2000 Vermont gubernatorial election

none related races 2000 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 2000 Vermont gubernatorial election Vermont presidential No 1998 Vermont gubernatorial election 1998 2002 Vermont gubernatorial election 2002 November 7, 2000 File:Howard Dean (cropped 2).jpg x150px Howard Dean Democratic Party (United States) 148,059 50.45% 3x4.svg Ruth Dwyer Republican Party (United States) 111,359 37.95% File:Anthony Pollina (cropped).jpg Anthony Pollina Vermont Progressive Party 28,116 9.58% x220px County results x220px Municipality results Dean: #bdd3ff 30–40% #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Dwyer: #ffc8cd 30–40% #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% Governor Howard Dean Democratic Party (United States) Howard Dean Democratic Party (United States) The 2000 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic governor Howard Dean won re-election. The campaign was dominated by the fallout from the passage of a civil union bill and the subsequent backlash encapsulated by the slogan Take Back Vermont. Ruth Dwyer, the Republican nominee in 1998, ran again in 2000 and was closely tied to the Take Back Vermont movement. Howard Dean, the Democratic governor, favored civil unions and was a primary target of Take Back Vermont.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bqxeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xi4MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3641,1437710&dq=take-back-vermont&hl=en 'Take Back Vermont,' the signs say, but take it back to what? The Boston Globe November 5, 2000 Ellen Goodman Nominations Democratic Democratic Primary resultshttp://vermont-elections.org/elections1/2000PrimaryCanvass.pdf Archived copy 2011-06-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20101227183035/http://vermont-elections.org/elections1/2000PrimaryCanvass.pdf 2010-12-27 dead Howard Dean (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 31,366 84.39 Brian Pearl Democratic Party (United States) 4,357 11.72 Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 1,446 3.89 37,169 100.00 Republican Republican primary results Ruth Dwyer Republican Party (United States) 46,611 57.85 William Meub Republican Party (United States) 33,105 41.09 Write-ins Republican Party (United States) 855 1.06 80,571 100.00 Progressive The Vermont Progressive Party unanimously selected to give its nomination to Anthony Pollina on February 13, 2000.February 15, 2000 Progressives tap Pollina for top job 3 Brattleboro Reformer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer/163554957/ Newspapers.com Elizabeth Skarie, the wife of Jerry Greenfield, also sought the nomination.January 17, 2000 Proggy husband? 1B Burlington Free Press https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press/163554839/ Newspapers.com General election Progressive Anthony Pollina's candidacy nearly succeeded in holding Dean to less than 50 percent, which would have required the Vermont General Assembly to choose a winner.Power Marjorie March 17, 2002 Commentary: Time has come for IRV reform http://archive.fairvote.org/ri/index.php?page=21&articlemode=showspecific&showarticle=3303 Burlington Free Press Burlington, VT FairVote.org In such races, the joint meeting of the Vermont House and Senate almost always chooses the candidate who received the highest number of votes, but Republicans took control of the Vermont House in 2001, which might have resulted in a contested election.Schmaler Tracy September 19, 2002 Lawmakers likely to decide races https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/lawmakers-likely-to-decide-races/article_6a3060eb-da82-5a00-b564-7ed52f4b68bb.html Rutland Herald Rutland, VT Debates Complete video of debate, September 24, 2000 Results 2000 Vermont gubernatorial electionhttp://vermont-elections.org/elections1/2000GeneralCanvass.pdf Archived copy 2011-06-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20110727091620/http://vermont-elections.org/elections1/2000GeneralCanvass.pdf 2011-07-27 dead Democratic Party (United States) Howard Dean (incumbent) 148,059 50.45% -5.22% Republican Party (United States) Ruth Dwyer 111,359 37.95% -3.19% Vermont Progressive Party Anthony Pollina 28,116 9.58% N/A Independent Phil Stannard, Sr. 2,148 0.73% N/A Grassroots Party Joel W. Williams 1,359 0.46% -1.05% Independent politician Marilyn Verna Christian 1,054 0.36% N/A Libertarian Party (US) Hardy Macia 785 0.27% -0.71% Liberty Union Party Richard F. Gottlieb 337 0.11% -0.42% 256 0.09% N/A 36,700 12.51% -2.03% 293,473 Democratic Party (United States) Results by county CountyHoward DeanDemocraticRuth DwyerRepublicanAnthony PollinaProgressiveVarious candidatesMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Addison 9,388 54.0% 6,097 35.1% 1,578 9.1% 331 1.9% 3,291 18.9% 17,394 Bennington 8,312 47.3% 7,658 43.6% 1,085 6.2% 504 2.9% 654 3.7% 17,559 Caledonia 5,399 39.6% 6,389 46.9% 1,644 12.1% 191 1.4% -990 -7.3% 13,623 Chittenden 41,599 58.0% 22,425 31.3% 6,901 9.6% 736 1.0% 19,174 26.7% 71,661 Essex 891 30.9% 1,671 58.0% 214 7.4% 103 3.6% -780 -27.1% 2,879 Franklin 8,318 43.3% 8,815 45.9% 1,818 9.5% 243 1.3% -497 -2.6% 19,194 Grand Isle 1,659 45.5% 1,596 43.8% 327 9.0% 66 1.8% 63 2.3% 3,648 Lamoille 5,577 49.4% 4,164 36.9% 1,381 12.2% 162 1.4% 1,413 12.5% 11,284 Orange 6,905 47.0% 6,514 44.3% 1,063 7.2% 209 1.4% 391 2.7% 14,691 Orleans 4,403 36.3% 6,004 49.5% 1,566 12.9% 163 1.4% -1,601 -13.2% 12,136 Rutland 13,039 44.5% 12,551 42.8% 2,082 7.1% 1,637 5.6% 488 1.7% 29,309 Washington 14,935 50.3% 10,437 35.1% 3,919 13.2% 404 1.4% 4,498 15.2% 29,695 Windham 11,085 51.8% 7,245 33.9% 2,513 11.8% 541 2.5% 3,840 17.9% 21,384 Windsor 16,549 57.0% 9,793 33.8% 2,025 7.0% 649 2.2% 6,756 23.2% 29,016Totals148,05950.5%111,35937.9%28,1169.6%5,9392.0%36,70012.6%293,473 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Bennington (largest municipality: Bennington) Grand Isle (largest municipality: Alburgh) Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Franklin (largest municipality: St. Albans) See also 2000 United States Senate election in Vermont 2000 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont 2000 United States presidential election in Vermont References Vermont 2000 Gubernatorial Category:Howard Dean Category:Long stubs with short prose