2000 Pennsylvania state elections

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Pennsylvania's state elections were held November 7, 2000. [1] Necessary primary elections were held on April 4, 2000. [2]

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President

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2000 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Al Gore
Running mate:Joe Lieberman
2,485,96750.6
Republican George W. Bush
Running mate:Dick Cheney
2,281,12746.4
Green Ralph Nader
Running mate:Winona LaDuke
103,3922.1
Reform Patrick Buchanan
Running mate:Ezola Foster
16,0230.3
Constitution Howard Phillips
Running mate:J. Curtis Frazier
14,4280.3
Libertarian Harry Browne
Running mate:Art Oliver
11,2480.2
United States presidential primary election in Pennsylvania, 2000 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican George W. Bush 472,39873.5
Republican John McCain 145,71922.7
Republican Steve Forbes 16,1622.5
Republican Gary Bauer 8,8061.4
Democratic Al Gore 525,30674.6
Democratic Bill Bradley 146,79720.8
Democratic Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. 32,0474.6

Senator

United States Senate primary election in Pennsylvania, 2000 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ron Klink 299,21940.7
Democratic Allyson Y. Schwartz 194,78326.5
Democratic Tom Foley184,00325.0
Democratic Bob Rovner28,0313.8
Democratic Murray Levin18,9032.6
Democratic Phil Berg9,6361.3
United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2000 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rick Santorum 2,481,96252.4
Democratic Ron Klink 2,154,90845.5
Libertarian John J. Featherman45,7751.0
Constitution Lester B. Searer28,3820.6
Reform Robert E. Domske24,0890.5

Attorney general

Pennsylvania Attorney General primary election, 2000 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Eisenhower 304,09750.8
Democratic John M. Morganelli 294,03049.2
Pennsylvania Attorney General election, 2000 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Fisher 2,495,25354.0
Democratic Jim Eisenhower 1,991,14443.1
Green Thomas Alan Linzey61,2161.3
Libertarian Julian P. Heicklen41,5190.9
Constitution James N. Clymer30,3060.7

Auditor General

Pennsylvania Auditor General election, 2000 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bob Casey Jr. 2,651,55156.8
Republican Katie True 1,862,93439.9
Green Anne E. R. Goeke62,6421.3
Libertarian Jessica A. Morris41,9670.9
Constitution John H. Rhine23,9710.5
Reform James R. Blair21,4760.5

State Treasurer

Pennsylvania State Treasurer election, 2000 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Barbara Hafer 2,307,42249.3
Democratic Catherine Baker Knoll 2,211,47147.2
Green Barbara S. Knox68,8051.5
Constitution John P. McDermott41,0930.9
Libertarian John D. Famularo30,8670.7
Reform Joseph F. Patterson21,2760.5

Pennsylvania State Senate

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

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References

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