United States gubernatorial elections, 2000

United States gubernatorial elections, 2000

November 7, 2000
Governorships of DE, IN, MO, MT, NH, NC, ND, UT, VT, WA WV, AS, and PR
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 30 governorships 18 governorships Seats before 30 18 Seats after 29 19 Seat change 1 1
320px Results:   Republican holds   Democratic holds   Democratic pickups

The U.S. gubernatorial elections of 2000 were held on November 7, 2000. Eleven states voted to select a governor (and in some cases, lieutenant governor).

Election results

Only the governorship of West Virginia changed party hands in 2000 when Democrat Bob Wise defeated Republican incumbent Cecil Underwood.

Bolded state name features an article about the specific election.

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Delaware	Tom Carper	Democratic	Term-Limited, Democratic victory	Ruth Ann Minner (Democratic) 59.2% John Burris (Republican) 39.7% Floyd McDowell (Ind. Delaware) 1.1%
Indiana	Frank O'Bannon	Democratic	Re-elected, 56.6%	David McIntosh (Republican) 41.7% Andrew Horning (Libertarian) 1.8%
Missouri	Roger Wilson	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	Bob Holden (Democratic) 49.1% Jim Talent (Republican) 48.2% Larry Rice (Independent) 1.5% John Swenson (Libertarian) 0.5% Lavoy Reed (Green) 0.4% Richard Kline (Reform) 0.2% Richard Smith (Constitution) 0.1%
Montana	Marc Racicot	Republican	Term-Limited, Republican victory	Judy Martz (Republican) 51% Mark O'Keefe (Democratic) 47.1% Stan Jones (Libertarian) 1.9%
New Hampshire	Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	Re-elected, 48.7%	Gordon Humphrey (Republican) 43.8% Mary Brown (Independent) 6.4% John Babiarz (Libertarian) 1.1%
North Carolina	Jim Hunt	Democratic	Term-Limited, Democratic victory	Mike Easley (Democratic) 52% Richard Vinroot (Republican) 46.3% Barbara Howe (Libertarian) 1.5% Douglas Schell (Reform) 0.3%
North Dakota	Ed Schafer	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	John Hoeven (Republican) 55% Heidi Heitkamp (Democratic) 45%
Utah	Mike Leavitt	Republican	Re-elected, 55.8%	Bill Orton (Democratic) 42.7% Jeremy Friedbaum (Independent American) 2%
Vermont	Howard Dean	Democratic	Re-elected, 50.4%	Ruth Dwyer (Republican) 37.9% Anthony Pollina (Progressive) 9.5% Phil Stannard (Independent) 0.7% Joel Williams (Vermont Grassroots) 0.5% Hardy Macia (Libertarian) 0.3% Richard Gottlieb (Liberty Union) 0.1%
Washington	Gary Locke	Democratic	Re-elected, 58.4	John Carlson (Republican) 39.7% Steve LePage (Libertarian) 1.9%
West Virginia	Cecil Underwood	Republican	Defeated, 47.2%	Bob Wise (Democratic) 50.1% Denise Giardina (Mountain) 1.6% Bob Myers (Libertarian) 0.9% Randall Ashelman (Natural Law) 0.2%

Territory	Incumbent	Party	Status	Competing candidates
American Samoa	Tauese Sunia	Democratic	Re-elected, 51.44%	Lealaifuaneva Peter Reid (Independent) 48.57%
Puerto Rico	Pedro Rosselló	PNP/Democratic	Retired, PPD/Democratic victory	Sila Calderón (PPD/Democratic) 48.6 Carlos Pesquera (PNP/Democratic) 45.7% Rubén Berríos (Puerto Rican Independence Party) 5.2%

See also

• U.S. House election, 2000
• United States presidential election, 2000
• U.S. Senate election, 2000