Election Name: | 2000 Delaware gubernatorial election |
Country: | Delaware |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1996 Delaware gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1996 |
Next Election: | 2004 Delaware gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 2004 |
Election Date: | November 7, 2000 |
Image1: | File:Ruth Ann Minner (2008) (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Ruth Ann Minner |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 191,695 |
Percentage1: | 59.2% |
Nominee2: | John M. Burris |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 128,603 |
Percentage2: | 39.8% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Tom Carper |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Ruth Ann Minner |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2000 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2000, coinciding with the U.S. presidential election. Incumbent Governor Tom Carper was term-limited and instead successfully ran for the United States Senate. Lieutenant Governor and Democratic nominee Ruth Ann Minner squared off against Republican nominee John M. Burris and won in a landslide on election day.