2000 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election

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2000 Pennsylvania Treasurer election
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  1996
November 7, 2000
2004  
  3x4.svg Catherine Baker Knoll (2006).jpg
Nominee Barbara Hafer Catherine Knoll
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,307,4222,211,471
Percentage49.3%47.2%

2000 Pennsylvania state treasurer election results map by county.svg
County results
Hafer:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Knoll:      40–50%     50–60%     70–80%

Treasurer before election

Barbara Hafer
Republican

Elected Treasurer

Barbara Hafer
Republican

Pennsylvania's State Treasurer election was held November 7, 2000. [1] Incumbent Republican Barbara Hafer won a narrow reelection. Her Democratic opponent was Catherine Baker Knoll, a former two-term treasurer. Hafer and Knoll, both of whom faced no primary opposition, ran a campaign marked by personal attacks. The two candidates had previously been involved in a very public feud because of events surrounding the 1996 election for this office; in that year, the term limited Knoll endorsed her daughter as successor. However, Hafer had questioned the residency status of Mina Knoll, an attack that the older Knoll believed was disingenuous and clouded her daughter's candidacy.

General election

Pennsylvania State Treasurer election, 2000 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Barbara Hafer (incumbent)2,307,42249.3
Democratic Catherine Baker Knoll 2,211,47147.2
Green Barbara Knox68,8051.5
Constitution John McDermott41,0930.9
Libertarian John Famularo30,8670.7
Reform Joe Patterson21,2760.5

References

  1. "2000 General Election". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Archived from the original on November 27, 2008. Retrieved May 16, 2008.
  2. "Pennsylvania State Treasurer - 2000 General Election". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Retrieved May 16, 2008.