary county map.svg
Primary results by county:
Vinroot
  •   Vinroot—71-80%
  •   Vinroot—61-70%
  •   Vinroot—51-60%
  •   Vinroot—41-50%
  •   Vinroot—31-40%
Daughtry
  •   Daughtry—81-90%
  •   Daughtry—71-80%
  •   Daughtry—61-70%
  •   Daughtry—51-60%
  •   Daughtry—41-50%
  •   Daughtry—31-40%
Neely
  •   Neely—31-40%
  Tie between Daughtry and Neely—31-40%
2000 North Carolina gubernatorial Republican primary election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Richard Vinroot 142,820 45.48
Republican Leo Daughtry 116,11536.97
Republican Charles Neely 48,10115.32
Republican Art Manning7,0192.23
Turnout 314,055100

General election

Debates

Results

2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Mike Easley 1,530,324 52.02% -3.96
Republican Richard Vinroot 1,360,96046.26%+3.51
Libertarian Barbara Howe 42,6741.45%+0.77
Reform Douglas Schell8,1040.28%N/A
Turnout 2,942,062
Democratic hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 "North Carolina DataNet #46" (PDF). University of North Carolina. April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
  2. Saulsby, Pam (April 27, 2000). "Neely Enjoys Gubernatorial Campaign Run on Message Not Money". WRAL.com. Retrieved January 17, 2021.


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