2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election
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Nominee Mike Easley Richard Vinroot
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,530,324 1,360,960
Percentage 52.02% 46.26%
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

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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

Democratic

Candidates

Results

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

Candidates

Results

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

Debates

Results

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

Footnotes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Saulsby, Pam (April 27, 2000). "Neely Enjoys Gubernatorial Campaign Run on Message Not Money". WRAL.com. Retrieved January 17, 2021.


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