2000 Vermont gubernatorial election

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2000 Vermont gubernatorial election
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  1998 November 7, 2000 2002  
  Howard Dean (cropped 2).jpg 3x4.svg Anthony Pollina (cropped).jpg
Nominee Howard Dean Ruth Dwyer Anthony Pollina
Party Democratic Republican Progressive
Popular vote148,059111,35928,116
Percentage50.5%38.0%9.6%

2000 Vermont gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
2000 Vermont gubernatorial election results map by municipality.svg
Dean:     30-40%     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%
Dwyer:     30-40%     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%

Governor before election

Howard Dean
Democratic

Elected Governor

Howard Dean
Democratic

The 2000 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic governor Howard Dean won re-election. The campaign was dominated by the fallout from the passage of a civil union bill and the subsequent backlash encapsulated by the slogan Take Back Vermont. Ruth Dwyer, the Republican nominee in 1998, ran again in 2000 and was closely tied to the Take Back Vermont movement. Howard Dean, the Democratic governor, favored civil unions and was a primary target of Take Back Vermont. [1]

Contents

This is the most recent election in which a governor of Vermont was elected to a fifth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic Primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Howard Dean (incumbent) 31,366 84.39
Democratic Brian Pearl4,35711.72
Democratic Write-ins1,4463.89
Total votes37,169 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ruth Dwyer 46,611 57.85
Republican William Meub33,10541.09
Republican Write-ins8551.06
Total votes80,571 100.00

General election

Progressive Anthony Pollina's candidacy nearly succeeded in holding Dean to less than 50 percent, which would have required the Vermont General Assembly to choose a winner. [3] In such races, the joint meeting of the Vermont House and Senate almost always chooses the candidate who received the highest number of votes, but Republicans took control of the Vermont House in 2001, which might have resulted in a contested election. [4]

Debates

Results

2000 Vermont gubernatorial election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Howard Dean (incumbent) 148,059 50.45% −5.22%
Republican Ruth Dwyer 111,35937.95%−3.19%
Progressive Anthony Pollina 28,1169.58%
Independent Phil Stannard, Sr. 2,1480.73%
Grassroots Joel W. Williams 1,3590.46%−1.05%
Independent Marilyn Verna Christian 1,0540.36%
Libertarian Hardy Macia 7850.27%−0.71%
Liberty Union Richard F. Gottlieb 3370.11%−0.42%
Write-in 2560.09%
Majority36,70012.51%−2.03%
Turnout 293,473
Democratic hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

  1. Ellen Goodman (November 5, 2000). "'Take Back Vermont,' the signs say, but take it back to what?". The Boston Globe .
  2. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Power, Marjorie (March 17, 2002). "Commentary: Time has come for IRV reform". Burlington Free Press . Burlington, VT via FairVote.org.
  4. Schmaler, Tracy (September 19, 2002). "Lawmakers likely to decide races". Rutland Herald . Rutland, VT.
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)