The Green Papers: General Election 2000

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Primary: Tuesday, September 19, 2000
2000 Electoral Votes:11(2.04% of 538)
Governor:1(Term Limit: None; 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2000 Representatives:9(2.07% of 435)
1990 Census: 4,866,669(1.96% of 248,765,170)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 3,119,562
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 4,257,000 
Tuesday, November 7, 2000 Polls Close: 8 PM PST (0400 UTC)
Candidates seeking office
Constitution:1
Democrat:12
Freedom:1
Green:2
Libertarian:12
Natural Law:2
Republican:11
Socialist Workers:1
Socialist:1
Workers World:1
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President  Electoral votes: 11, Term limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime; Electors: How Appointed, Meeting Place, How they voted; Total Popular Vote: 2,487,433; List of States: Short, Long
 WinnerDemocrat 1,247,652 50.16% Vice President Albert A. "Al" Gore, Jr.
(11 Electoral Votes)
 CandidateRepublican 1,108,864 44.58% Governor George W. Bush
 CandidateLibertarian 13,135 0.53% Harry Browne
 CandidateSocialist660 0.03% David McReynolds
 CandidateGreen103,002 4.14% Ralph Nader
 CandidateWorkers World 1,729 0.07% Monica Moorehead
 CandidateConstitution 1,989 0.08% Howard Phillips
 CandidateFreedom 7,171 0.29% Pat Buchanan
 CandidateSocialist Workers304 0.01% James E. Harris, Jr.
 CandidateNatural Law 2,927 0.12% John Hagelin
Governor  Term limit: None; 4-year terms, Current Governors  
 Democrat  Gary Locke
First elected: 1996
Renominated - 19 September 2000 - Primary
 CandidateRepublican  John Carlson
 CandidateLibertarian  Steve W. LePage
 WinnerDemocrat  Governor Gary Locke
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1Republican  Slade Gorton
First elected to the "Class 3" seat from the state: 1980; defeated for re-election, 1986; Elected to this seat: 1988; re-elected: 1994
Renominated - 19 September 2000 - Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Maria Cantwell
Elected in 1992 as Congressman in Washington's Congressional District 1. Defeated by Congressman Rick White in 1994.
 CandidateRepublican  Congressman Slade Gorton
 CandidateLibertarian  Jeff Jared
 1 December 2000 - Recount completed - Cantwell determined to be the winner.
Class 3Democrat  Patty Murray
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
5 Democrats
4 Republicans
CD 1Democrat  Jay Inslee
Renominated - 19 September 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Jay Inslee
 CandidateRepublican  Dan McDonald
 CandidateLibertarian  Bruce Newman
CD 2Republican  Jack Metcalf
Open Seat. Not a candidate.
 CandidateLibertarian  Stuart Andrews
 CandidateNatural Law  Glen S. Johnson
 CandidateRepublican  John Koster
 WinnerDemocrat  Rick Larsen
CD 3Democrat  Brian Baird
Renominated - 19 September 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Brian Baird
 CandidateLibertarian  Erne Lewis
 CandidateRepublican  Trent R. Matson
CD 4Republican  Doc Hastings
Renominated - 19 September 2000 - Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Jim Davis
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Doc Hastings
 CandidateLibertarian  Fred D. Krauss
CD 5Republican  George Nethercutt
Renominated - 19 September 2000 - Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Greg Holmes
 CandidateDemocrat  Tom Keefe
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman George Nethercutt
CD 6Democrat  Norm Dicks
Renominated - 19 September 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  John Bennett
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Norm Dicks
 CandidateRepublican  Bob Lawrence
CD 7Democrat  Jim McDermott
Renominated - 19 September 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Joel Grus
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Jim McDermott
 Natural Law  (Peter M. Orange - withdrew)
 CandidateGreen  Joe Szwaja
CD 8Republican  Jennifer Dunn
Renominated - 19 September 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Heidi Behrens-Benedict
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Jennifer Dunn
 CandidateLibertarian  Bernard McIlroy
CD 9Democrat  Adam Smith
Renominated - 19 September 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Adam Smith
 CandidateRepublican  Chris Vance
 CandidateLibertarian  Jonathan V. Wright
Congressional District

Washington has 39 counties and 9 congressional districts: 31 counties are wholly within a given congressional district; 8 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES: (those wholly within one congressional district)

  • CD # 2: Island, San Juan, Skagit and Whatcom
  • CD # 3: Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Pacific, Skamania and Wahkiakum
  • CD # 4: Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Okanogan and Yakima
  • CD # 5: Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla and Whitman
  • CD # 6: Clallam, Jefferson and Mason

DIVIDED COUNTIES: (those split between more than one congressional district)

  • Adams: CDs 4 and 5
  • Grays Harbor: CDs 5 and 6
  • King: CDs 1, 7, 8 and 9
  • Kitsap: CDs 1 and 6
  • Klickitat: CDs 3 and 4
  • Pierce: CDs 6, 8 and 9
  • Snohomish: CDs 1 and 2
  • Thurston: CDs 3 and 9

CD # 7 is wholly within King County