The Green Papers: General Election 2000
West Virginia
Primary: Tuesday, May 9, 2000 |
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President Electoral votes: 5, Term limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime; Electors: How Appointed, Meeting Place, How they voted; Total Popular Vote: 648,124; List of States: Short, Long | |||||
Democrat | 295,497 | 45.59% | Vice President Albert A. "Al" Gore, Jr. | ||
Republican | 336,475 | 51.92% | Governor George W. Bush (5 Electoral Votes) | ||
Libertarian | 1,912 | 0.30% | Harry Browne | ||
Natural Law | 367 | 0.06% | John Hagelin | ||
Reform | 3,169 | 0.49% | Pat Buchanan | ||
Green | 10,680 | 1.65% | Ralph Nader | ||
"Write-In" | 0 | 0.00% | Earnest Lee Easton No running mate | ||
"Write-In" | 23 | 0.00% | Howard Phillips | ||
"Write-In" | 1 | 0.00% | Gloria Dawn Strickland | ||
Governor Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Current Governors | |||||
Republican | Cecil H. Underwood First elected: 1996; had previously been elected Governor in 1956. Renominated - 9 May 2000 Primary (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit). | ||||
Natural Law | Randall B. Ashelman | ||||
Reform | Louis J. Davis | ||||
Mountain | Denise Giardina | ||||
Libertarian | Bobbie Edward Myers | ||||
Republican | Governor Cecil H. Underwood | ||||
Democrat | Congressman Robert E. Wise, Jr. | ||||
Senate 6-year term, Current Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 1 | Democrat | Robert C. Byrd First elected: 1958; re-elected: 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000 Renominated - 9 May 2000 Primary | |||
Democrat | Senator Robert C. Byrd | ||||
Republican | David T. Gallaher | ||||
Libertarian | Francis J. Whelan | ||||
Class 2 | Democrat | John D. Rockefeller, 4th First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. | |||
House of Representatives 2 year term, Current House | |||||
3 Democrats | |||||
CD 1 | Democrat | Alan B. Mollohan Renominated - 9 May 2000 Primary | |||
Libertarian | Richard S. Kerr | ||||
Democrat | Congressman Alan B. Mollohan | ||||
CD 2 | Democrat | Robert E. Wise, Jr. Open Seat. Congressman Wise successfully sought the Democratic nomination for Governor. | |||
Libertarian | John Brown | ||||
Republican | Shelley Moore Capito | ||||
Democrat | James F. Humphreys | ||||
CD 3 | Democrat | Nick Joe Rahall, II Renominated - 9 May 2000 Primary | |||
Democrat | Congressman Nick Joe Rahall, II | ||||
Libertarian | Jeff Robinson |
Congressional District | |||
West Virginia has 55 counties and 3 congressional districts: all 55 counties are wholly within a given congressional district and no county is divided among more than one congressional district.
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