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Election day
November 7, 2000
Incumbent president
Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Next Congress
107th
Presidential election
Partisan control
Republican gain
Popular vote margin
Democratic +0.5%
Electoral vote
George W. Bush (R)
271
Al Gore (D)
266
2000 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Bush, blue denotes states won by Gore. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate.
Senate elections
Overall control
Republican hold[1]
Seats contested
34 of 100 seats (33 Class I seats +1 special election)
Net seat change
Democratic +4
2000 Senate results Republican hold Republican gain Democratic hold Democratic gain
House elections
Overall control
Republican hold
Seats contested
All 435 voting members
Popular vote margin
Republican +0.5%
Net seat change
Democratic +1
2000 House of Representatives results (territorial delegate races not shown) Republican hold Republican gain Democratic hold Democratic gain Independent hold Independent gain
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested
14 (12 states, 2 territories)
Net seat change
Democratic +1
2000 gubernatorial election results Republican hold Democratic gain Democratic hold Popular Democratic gain Nonpartisan
The 2000 United States elections were held on November 7, 2000. Republican Governor George W. Bush of Texas defeated Democratic Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee in the presidential election. Republicans retained control of both houses of Congress, giving the party unified control of Congress and the presidency for the first time since the 1954 elections.
With Democratic President Bill Clinton term-limited, Gore won his party's nomination by defeating Senator Bill Bradley in the Democratic primaries. Bush defeated Senator John McCain in the Republican primaries to win his party's presidential nomination. Bush took 271 of the 538 electoral votes, winning the decisive state of Florida by a margin of 537 votes after a recount was halted by the Supreme Court in the case of Bush v. Gore. Bush was the first winning presidential candidate to lose the popular vote since the 1888 presidential election. This marked the first time since 1988 that the president's party lost seats in both Houses.
Democrats picked up a net of four seats in the Senate, tying Republicans, however Dick Cheney provided the tie-breaking vote as Vice President of the United States. Republicans maintained control of the chamber until June 6, 2001, when Senator Jim Jeffords left the Republican Party and began caucusing with the Democrats. Democrats also picked up a net of one seat in the House, but Republicans retained an overall narrow majority. In the gubernatorial elections, Democrats won a net gain of one seat.
^Republicans briefly lost their Senate majority in January 2001 when the 107th Congress was seated, but they regained their majority that same month when Republican Dick Cheney was sworn in as vice president. Democrats gained the majority in the Senate in May 2001 after Senator Jim Jeffords left the Republican Senate Caucus.
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