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2000 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

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2000 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

← 1998 November 7, 2000 2002 →
 
Nominee Jeanne Shaheen Gordon Humphrey Mary Brown
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Popular vote 275,038 246,952 35,904
Percentage 48.8% 43.8% 6.4%

Shaheen:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Humphrey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%

Governor before election

Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic

Elected Governor

Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic

The 2000 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic governor Jeanne Shaheen won re-election, defeating former United States senator Gordon Humphrey 49% to 44%.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeanne Shaheen (inc.) 45,249 60.41
Democratic Mark Fernald 28,488 38.03
Democratic Write-ins 1,164 1.55
Total votes 74,901 100.00

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gordon Humphrey 54,134 51.86
Republican Jim Squires 23,582 22.59
Republican Jeffrey R. Howard 21,734 20.82
Republican Fred Bramante 2,500 2.39
Republican Write-ins 1,851 1.77
Republican Jim Marron 584 0.56
Total votes 104,385 100.00

Independent

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Libertarian

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  • John J. Babiarz

Campaign

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Debates

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Results

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New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2000[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jeanne Shaheen (inc.) 275,038 48.74% −17.34%
Republican Gordon J. Humphrey 246,952 43.76% +12.88%
Independent Mary Brown 35,904 6.36%
Libertarian John J. Babiarz 6,446 1.14% −1.57%
Majority 28,086 4.98% −30.23%
Turnout 564,340
Democratic hold Swing

Counties that swung from Democratic to Republican

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References

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  1. ^ "Home - NHSOS". www.sos.nh.gov. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "Home - NHSOS". www.sos.nh.gov. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Home - NHSOS". www.sos.nh.gov. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2018.

See also

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