The Green Papers: General Election 2000

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Primary: Tuesday, June 6, 2000
2000 Electoral Votes:5(0.93% of 538)
Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2000 Representatives:3(0.69% of 435)
1990 Census: 1,515,069(0.61% of 248,765,170)
Registered Voters (Nov 98):821,006
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 1,250,000 
Tuesday, November 7, 2000 Polls Close: 7 PM MST (0200 UTC)
Candidates seeking office
Constitution:1
Democrat:5
Green:3
Libertarian:1
Natural Law:1
Reform:1
Republican:5
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President  Electoral votes: 5, Term limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime; Electors: How Appointed, Meeting Place, How they voted; Total Popular Vote: 598,605; List of States: Short, Long
 CandidateGreen 21,251 3.55% Ralph Nader
 WinnerDemocrat286,783 47.91% Vice President Albert A. "Al" Gore, Jr.
(5 Electoral Votes)
 CandidateRepublican286,417 47.85% Governor George W. Bush
 CandidateLibertarian 2,058 0.34% Harry Browne
 CandidateConstitution343 0.06% Howard Phillips
 CandidateNatural Law361 0.06% John Hagelin
 CandidateReform 1,392 0.23% Pat Buchanan
Governor  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Current Governors  
 Republican  Gary E. Johnson
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1Democrat  Jeff Bingaman
First elected: 1982; re-elected: 1988, 1994, 2000
Renominated - 6 June 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Senator Jeff Bingaman
 CandidateRepublican  Bill Redmond
Class 2Republican  Pete V. Domenici
First elected: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
1 Democrat
2 Republicans
CD 1Republican  Heather Wilson
Renominated - 6 June 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  John J. Kelly
 CandidateGreen  Daniel Kerlinsky
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Heather Wilson
CD 2Republican  Joe Skeen
Renominated - 6 June 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Michael Montoya
 CandidateGreen  Carlos Provencio
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Joe Skeen
CD 3Democrat  Tom Udall
Renominated - 6 June 2000 Primary
 CandidateRepublican  Lisa Lutz
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Tom Udall
Congressional District

New Mexico has 33 counties and 3 congressional districts: 28 counties are wholly within a given congressional district; 5 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD 1: Torrance.
  • CD 2: Catron, Chaves, DeBaca, Dona Ana, Eddy, Grant, Guadelupe, Hidalgo, Lee, Lincoln, Luna, Otero, Sierra and Socorro.
  • CD 3: Colfax, Curry, Harding, Los Alamos, McKinley, Mora, Quay, Rio Arriba, Roosevelt, San Juan, San Miguel, Taos and Union.

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

  • Bernalillo: CDs 1, 2 and 3
  • Cibola: CDs 2 and 3
  • Sandoval: CDs 1 and 3
  • Santa Fe: CDs 1 and 3
  • Valencia: CDs 1 and 2