West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2000

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2000

November 7, 2000

Nominee Bob Wise Cecil Underwood Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 324,822 305,926 Percentage 50.1% 47.2%

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Governor before election Cecil Underwood Republican Elected Governor Bob Wise Democratic

The 2000 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2000 for the post of Governor of West Virginia. Democratic Member of the United States House of Representatives Bob Wise defeated incumbent Republican Governor Cecil Underwood. Concurrently, the state voted the opposite way federally, choosing Republican U.S. Presidential nominee, George W. Bush over Democratic nominee Al Gore in the Presidential election that year.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Bob Wise, Member of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia's 2nd District.
• Jim Lees, attorney

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Wise	174,292	63.1
	Democratic	Jim Lees	101,774	36.9
Total votes			275,976	100

Republican primary

Governor Cecil Underwood was easily re-nominated in the Republican Primary, defeating four other candidates by a wide margin.

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cecil Underwood (inc.)	87,190	80.9
	Republican	Joseph Oliverio	11,590	10.8
	Republican	Donna H. McCase	5,902	4.5
	Republican	Larry Eugene Butcher	3,117	2.9
Total votes			107,799	100

Results

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bob Wise	324,822	50.12%	+4.32%
	Republican	Cecil Underwood (inc.)	305,926	47.21%	-4.42%
	Mountain	Denise Giardina	10,416	1.61%	+1.61%
	Libertarian	Bob Myers	5,548	0.86%	-1.71%
	Natural Law	Randall Ashelman	1,301	0.20%	+0.20%
	Write-ins		34	0.01%
Margin of victory			18,896	2.92%	-2.91%
Total votes			648,047	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing