| Election Name: | 2000 North Carolina Council of State election |
| Country: | North Carolina |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 North Carolina Council of State election |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2004 North Carolina Council of State election |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Seats For Election: | All 10 members of the North Carolina Council of State |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Last Election1: | 10 |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Last Election2: | 0 |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
The North Carolina Council of State election of 2000 was held on 7 November 2000, to elect the Council of State. The new Council of State was formally inaugurated on January 6, 2001.[1]
Democrats held open seats for Governor, Attorney General, Agriculture Commissioner, and Treasurer. Republicans flipped the open Commissioner of Labor, which was the first and only win by a Republican for a North Carolina Council of State office (excluding the Governor and Lieutenant Governor) in the 20th century which came just weeks before the end of the century.
The 2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2000. The general election was between the Republican nominee, former mayor of Charlotte Richard Vinroot and the Democratic nominee, state Attorney General Mike Easley. Easley won by 52% to 46%.
The 2000 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 7 November 2000, as part of the elections to the Council of State. The election was won by Democrat Beverly Perdue, who succeeded fellow Democrat Dennis A. Wicker. In the general election, Perdue defeated Republican former state senator Betsy Cochrane by 52% to 46%.
Incumbent Harry Payne did not run for reelection.[2]