The Green Papers: General Election 2000

Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm Mississippi
Primary (subject to runoff): Tuesday, March 14, 2000
Runoff: Tuesday, April 4, 2000
2000 Electoral Votes:7(1.30% of 538)
Governor:1(Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2000 Representatives:5(1.15% of 435)
1990 Census: 2,575,475(1.04% of 248,765,170)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 1,729,200
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 2,014,000 
Tuesday, November 7, 2000 Polls Close: 7 PM CST (0100 UTC)
Candidates seeking office
Constitution:1
Democrat:7
Independent:3
Libertarian:7
Natural Law:1
Reform:5
Republican:7
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President  Electoral votes: 7, Term limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime; Electors: How Appointed, Meeting Place, How they voted; Total Popular Vote: 994,184; List of States: Short, Long
 CandidateDemocrat404,614 40.70% Vice President Albert A. "Al" Gore, Jr.
 WinnerRepublican572,844 57.62% Governor George W. Bush
(7 Electoral Votes)
 CandidateConstitution 3,267 0.33% Howard Phillips
 CandidateLibertarian 2,009 0.20% Harry Browne
 CandidateNatural Law450 0.05% John Hagelin
 CandidateReform 2,265 0.23% Pat Buchanan
 CandidateIndependent613 0.06% James E. Harris, Jr.
 CandidateIndependent 8,122 0.82% Ralph Nader
Governor  Term limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, Current Governors  
 Democrat  Ronnie Musgrove
First elected: 1999
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 4, 2003. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1Republican  Trent Lott
First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000
Renominated - Tuesday 14 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Troy Brown
Runoff Tuesday 4 April 2000 between Troy Brown and Rickey L. Cole. Troy Brown won the runnoff to be the Democratic candidate.
 CandidateIndependent  Jim Giles
 WinnerRepublican  Senator Trent Lott
 CandidateLibertarian  Lewis Napper
 CandidateReform  Shawn O'Hara
Class 2Republican  Thad Cochran
First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
3 Democrats
2 Republicans
CD 1Republican  Roger F. Wicker
Renominated - Tuesday 14 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Joe T. Grist, Jr.
 CandidateLibertarian  Chris Lawrence
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Roger F. Wicker
CD 2Democrat  Bennie G. Thompson
Renominated - Tuesday 14 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateRepublican  Hardy Caraway
 CandidateLibertarian  Will Chipman
 CandidateReform  Lee Dilworth
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Bennie G. Thompson
CD 3Republican  Charles W. "Chip" Pickering, Jr.
Renominated - Tuesday 14 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Jonathan Golden
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Charles W. "Chip" Pickering, Jr.
 CandidateDemocrat  William Clay Thrash
CD 4Democrat  Ronnie Shows
Renominated - Tuesday 14 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Ernie John Hopkins
 CandidateRepublican  Dunn Lampton
 CandidateReform  Betty Pharr
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Ronnie Shows
CD 5Democrat  Gene Taylor
Renominated - Tuesday 14 March 2000 Primary
 CandidateRepublican  Randall "Randy" McDonnell
Runoff Tuesday 4 April 2000 required: Randall McDonnell vs. Nicholas N. Owens. Randall J. McDonnell, Jr. won the runoff to be the Republican candidate.
 CandidateLibertarian  Wayne Parker
 CandidateReform  Katie Perrone
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Gene Taylor
Congressional District

Mississippi has 82 counties and 5 congressional districts: 71 counties are wholly within a given congressional district; 11 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (those wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD # 1: Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster and Yalobusha
  • CD # 2: Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Coahoma, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson, Leflore, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tunica, Warren, Washington and Yazoo
  • CD # 3: Clarke, Clay, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Rankin, Scott, Smith and Winston
  • CD # 4: Adams, Amite, Copiah, Covington, Franklin, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Pike, Simpson, Walthall and Wilkinson
  • CD # 5: Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Lamar, Pearl River, Perry and Stone

DIVIDED COUNTIES (split between more than one Congressional District):

  • Attala: CDs 2 & 3
  • Grenada: CDs 1 & 2
  • Hinds: CDs 2 & 4
  • Jones: CDs 3 & 4
  • Leake: CDs 2 & 3
  • Madison: CDs 2 & 3
  • Montgomery: CDs 1 & 2
  • Oktibbeha: CDs 1 & 3
  • Panola: CDs 1 & 2
  • Tallahatchie: CDs 1 & 2
  • Wayne: CDs 3 & 5