2000 New Castle County Executive election

none January 2025 May 2024 2000 New Castle County Executive election Flag of New Castle County, Delaware.svg presidential no 1996 New Castle County Executive election 1996 November 7, 2000 2004 New Castle County Executive election 2004 3x4.svg Thomas P. Gordon Democratic Party (United States) 143,140 86.00% 3x4.svg Craig Shumaker Green Party (United States) 23,302 14.00% New Castle County Executive Thomas P. Gordon Democratic Party (United States) Thomas P. Gordon Democratic Party (United States) The 2000 New Castle County Executive election was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Thomas P. Gordon, who was first elected in 1996, ran for re-election to a second term. He faced no challengers in the primary, and no Republicans ran against him.Hale Charlotte Gordon gets an opponent The News Journal May 16, 2008 Wilmington, Delaware 8B https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal/176127187/ July 7, 2025 Gordon's only opponent was Green Party nominee Craig Shumaker, a research engineer.Hale Charlotte Voter Guide: New Castle County Executive The News Journal October 29, 2000 Wilmington, Delaware 23 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal/176127327/ July 7, 2025 Gordon defeated Shumaker in a landslide, winning his second term with 86 percent of the vote. General election Candidates Thomas P. Gordon, incumbent County Executive (Democratic)Hall Charlotte Gordon's seat so far unopposed The News Journal June 4, 2000 Wilmington, Delaware B1 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal/176129265/ July 7, 2025 Craig Shumaker, research engineer (Green) Campaign Gordon announced that he would seek a second term as Executive, and initially faced no opponents. Though the local Republican Party planned to field a challenger against him, no Republicans filed by the deadline, leaving Green Party nominee Craig Shumaker as the only candidate. Shumaker said that he ran against Gordon so that he would have an opponent and was forced to spend down his campaign account, noting, "Until I filed, Gordon wasn't going to have to spend it. Now he can spend the next two months helping the local economy." The News Journal endorsed Gordon for re-election, praising him for his "ambitious first term," for "tackl[ing] runaway suburban development," and "ma[king] good on a promise of no property tax increases," while criticizing Shumaker's ideas as "much less coherent and flatly contradictory."Give Gordon another term to build upon good results so far The News Journal October 31, 2000 Wilmington, Delaware A8 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal/176129860/ July 7, 2025 Results 2000 New Castle County Executive election2000 General Election November 22, 2000 Delaware Department of Elections https://elections.delaware.gov/elections/resultsarchive/elect00/2000genofficial.shtml July 7, 2025 Thomas P. Gordon (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 143,140 86.00% Craig Shumaker Green Party (United States) 23,302 14.00% 166,442 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Green Party (United States) References Category:2000 United States county executive elections New Castle County Executive Category:New Castle County Executive elections