North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2000

North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2000

November 7, 2000

Nominee Mike Easley Richard Vinroot Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,530,324 1,360,960 Percentage 52.02% 46.26%

County Results

Governor before election Jim Hunt Democratic Elected Governor Mike Easley Democratic

The North Carolina gubernatorial election of 2000 was held on 7 November 2000. The general election was fought between the Republican nominee Richard Vinroot and the Democrat nominee Mike Easley. Easley won by 52% to 46%, and succeeded fellow Democrat Jim Hunt as Governor.

Primaries

Democratic

2000 North Carolina gubernatorial Democratic primary election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Mike Easley	330,764	58.86
	Democratic	Dennis A. Wicker	203,723	36.25
	Democratic	Bob Ayers	9,224	1.64
	Democratic	Ken Rogers	7,998	1.42
Turnout			561,940

Republican

2000 North Carolina gubernatorial Republican primary election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Richard Vinroot	142,820	45.48
	Republican	N. Leo Daughtry	116,115	36.97
	Republican	Charles Neely	48,101	15.32
	Republican	Art Manning	7,019	2.23
Turnout			314,055

General election results

2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Mike Easley	1,530,324	52.02
	Republican	Richard Vinroot	1,360,960	46.26
	Libertarian	Barbara Howe	42,674	1.45
	Reform	Douglas Schell	8,104	0.28
Turnout			2,942,062

Footnotes

1. "North Carolina DataNet #46" (PDF). University of North Carolina. April 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-12.