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2000 West Virginia gubernatorial election
The 2000 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican governor Cecil Underwood ran for re-election to a second consecutive term in office, but was defeated by Democratic U.S. Representative Bob Wise. Concurrently, the state voted for the opposite party federally, choosing Republican nominee George W. Bush over Democratic nominee Al Gore in the presidential election that year. To date, this is the last time in which an incumbent West Virginia governor lost re-election.
- Jim Lees, attorney and candidate in 1996
- Bob Wise, U.S. representative
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 174,292 | 63.13% | |
| Democratic | 101,774 | 36.87% | |
| 276,066 | 100.0 |
Governor Cecil Underwood was easily re-nominated in the Republican primary, defeating three other candidates by a wide margin.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 87,190 | 80.88% | |
| Republican | 11,590 | 10.75% | |
| Republican | 5,902 | 4.48% | |
| Republican | 3,117 | 2.89% | |
| 107,799 | 100.0 |
- Complete video of debate, October 18, 2000
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 324,822 | 50.12% | +4.32% | |
| Republican | 305,926 | 47.21% | −4.42% | |
| Mountain | 10,416 | 1.61% | +1.61% | |
| Libertarian | 5,548 | 0.86% | −1.71% | |
| Natural Law | 1,301 | 0.20% | +0.20% | |
| Write-in | 34 | 0.01% | N/A | |
| 648,047 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Democratic gain from Republican |
- Barbour (largest city: Philippi)
- Boone (largest city: Madison)
- Calhoun (largest city: Grantsville)
- Gilmer (largest city: Glenville)
- Jackson (largest city: Ravenswood)
- Lewis (largest city: Weston)
- Mason (largest city: Point Pleasant)
- Randolph (largest city: Elkins)
- Roane (largest city: Spencer)
- Taylor (largest city: Grafton)
- Harrison (largest city: Clarksburg)
- Marion (largest city: Fairmont)
- Putnam (largest municipality: Hurricane)
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