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Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of Nov.7 STATISTICS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 7, 2000 SHOWING THE HIGHEST VOTE FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS, AND THE VOTE CAST FOR EACH NOMINEE FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR, REPRESENTATIVE, RESIDENT COMMIS- SIONER, AND DELEGATE TO THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS, TOGETHER WITH A RECAPITULATION THEREOF, INCLUDING THE ELECTORAL VOTE COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES BY JEFF TRANDAHL CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (Corrected to June 21, 2001) WASHINGTON : 2001 VerDate 23-MAR-99 13:50 Jul 10, 2001 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0217 Sfmt 0217 C:\DBASE\STATS107.TXT PUB1 PsN: PUB1 STATISTICS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 7, 2000 (Number which precedes name of candidate designates congressional district. Since party names for Presidential Electors for the same candidate vary from state to state, the most commonly used name is listed in parentheses.) ALABAMA FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Republican .................................................................................................. 941,173 Democratic .................................................................................................. 692,611 Independent ................................................................................................ 1 25,896 Libertarian ................................................................................................. 5,893 Write-in ....................................................................................................... 699 FOR UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 1. Sonny Callahan, Republican ..................................................................... 151,188 Dick Coffee, Libertarian ............................................................................ 14,031 Write-in ....................................................................................................... 450 2. Terry Everett, Republican ......................................................................... 151,830 Charles Woods, Democrat ......................................................................... 64,958 Wallace B. McGahan, Libertarian ............................................................ 4,111 Write-in ....................................................................................................... 1,737 3. Bob Riley, Republican ............................................................................... 147,317 John Sophocleus, Libertarian ................................................................... 21,119 Write-in ....................................................................................................... 1,083 4. Robert B. Aderholt, Republican ................................................................ 140,009 Marsha Folsom, Democrat ........................................................................ 86,400 Craig Goodrich, Libertarian ...................................................................... 3,519 Write-in ....................................................................................................... 1,178 5. Robert E. (Bud) Cramer, Jr., Democrat ................................................... 186,059 Alan Barksdale, Libertarian ..................................................................... 22,110 Write-in ....................................................................................................... 1,345 6. Spencer Bachus, Republican ..................................................................... 212,751 Terry Reagin, Libertarian ......................................................................... 28,189 Write-in ....................................................................................................... 977 7. Ed Martin, Republican .............................................................................. 46,134 Earl F. Hilliard, Democrat ........................................................................ 148,243 Ken Hager, Libertarian ............................................................................. 3,829 Write-in ....................................................................................................... 427 Recapitulation of Votes Cast in Alabama Repub- Demo- Inde- Liber- Write- Title of candidate lican cratic pendent tarian in Total Representatives: 1st district ..................................................... 151,188 .................. .............. 14,031 450 165,669 2d district ...................................................... 151,830 64,958 .............. 4,111 1,737 222,636 3d district ...................................................... 147,317 .................. .............. 21,119 1,083 169,519 4th district .................................................... 140,009 86,400 .............. 3,519 1,178 231,106 5th district .................................................... .................. 186,059 .............. 22,110 1,345 209,514 6th district .................................................... 212,751 .................. .............. 28,189 977 241,917 7th district .................................................... 46,134 148,243 .............. 3,829 427 198,633 Total ................................................ 849,229 485,660 .............. 96,908 7,197 1,438,994 Presidential electors ............................................ 941,173 692,611 1 25,896 5,893 699 1,666,272 1 Includes candidates appearing on the following party tickets in most other States: 18,323 for Green; 6,351 for Re- form; 447 for Natural Law; and 775 for Constitution. (1) VerDate 23-MAR-99 13:50 Jul 10, 2001 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0218 Sfmt 0218 C:\DBASE\STATS107.TXT PUB1 PsN: PUB1 2 ALASKA FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Republican .................................................................................................. 167,398 Democratic .................................................................................................. 79,004 Green .......................................................................................................... 28,747 Libertarian ................................................................................................. 2,636 Reform ........................................................................................................ 5,192 Natural Law ............................................................................................... 919 Constitution ................................................................................................ 596 Write-in ....................................................................................................... 1,068 FOR UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Don Young, Republican ............................................................................. 190,862 Clifford Mark Greene, Democrat .............................................................. 45,372 Anna C. Young, Green ............................................................................... 22,440 Jim Dore, Alaskan Independence ............................................................. 10,085 Leonard J. ‘‘Len’’ Karpinski, Libertarian ................................................. 4,802 Write-in ....................................................................................................... 832 Recapitulation of Votes Cast in Alaska Alaskan Nat- Con- Title of candidate Republican Democratic Green Independ- Liber- Reform ural stitu- Write- Total ence tarian Law tion in Representative: At large ......................... 190,862 45,372 22,440 10,085 4,802 ............ .......... .......... 832 274,393 Presidential electors ........ 167,398 79,004 28,747 ................. 2,636 5,192 919 596 1,068 285,560 ARIZONA FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Republican .................................................................................................. 781,652 Democratic .................................................................................................. 685,341 Green .......................................................................................................... 45,645 Libertarian ................................................................................................. 5,775 Reform ........................................................................................................ 12,373 Natural Law ............................................................................................... 1,120 Write-in (Constitution Party candidate) .................................................. 110 FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR Jon Kyl, Republican ................................................................................... 1,108,196 William Toel, Independent ........................................................................ 109,230 Vance Hansen, Green ................................................................................ 108,926 Barry J. Hess II, Libertarian .................................................................... 70,724 FOR UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 1. Jeff Flake, Republican ............................................................................... 123,289 David Mendoza, Democrat ........................................................................ 97,455 Jon Burroughs, Libertarian ...................................................................... 9,227 2. Bill Barenholtz, Republican ...................................................................... 32,990 Ed Pastor, Democrat ................................................................................
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