The Green Papers: General Election 2000

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Primary (subject to runoff): Tuesday, May 2, 2000
Runoff (no runoffs for offices listed on this site): Tuesday, May 30, 2000
2000 Electoral Votes:14(2.60% of 538)
Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2000 Representatives:12(2.76% of 435)
1990 Census: 6,632,448(2.67% of 248,765,170)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 4,349,290
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 5,685,000 
Tuesday, November 7, 2000 Polls Close: 7:30 PM EST (0030 UTC) or 8:30 PM EST (0130 UTC) - NORTH CAROLINA allows its County Boards of Elections to decide whether to keep polls open until 8:30 p.m. EST but, outside of metropolitan areas, this local option is not often utilized and so 7:30 p.m. EST is the networks' earliest time of projection beacuse the vast majority of that state's polls will have closed by that hour.
Candidates seeking office
Democrat:12
Libertarian:14
Reform:1
Republican:14
"Write-In":1
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President  Electoral votes: 14, Term limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime; Electors: How Appointed, Meeting Place, How they voted; Total Popular Vote: 2,914,990; List of States: Short, Long
 CandidateDemocrat 1,257,692 43.15% Vice President Albert A. "Al" Gore, Jr.
 WinnerRepublican 1,631,163 55.96% Governor George W. Bush
(14 Electoral Votes)
 CandidateLibertarian 13,891 0.48% Harry Browne
 CandidateReform 8,874 0.30% Pat Buchanan
 Candidate"Write-In" 3,370 0.12% David McReynolds
Governor  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Current Governors  
 Democrat  James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor from 1977 through 1985 (two terms); elected: 1992; re-elected 1996.
Open Seat. Ineligible to run for a third consecutive term. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
 WinnerDemocrat  Mike Easley
 CandidateLibertarian  Barbara J. Howe
 CandidateRepublican  Richard Vinroot
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2Republican  Jesse Helms
First elected: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Class 3Democrat  John Edwards
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
5 Democrats
7 Republicans
CD 1Democrat  Eva M. Clayton
Renominated - 2 May 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Eva M. Clayton
 CandidateLibertarian  Christopher Sean Delaney
 CandidateRepublican  Duane E. Kratzer, Jr.
CD 2Democrat  Bob Etheridge
Renominated - 2 May 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Bob Etheridge
 CandidateRepublican  Doug Haynes
 CandidateLibertarian  Mark Daniel Jackson
CD 3Republican  Walter B. Jones
Renominated - 2 May 2000 Primary
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Walter B. Jones
 CandidateDemocrat  Leigh Harvey McNairy
 CandidateLibertarian  David F. Russell
CD 4Democrat  David Price
Renominated - 2 May 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman David Price
 CandidateLibertarian  C. Brian Towey
 CandidateRepublican  Jess Ward
CD 5Republican  Richard M. Burr
Renominated - 2 May 2000 Primary
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Richard M. Burr
 CandidateLibertarian  Steven Francis LeBoeuf
CD 6Republican  Howard Coble
Renominated - 2 May 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Jeffrey Dean Brantley
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Howard Coble
CD 7Democrat  Mike McIntyre
Renominated - 2 May 2000 Primary
 CandidateRepublican  James R. Adams
 CandidateLibertarian  Bob Burns
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Mike McIntyre
CD 8Republican  Robert C. "Robin" Hayes
Renominated - 2 May 2000 Primary
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Robert C. "Robin" Hayes
 CandidateLibertarian  Jack Schwartz
 CandidateDemocrat  Mike Taylor
CD 9Republican  Sue Myrick
Renominated - 2 May 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Christopher S. Cole
 CandidateDemocrat  Ed McGuire
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Sue Myrick
CD 10Republican  T. Cass Ballenger
Renominated - 2 May 2000 Primary
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman T. Cass Ballenger
 CandidateLibertarian  Deborah Garrett Eddins
 CandidateDemocrat  Delmas Parker
CD 11Republican  Charles H. Taylor
Renominated - 2 May 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Sam Neill
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Charles H. Taylor
 CandidateLibertarian  Charles Barry Williams
CD 12Democrat  Mel Watt
Renominated - 2 May 2000 Primary
 CandidateLibertarian  Anna Lyon
 CandidateRepublican  Chad Mitchell
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Mel Watt
Congressional District

North Carolina has 100 counties and 12 congressional districts: 79 counties are wholly within a given congressional district; 21 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD 1: Bertie, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, Northampton, Vance and Warren.
  • CD 2: Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Lee and Nash.
  • CD 3: Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans and Tyrell.
  • CD 4: Durham and Orange.
  • CD 5: Alamance, Caswell, Davie, Rockingham and Stokes.
  • CD 6: Moore and Randolph.
  • CD 7: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover and Pender.
  • CD 8: Anson, Cabarrus, Hoke, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly and Union.
  • CD 9: Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln.
  • CD 10: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin.
  • CD 11: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania and Yancey.
  • CD 12: Rowan.
DIVIDED COUNTIES (split between more than one Congressional District):
  • Beaufort: CDs 1 and 3
  • Chatham: CDs 4 and 6
  • Craven: CDs 1 and 3
  • Cumberland: CDs 7 and 8
  • Davidson: CDs 6 and 12
  • Forsyth: CDs 5 and 12
  • Granville: CDs 1 and 2
  • Guilford: CDs 5 and 6
  • Iredell: CDs 10 and 12
  • Jones: CDs 1 and 3
  • Lenoir: CDs 1 and 3
  • Mecklenburg: CDs 9 and 12
  • Person: CDs 1 and 4
  • Pitt: CDs 1 and 3
  • Robeson: CDs 7 and 8
  • Sampson: CDs 2 and 7
  • Surry: CDs 5 and 10
  • Wake: CDs 2 and 4
  • Washington: CDs 1 and 3
  • Wayne: CDs 1 and 3
  • Wilson: CDs 1 and 2