The 2000 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent
Democratic
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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 Take Back Vermont was an issue-oriented political campaign in the U.S. state of Vermont in the year 2000. Its formation was triggered by the state legislature's passage of a law establishing civil unions for same-sex couples in 2000. Its aim was w ...
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Ruth Dwyer, the Republican nominee in
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
, 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.
Democratic primary
Candidates
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Howard Dean, incumbent
Governor of Vermont
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Brian Pearl
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
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Ruth Dwyer, former
State Representative
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and nominee for Governor in
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
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William Meub, attorney
Results
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. 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.
Debates
Complete video of debate September 24, 2000
Results
See also
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2000 United States Senate election in Vermont
The 2000 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords won re-election to a third term in office. In May 2001, Jeffords left the Republican Party and announced that he woul ...
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2000 United States presidential election in Vermont
References
Vermont
2000
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Gubernatorial
Howard Dean
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