2000, delaware, gubernatorial, election, related, races, 2000, united, states, gubernatorial, elections, held, november, 2000, coinciding, with, presidential, election, incumbent, governor, carper, term, limited, instead, successfully, united, states, senate, . For related races see 2000 United States gubernatorial elections The 2000 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 7 2000 coinciding with the U S presidential election Incumbent Governor Tom Carper was term limited and instead successfully ran for the United States Senate Lieutenant Governor and Democratic nominee Ruth Ann Minner squared off against Republican nominee John M Burris and won in a landslide on election day 2000 Delaware gubernatorial election 1996 November 7 2000 2004 Nominee Ruth Ann Minner John M Burris Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 191 695 128 603 Percentage 59 2 39 8 County resultsMinner 50 60 60 70 Governor before election Tom Carper Democratic Elected Governor Ruth Ann Minner Democratic Contents 1 Primaries 1 1 Democratic Party 1 2 Republican Party 1 3 Independent Party of Delaware 2 Campaign 2 1 Debates 2 2 Results 3 ReferencesPrimaries editDemocratic Party edit Ruth Ann Minner Lieutenant Governor of Delaware Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes Democratic Ruth Ann Minner 38 779 100 00 Republican Party edit John M Burris former state Chamber of Commerce President 1 and 1984 Republican nominee for the United States Senate Bill Lee former Delaware Superior Court Justice Republican primary results 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican John M Burris 13 893 50 08 Republican William Swain Lee 13 847 49 92 Total votes 27 740 100 00 Independent Party of Delaware edit Floyd E McDowellCampaign editDebates edit Complete video of debate October 17 2000 Complete video of debate October 23 2000 Results edit Delaware gubernatorial election 2000 3 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Ruth Ann Minner 191 695 59 24 10 25 Republican John M Burris 128 603 39 75 9 24 Independent Party Floyd E McDowell 3 271 1 01 Majority 63 092 19 50 19 49 Turnout 323 569 Democratic hold SwingReferences edit Delaware GOP Victory Goes to Burris Associated Press State of Delaware Department of Elections State of Delaware Department of Elections nbsp This Delaware related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2000 Delaware gubernatorial election amp oldid 1203946946, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
