2000_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election Knowpia

2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election
	County results; Easley: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Vinroot: 50–60% 60–70%
Governor before election; Jim Hunt; Democratic	Elected Governor ; Mike Easley; Democratic

The 2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2000. The general election was fought between the Republican nominee, former mayor of Charlotte Richard Vinroot and the Democratic nominee, state Attorney General Mike Easley. Easley won by 52% to 46%, and succeeded fellow Democrat Jim Hunt as governor. This election was the first North Carolina gubernatorial election since 1980 in which the winner of the gubernatorial election was of a different party from the winner of the concurrent presidential election.

Primaries edit

Democratic edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

Primary results by county:

Easley

Easley—81-90%
Easley—71-80%
Easley—61-70%
Easley—51-60%
Easley—41-50%

Wicker

Wicker—71-80%
Wicker—51-60%
Wicker—41-50%

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	100

Republican edit

Candidates edit

Leo Daughtry, state representative
Art Manning, candidate for governor in 1996
Charles Neely, attorney and former state representative^[2]
Richard Vinroot, former mayor of Charlotte and candidate for governor in 1996

Results edit

Primary results by county:

Vinroot

Vinroot—71-80%
Vinroot—61-70%
Vinroot—51-60%
Vinroot—41-50%
Vinroot—31-40%

Daughtry

Daughtry—81-90%
Daughtry—71-80%
Daughtry—61-70%
Daughtry—51-60%
Daughtry—41-50%
Daughtry—31-40%

Neely

Neely—31-40%

Tie between Daughtry and Neely—31-40%

2000 North Carolina gubernatorial Republican primary election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Vinroot	142,820	45.48
	Republican	Leo Daughtry	116,115	36.97
	Republican	Charles Neely	48,101	15.32
	Republican	Art Manning	7,019	2.23
Turnout			314,055	100

General election edit

Debates edit

Complete video of debate, September 13, 2000
Complete video of debate, October 27, 2000

Results edit

2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike Easley	1,530,324	52.02%	-3.96
	Republican	Richard Vinroot	1,360,960	46.26%	+3.51
	Libertarian	Barbara Howe	42,674	1.45%	+0.77
	Reform	Douglas Schell	8,104	0.28%	N/A
Turnout			2,942,062
	Democratic hold		Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit

Alamance (largest municipality: Burlington)
Onslow (largest town: Jacksonville)
Polk (Largest city: Tryon)
Rutherford (Largest city: Forest City)
Surry (Largest city: Mount Airy)
Carteret (Largest city: Morehead City)
Mecklenburg (largest municipality: Charlotte)

Footnotes edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "North Carolina DataNet #46" (PDF). University of North Carolina. April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
^ Saulsby, Pam (April 27, 2000). "Neely Enjoys Gubernatorial Campaign Run on Message Not Money". WRAL.com. Retrieved January 17, 2021.