The 2000 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2000. Democratic nominee

Joe Maxwell Joseph Edwin Maxwell (born March 17, 1957) is an American attorney who served as the 45th Lieutenant Governor of the state of Missouri. He is a Democrat who also served in the Missouri House of Representatives and the Missouri Senate. To date, he ...

defeated Republican nominee

Wendell Bailey Robert Wendell Bailey (born July 30, 1940) is an American politician from Missouri. He graduated from Southwest Missouri State University, where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, with a degree in Business Administration and owned a ...

with 52.14% of the vote. As of 2025, this remains the last time a Democrat was elected Lieutenant Governor of Missouri.

Primary elections

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were held on August 8, 2000.

Democratic primary

Candidates

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Gracia Yancey Backer Gracia Yancey Backer (born January 25, 1950) is an American politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, represe ...

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*Catherine Powell

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

, former State Treasurer of Missouri *Joe Ortwerth, County executive of

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Results

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates *Joe Maxwell, Democratic *Wendell Bailey, Republican Other candidates *Phillip W. Horras, Libertarian *Patricia A. Griffard, Natural Law *George D. Weber, Reform *Ben Kjelshus, Green *Bob Wells, Constitution

Results

References

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