2000 Missouri State Treasurer election

2000 Missouri State Treasurer election

7 November 2000

Nominee Nancy Farmer Todd Graves Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,186,627 1,057,462 Percentage 51.51% 45.91%

State Treasurer before election Bob Holden Democratic Elected State Treasurer Nancy Farmer Democratic

The 2000 Missouri State Treasurer election was held on 7 November 2000 in order to elect the state treasurer of Missouri. Democratic nominee and former member of the Missouri House of Representatives Nancy Farmer defeated Republican nominee Todd Graves, Libertarian nominee Arnold J. Trembley, Green nominee Ray Vanlandingham, Reform nominee Terrence D. Frank, Constitution nominee Kerry Culligan and Natural Law nominee Marvin Carter. Thereby becoming the first woman to be elected state treasurer of Missouri.

General election

On election day, 7 November 2000, Democratic nominee Nancy Farmer won the election by a margin of 129,165 votes against her foremost opponent Republican nominee Todd Graves, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of state treasurer. Farmer was sworn in as the 43rd state treasurer of Missouri on 3 January 2001.

Results

Missouri State Treasurer election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Farmer	1,186,627	51.51
	Republican	Todd Graves	1,057,462	45.91
	Libertarian	Arnold J. Trembley	19,064	0.83
	Green	Ray Vanlandingham	18,501	0.80
	Reform	Terrence D. Frank	8,307	0.36
	Constitution	Kerry Culligan	7,825	0.34
	Natural Law	Marvin Carter	5,705	0.25
Total votes			2,303,491	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

• 2000 Missouri gubernatorial election