2000 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election

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2000 North Carolina lieutenant governor election
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  1996 November 7, 2000 2004  
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Nominee Bev Perdue Betsy Cochrane
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,500,2061,315,825
Percentage52.3%45.9%

2000 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Perdue:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Cochrane:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Lieutenant Governor before election

Dennis Wicker
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Bev Perdue
Democratic

The 2000 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 7 November 2000, as part of the elections to the Council of State. North Carolina also held a gubernatorial election on the same day, but the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected independently.

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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%.

Primaries

Democratic primary

2000 North Carolina lieutenant governor Democratic primary election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Bev Perdue 329,183 64.04
Democratic Ed Wilson103,84720.21
Democratic Ronnie Ansley55,62210.82
Democratic Joel Harbinson25,1794.90
Turnout 513,831

Republican primary

2000 North Carolina lieutenant governor Republican primary election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Betsy Cochrane 202,906 72.15
Republican Andy Nilsson78,33327.85
Turnout 281,239

General election

2000 North Carolina lieutenant governor election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Bev Perdue 1,500,206 52.34
Republican Betsy Cochrane1,315,82545.91
Reform Catherine Carter50,3521.76
Turnout 2,866,383
Democratic hold Swing

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Summary Results for Lt. Governor Race". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 27, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  2. "November 7th 2000 Results". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on January 29, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2010.