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2000 United States Gubernatorial Elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 2000, in 11 states and two territories. The elections coincided with the presidential election. Democrats gained one seat by defeating an incumbent in West Virginia. As of , this remains the last gubernatorial cycle in which a Democrat won in Indiana. Race Summary States Territories Closest races States where the margin of victory was under 1%: # States where the margin of victory was under 5%: # # # # States where the margin of victory was under 10%: # # Delaware The 2000 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2000, coinciding with the U.S. presidential election. Incumbent governor Tom Carper was term-limited and instead successfully ran for the United States Senate. Lieutenant Governor and Democratic nominee Ruth Ann Minner squared off against Republican nominee John M. Burris and won in a landslide on election day. Indiana The 2000 Indiana gubernatorial election wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 United States Presidential Election
United States presidential election, Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 7, 2000. Republican Party (United States), Republican Governor George W. Bush of Texas, the eldest son of 41st President George H. W. Bush, and former United States Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney narrowly defeated incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Vice President Al Gore and United States Senate, Senator Joe Lieberman. It was the fourth of five U.S. presidential elections, and the first since 1888 United States presidential election, 1888, in which the List of United States presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote, winning candidate lost the popular vote, and is considered one of the closest U.S. presidential elections in history, with long-standing controversy about the result. Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton was ineligible to seek a third term because of term limits established by the Twenty-sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Montana Gubernatorial Election
The 1992 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Governor of Montana Stan Stephens, who was first elected in 1988, declined to seek re-election. Marc Racicot, the Attorney General of Montana, won the Republican primary and advanced to the general election, where he faced State Representative Dorothy Bradley, who had emerged from a crowded Democratic primary as the nominee of her party. A close election ensued, but in the end, Racicot ended up defeating Bradley to win his first of two terms as governor. While on the same ballot, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton won the state of Montana, and eventually won the 1992 United States presidential election in Montana, 1992 United States presidential election. Democratic primary Candidates * Dorothy Bradley, State Representative * Mike McGrath, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, Lewis and Clark County Attorney * Frank B. Morrison, Jr., former List of justices of the Montana Supreme Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Vinroot
Richard A. Vinroot (born April 14, 1941) is an American politician and attorney from Charlotte, North Carolina. He served as the 52nd Mayor of Charlotte from 1991 to 1995. Vinroot ran unsuccessfully for Governor of North Carolina in 1996, 2000 and 2004. The City of Charlotte's Richard Vinroot International Achievement Award is named in his honor. Early life The son of a Swedish immigrant, Richard Vinroot was raised in Mecklenburg County schools, becoming student body president at East Mecklenburg High School, where he graduated from in 1959. He was a high school athlete in three sports and captained the basketball and football teams. He won a Morehead Scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1963 and a Juris Doctor degree in 1966. He served as class president in his junior and senior years. Vinroot's height is billed at 6'7", and he played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels under Dean Smith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Easley
Michael Francis Easley (born March 23, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the List of Governors of North Carolina, 72nd governor of North Carolina from 2001 to 2009. He is the first governor of North Carolina to have been convicted of a felony. The conviction was later expunged by the Chief Judge of the Superior Court of Wake County. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Easley was North Carolina's second Roman Catholicism, Catholic governor. Early life and education Mike Easley was born on March 23, 1950, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, to Henry Alexander Easley and Huldah Marie Easley. He grew up on his family's 60-acre farm in Nash County, North Carolina, Nash County and was one of seven children in a large Irish Catholic family. Easley attended a local Catholic school before transferring and later graduating from Rocky Mount Senior High School in 1968. Easley attended Belmont Abbey College for two years before transferri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 North Carolina Gubernatorial Election
The 1992 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Governor James G. Martin was unable to run for a third consecutive term due to term limits, and his Lieutenant Governor, Jim Gardner, was chosen to replace him as the Republican nominee. Gardner had also been the nominee in a previous gubernatorial election over twenty years earlier. Former Governor Jim Hunt decided to seek his third term as the Democratic nominee. The race became one of the nastiest and most talked about races in the country, with Hunt winning a third term easily over Gardner and Libertarian nominee Scott McLaughlin. Primary election results General election results Footnotes North Carolina 1992 Governor A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 North Carolina Gubernatorial Election
The 1976 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1976. Democratic nominee Jim Hunt defeated Republican nominee David T. Flaherty with 64.99% of the vote. This election marked the last time an incumbent North Carolina governor was ineligible to run for reelection to a second term before the adoption of an amendment allowing such runs. Primary elections Primary elections were held on August 17, 1976. Democratic primary Candidates * Jim Hunt, incumbent Lieutenant Governor * Edward O'Herron Jr., chairman of Eckerd Drugs and former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives * George Wood, former member of the North Carolina Senate * Thomas Strickland, incumbent member of the North Carolina Senate * Andy Barker, incumbent Mayor of Love Valley, North Carolina 17.6% of the voting age population participated in the Democratic primary. Results Republican primary Candidates * David Flaherty, former State Senator * Coy Privette, Baptist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Hunt
James Baxter Hunt Jr. (born May 16, 1937) is an American politician and retired attorney who was the List of governors of North Carolina, 69th and 71st governor of North Carolina (1977–1985, and 1993–2001). He is the longest-serving governor in the state's history. Hunt is tied with former Ohio governor Jim Rhodes for the List of longest-serving governors of U.S. states, sixth-longest gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. history at days. He is also the father of current North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Rachel Hunt. Many credit Hunt and his leadership example being a major reason why, in contrast to many ex-Confederate and border states, North Carolina's Democratic Party has managed to stay relevant in state politics from Ronald Reagan's presidency through 2024. Early life Hunt was born on May 16, 1937, in Greensboro, North Carolina to James Baxter Hunt, a soil conservationist, and Elsie Brame Hunt, a schoolteacher. When he was a child, the family moved to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 North Carolina Gubernatorial Election
The 2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2000. The general election was between the Republican Party (United States), Republican nominee, former mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte Richard Vinroot and the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic nominee, state Attorney General of North Carolina, Attorney General Mike Easley. Easley won by 52% to 46%, and succeeded fellow Democrat Jim Hunt as Governor of North Carolina, governor. Primaries Democratic Candidates *Bob Ayers *Mike Easley, Attorney General of North Carolina, attorney general *Ken Rogers *Dennis A. Wicker, Dennis Wicker, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, lieutenant governor Results Republican Candidates *N. Leo Daughtry, Leo Daughtry, North Carolina House of Representatives, state representative *Art Manning, candidate for governor in 1996 North Carolina gubernatorial election, 1996 *Charles Neely, attorney and former state representative *Richard Vinroot, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon J
Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Gordon Heuckeroth (born 1968), Dutch performer and radio and television personality, known professionally by the mononym Gordon * Clan Gordon, a Scottish clan Education * Gordon State College, a public college in Barnesville, Georgia * Gordon College (Massachusetts), a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts * Gordon College (Pakistan), a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan * Gordon College (Philippines), a public university in Subic, Zambales * Gordon College of Education, a public college in Haifa, Israel Places Australia * Gordon, Australian Capital Territory * Gordon, New South Wales * Gordon, South Australia * Gordon, Victoria * Gordon River, Tasmania * Gordon River (Western Australia) Canada * Gordon Parish, New Brunswick * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election
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The 1996 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1996. State Senator Jeanne Shaheen won the election, marking the first time since 1980 that a Democrat was elected Governor of New Hampshire. She defeated Ovide Lamontagne, who had defeated representative Bill Zeliff for the Republican nomination. Election results References See also New Hampshire 1996 Gubernatorial A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Shaheen
Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen ( ; née Bowers, born January 28, 1947) is an American politician and former educator serving since 2009 as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from New Hampshire. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she previously served from 1997 to 2003 as the List of governors of New Hampshire, 78th governor of New Hampshire. Shaheen is the first woman elected as both a Governor (United States), governor and a U.S. senator, and the first woman elected governor of New Hampshire. After serving two terms in the New Hampshire Senate, Shaheen was elected governor in 1996 New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 1996 and reelected in 1998 New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 1998 and 2000 New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2000. In 2002 United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 2002, she unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate against Republican Party (United States), Republican nom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election
The 2000 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic governor Jeanne Shaheen won re-election, defeating former United States senator Gordon Humphrey 49% to 44%. Democratic primary Candidates *Jeanne Shaheen, incumbent governor of New Hampshire * Mark Fernald, New Hampshire state senator Results Republican primary Candidates * Gordon J. Humphrey, former U.S. senator *Jim Squires, former New Hampshire state senator * Jeffrey R. Howard, former attorney general of New Hampshire, former United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire *Fred Bramante, perennial candidate *Jim Marron Results Independent *Mary Brown, former New Hampshire state senator Libertarian *John J. Babiarz Campaign DebatesComplete video of debate September 25, 2000Complete video of debate October 2, 2000Complete video of debate October 26, 2000Complete video of debate October 31, 2000 Results Counties that swung from D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
