2000 West Virginia gubernatorial election
The 2000 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican Governor Cecil Underwood ran for re-election to a second consecutive term in office, but was defeated by Democratic U.S. Representative Bob Wise. Concurrently, the state voted for the opposite party federally, choosing Republican nominee, George W. Bush over Democratic nominee Al Gore in the presidential election that year.
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![]() County results Wise: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Underwood: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in West Virginia |
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Democratic primary
Candidates
- Jim Lees, attorney
- Bob Wise, U.S. Representative
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bob Wise | 174,292 | 63.1 | |
Democratic | Jim Lees | 101,774 | 36.9 | |
Total votes | 275,976 | 100 |
Republican primary
Governor Cecil Underwood was easily re-nominated in the Republican primary, defeating three other candidates by a wide margin.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Cecil Underwood (incumbent) | 87,190 | 80.9 | |
Republican | Joseph Oliverio | 11,590 | 10.8 | |
Republican | Donna H. McCase | 5,902 | 4.5 | |
Republican | Larry Eugene Butcher | 3,117 | 2.9 | |
Total votes | 107,799 | 100 |
General election
Debates
- Complete video of debate, October 18, 2000
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Bob Wise | 324,822 | 50.12% | +4.32% | |
Republican | Cecil Underwood (incumbent) | 305,926 | 47.21% | -4.42% | |
Mountain | Denise Giardina | 10,416 | 1.61% | +1.61% | |
Libertarian | Bob Myers | 5,548 | 0.86% | -1.71% | |
Natural Law | Randall Ashelman | 1,301 | 0.20% | +0.20% | |
Write-ins | 34 | 0.01% | |||
Margin of victory | 18,896 | 2.92% | -2.91% | ||
Total votes | 648,047 | 100% | |||
Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
References
- "2000 Primary Election: Governor" (PDF). West Virginia Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
- http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
See also
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