2000 Missouri Secretary of State election

2000 Missouri Secretary of State election

7 November 2000

Nominee Matt Blunt Steve Gaw Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,180,236 1,037,064 Percentage 51.38% 45.15%

Secretary of State before election Bekki Cook Democratic Elected Secretary of State Matt Blunt Republican

The 2000 Missouri Secretary of State election was held on 7 November 2000 in order to elect the secretary of state of Missouri. Republican nominee and incumbent member of the Missouri House of Representatives Matt Blunt defeated Democratic nominee and incumbent speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives Steve Gaw, Libertarian nominee Jane Spence Southard, Green nominee Paula Elias, Constitution nominee Donna L. Ivanovich, Reform nominee Marvalene Pankey and Natural Law nominee Lois Benge.

General election

On election day, 7 November 2000, Republican nominee Matt Blunt won the election by a margin of 143,172 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee Steve Gaw, thereby gaining Republican control over the office of secretary of state. Blunt was sworn in as the 37th secretary of state of Missouri on 3 January 2001.

Results

Missouri Secretary of State election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Blunt	1,180,236	51.38
	Democratic	Steve Gaw	1,037,064	45.15
	Libertarian	Jane Spence Southard	32,354	1.41
	Green	Paula Elias	25,391	1.11
	Constitution	Donna L. Ivanovich	10,010	0.44
	Reform	Marvalene Pankey	7,101	0.31
	Natural Law	Lois Benge	5,002	0.20
Total votes			2,297,158	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• 2000 Missouri gubernatorial election