2000 United States elections

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2000 United States elections
1998          1999          2000          2001          2002
Presidential election year
Election dayNovember 7, 2000
Incumbent presidentBill Clinton (Democratic)
Next Congress107th
Presidential election
Partisan controlRepublican gain
Popular vote marginDemocratic +0.5%
Electoral vote
George W. Bush (R)271
Al Gore (D)266
2000 United States presidential election in California2000 United States presidential election in Oregon2000 United States presidential election in Washington (state)2000 United States presidential election in Idaho2000 United States presidential election in Nevada2000 United States presidential election in Utah2000 United States presidential election in Arizona2000 United States presidential election in Montana2000 United States presidential election in Wyoming2000 United States presidential election in Colorado2000 United States presidential election in New Mexico2000 United States presidential election in North Dakota2000 United States presidential election in South Dakota2000 United States presidential election in Nebraska2000 United States presidential election in Kansas2000 United States presidential election in Oklahoma2000 United States presidential election in Texas2000 United States presidential election in Minnesota2000 United States presidential election in Iowa2000 United States presidential election in Missouri2000 United States presidential election in Arkansas2000 United States presidential election in Louisiana2000 United States presidential election in Wisconsin2000 United States presidential election in Illinois2000 United States presidential election in Michigan2000 United States presidential election in Indiana2000 United States presidential election in Ohio2000 United States presidential election in Kentucky2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi2000 United States presidential election in Alabama2000 United States presidential election in Georgia2000 United States presidential election in Florida2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina2000 United States presidential election in Virginia2000 United States presidential election in West Virginia2000 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia2000 United States presidential election in Maryland2000 United States presidential election in Delaware2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania2000 United States presidential election in New Jersey2000 United States presidential election in New York2000 United States presidential election in Connecticut2000 United States presidential election in Rhode Island2000 United States presidential election in Vermont2000 United States presidential election in New Hampshire2000 United States presidential election in Maine2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts2000 United States presidential election in Hawaii2000 United States presidential election in Alaska2000 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia2000 United States presidential election in Maryland2000 United States presidential election in Delaware2000 United States presidential election in New Jersey2000 United States presidential election in Connecticut2000 United States presidential election in Rhode Island2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts2000 United States presidential election in Vermont2000 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
2000 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Bush, blue denotes states won by Gore. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate.
Senate elections
Overall controlRepublican hold[1]
Seats contested34 of 100 seats
(33 Class I seats +1 special election)
Net seat changeDemocratic +4
2000 United States Senate special election in Georgia2000 United States Senate election in Arizona2000 United States Senate election in California2000 United States Senate election in Connecticut2000 United States Senate election in Delaware2000 United States Senate election in Florida2000 United States Senate election in Hawaii2000 United States Senate election in Indiana2000 United States Senate election in Maine2000 United States Senate election in Maryland2000 United States Senate election in Massachusetts2000 United States Senate election in Michigan2000 United States Senate election in Minnesota2000 United States Senate election in Mississippi2000 United States Senate election in Missouri2000 United States Senate election in Montana2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska2000 United States Senate election in Nevada2000 United States Senate election in New Jersey2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico2000 United States Senate election in New York2000 United States Senate election in North Dakota2000 United States Senate election in Ohio2000 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania2000 United States Senate election in Rhode Island2000 United States Senate election in Tennessee2000 United States Senate election in Texas2000 United States Senate election in Utah2000 United States Senate election in Vermont2000 United States Senate election in Virginia2000 United States Senate election in Washington2000 United States Senate election in West Virginia2000 United States Senate election in Wisconsin2000 United States Senate election in Wyoming
2000 Senate results
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
House elections
Overall controlRepublican hold
Seats contestedAll 435 voting members
Popular vote marginRepublican +0.5%
Net seat changeDemocratic +1
2000 House of Representatives results
(territorial delegate races not shown)
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Independent hold      Independent gain
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested14 (12 states, 2 territories)
Net seat changeDemocratic +1
2000 Delaware gubernatorial election2000 Indiana gubernatorial election2000 Missouri gubernatorial election2000 Montana gubernatorial election2000 New Hampshire gubernatorial election2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election2000 North Dakota gubernatorial election2000 Utah gubernatorial election2000 Vermont gubernatorial election2000 Washington gubernatorial election2000 West Virginia gubernatorial election2000 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election2000 American Samoa gubernatorial election
2000 gubernatorial election results
     Republican hold
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Popular Democratic gain      Nonpartisan

The 2000 United States elections were held on November 7, 2000. Republican Governor George W. Bush of Texas defeated Democratic Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee in the presidential election. Republicans retained control of both houses of Congress, giving the party unified control of Congress and the presidency for the first time since the 1954 elections.

With Democratic President Bill Clinton term-limited, Gore won his party's nomination by defeating Senator Bill Bradley in the Democratic primaries. Bush defeated Senator John McCain in the Republican primaries to win his party's presidential nomination. Bush took 271 of the 538 electoral votes, winning the decisive state of Florida by a margin of 537 votes after a recount was halted by the Supreme Court in the case of Bush v. Gore. Bush was the first winning presidential candidate to lose the popular vote since the 1888 presidential election. This marked the first time since 1988 that the president's party lost seats in both Houses.

Democrats picked up a net of four seats in the Senate, tying Republicans, however Dick Cheney provided the tie-breaking vote as Vice President of the United States. Republicans maintained control of the chamber until June 6, 2001, when Senator Jim Jeffords left the Republican Party and began caucusing with the Democrats. Democrats also picked up a net of one seat in the House, but Republicans retained an overall narrow majority. In the gubernatorial elections, Democrats won a net gain of one seat.

Federal elections[edit]

President[edit]

In the 2000 presidential election, Republican Texas Governor George W. Bush defeated Democratic incumbent Vice President Al Gore. The election was eye-catchingly close, but was the third straight election where neither party won a majority of the popular vote. [2]

United States Senate[edit]

The 33 seats in the United States Senate Class 1 were up for election plus one special election. Democrats picked up net of four seats.[3] Six senators were defeated in the November 2000 election. The five defeated Republicans included Spencer Abraham of Michigan, John Ashcroft of Missouri, Slade Gorton of Washington, Rod Grams of Minnesota, and William V. Roth of Delaware. The single defeated Democrat was Charles S. Robb of Virginia.[4]

The Senate elections left both parties with control of fifty Senate seats. In the subsequent 107th United States Congress, Democrats controlled the Senate from January 3, 2001, to January 20, 2001, when Dick Cheney was sworn in as vice president. Republicans maintained control of the chamber until June 6, 2001, when Senator Jim Jeffords left the Republican Party and began caucusing with the Democrats.

United States House of Representatives[edit]

Republicans won the national popular vote for the House of Representatives by a margin of 0.5 points.[5] Republicans lost two seats in the House, while Democrats gained 1 seat and 1 independent, Virgil Goode, was elected.[6] Following the 2000 election, the majority of the House seaters in the South and Midwest were held by the Republican party, while the larger number of seats in the Northeast and West were held by the Democratic party.[7]

State elections[edit]

Gubernatorial elections[edit]

One sitting governor was defeated in the November 2000 general election. Cecil H. Underwood, Republican of West Virginia, concluded the 2000 election with a 47.2 election percentage. Democrat Bob Wise was elected to a four-year term.[8]

State legislative elections[edit]

Elections to state legislatures were held on November 7, 2000, simultaneously with the 2000 United States presidential election. Elections were held for 86 legislative chambers in 44 states, simultaneous to those states' gubernatorial elections.[9] Election occurred in both chambers of each state's legislature, except for Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia. Michigan held elections for the lower house. Six territorial chambers in four territories and the District of Columbia were up as well. These elections determined the redistricting process after the 2000 census.

Democrats won control of the Colorado Senate for the first time since 1963. Republicans won control of the Missouri Senate for the first time since 1949, the New Hampshire Senate (which was previously tied), the South Carolina Senate for the first time since 1879, and the Vermont House of Representatives. Additionally, a coalition government replaced the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate, and the Democratic-controlled Maine Senate became tied.[10]

Republicans won a trifecta in South Carolina for the first time since 1876.

Ballot Initiatives[edit]

Vote for same-sex marriage ban by counties:
  90–100%
  80–90%
  70–80%
  60–70%
  50–60%

Local elections[edit]

Mayoral elections[edit]

Some of the major American cities that held their mayoral elections in 2000 included:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Republicans briefly lost their Senate majority in January 2001 when the 107th Congress was seated, but they regained their majority that same month when Republican Dick Cheney was sworn in as vice president. Democrats gained the majority in the Senate in May 2001 after Senator Jim Jeffords left the Republican Senate Caucus.
  2. ^ Scammon, Richard M., Alice V. McGillivray, and Rhodes Cook. America Votes 24: A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics, 2000. Washington, D.C.: CQ, 2001. Print.
  3. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000" (PDF). U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. ^ Scammon, Richard M., Alice V. McGillivray, and Rhodes Cook. America Votes 24: A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics, 2000. Washington, D.C.: CQ, 2001. Print.
  5. ^ "Election Statistics, 1920 to Present". United States House of Representatives.
  6. ^ "2000 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  7. ^ Scammon, Richard M., Alice V. McGillivray, and Rhodes Cook. America Votes 24: A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics, 2000. Washington, D.C.: CQ, 2001. Print.
  8. ^ Scammon, Richard M., Alice V. McGillivray, and Rhodes Cook. America Votes 24: A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics, 2000. Washington, D.C.: CQ, 2001. Print.
  9. ^ "State legislative elections, 2000". Ballotpedia.
  10. ^ "In Case of a Tie..." National Conference of State Legislatures.
  11. ^ Perry, Tony (November 9, 2000). "San Diego Winner Puts Ethics Panel on Agenda". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

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