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The2000 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Oklahoma was won by theRepublican Party candidate, TexasGovernorGeorge W. Bush with a 21.88% margin of victory. Through the2024 US presidential election, this is the last time that the Republican presidential nominee failed to win all 77 counties in Oklahoma; as a result, this is the last time the Democratic nominee won the following counties:Ottawa,Cherokee,Muskogee,Okmulgee,McIntosh,Hughes,Haskell,Latimer, andChoctaw. This was also the last time until2016 that any third-party candidates were granted ballot access in Oklahoma and the last time until2020 that any county was won by only a plurality.
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Gore | 92,654 | 68.71 | 38 |
| Bill Bradley | 34,311 | 25.44 | 7 |
| Lyndon LaRouche, Jr. | 7,885 | 5.85 | |
| Total | 134,850 | 100% | 45 |
| 2000 United States presidential election in Oklahoma[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | 744,337 | 60.31% | 8 | |
| Democratic | Al Gore | 474,276 | 38.43% | 0 | |
| Reform | Pat Buchanan | 9,014 | 0.73% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 6,602 | 0.53% | 0 | |
| County | George W. Bush Republican | Al Gore Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 3,503 | 58.61% | 2,361 | 39.50% | 113 | 1.89% | 1,142 | 19.11% | 5,977 |
| Alfalfa | 1,886 | 75.23% | 583 | 23.25% | 38 | 1.52% | 1,303 | 51.98% | 2,507 |
| Atoka | 2,375 | 54.93% | 1,906 | 44.08% | 43 | 0.99% | 469 | 10.85% | 4,324 |
| Beaver | 2,092 | 85.18% | 339 | 13.80% | 25 | 1.02% | 1,753 | 71.38% | 2,456 |
| Beckham | 4,067 | 62.26% | 2,408 | 36.86% | 57 | 0.87% | 1,659 | 25.40% | 6,532 |
| Blaine | 2,633 | 64.31% | 1,402 | 34.25% | 59 | 1.44% | 1,231 | 30.06% | 4,094 |
| Bryan | 6,084 | 51.80% | 5,554 | 47.28% | 108 | 0.92% | 530 | 4.52% | 11,746 |
| Caddo | 4,835 | 52.50% | 4,272 | 46.38% | 103 | 1.12% | 563 | 6.12% | 9,210 |
| Canadian | 22,679 | 72.32% | 8,367 | 26.68% | 314 | 1.00% | 14,312 | 45.64% | 31,360 |
| Carter | 9,667 | 58.74% | 6,659 | 40.46% | 132 | 0.80% | 3,008 | 18.28% | 16,458 |
| Cherokee | 6,918 | 47.82% | 7,256 | 50.15% | 294 | 2.03% | -338 | -2.33% | 14,468 |
| Choctaw | 2,461 | 46.30% | 2,799 | 52.66% | 55 | 1.03% | -338 | -6.36% | 5,315 |
| Cimarron | 1,230 | 82.88% | 227 | 15.30% | 27 | 1.82% | 1,003 | 67.58% | 1,484 |
| Cleveland | 47,393 | 62.22% | 27,792 | 36.49% | 986 | 1.29% | 19,601 | 25.73% | 76,171 |
| Coal | 1,196 | 50.64% | 1,148 | 48.60% | 18 | 0.76% | 48 | 2.04% | 2,362 |
| Comanche | 17,103 | 58.31% | 11,971 | 40.81% | 259 | 0.88% | 5,132 | 17.50% | 29,333 |
| Cotton | 1,388 | 55.92% | 1,068 | 43.03% | 26 | 1.05% | 320 | 12.89% | 2,482 |
| Craig | 2,815 | 51.33% | 2,568 | 46.83% | 101 | 1.84% | 247 | 4.50% | 5,484 |
| Creek | 13,580 | 57.20% | 9,753 | 41.08% | 408 | 1.72% | 3,827 | 16.12% | 23,741 |
| Custer | 6,527 | 66.99% | 3,115 | 31.97% | 101 | 1.04% | 3,412 | 35.02% | 9,743 |
| Delaware | 7,618 | 57.05% | 5,514 | 41.29% | 221 | 1.66% | 2,104 | 15.76% | 13,353 |
| Dewey | 1,607 | 72.39% | 599 | 26.98% | 14 | 0.63% | 1,008 | 45.41% | 2,220 |
| Ellis | 1,513 | 75.16% | 468 | 23.25% | 32 | 1.59% | 1,045 | 51.91% | 2,013 |
| Garfield | 14,902 | 68.73% | 6,543 | 30.18% | 238 | 1.10% | 8,359 | 38.55% | 21,683 |
| Garvin | 5,536 | 56.24% | 4,189 | 42.56% | 118 | 1.20% | 1,347 | 13.68% | 9,843 |
| Grady | 10,040 | 61.69% | 6,037 | 37.09% | 199 | 1.22% | 4,003 | 24.60% | 16,276 |
| Grant | 1,762 | 70.40% | 709 | 28.33% | 32 | 1.28% | 1,053 | 42.07% | 2,503 |
| Greer | 1,287 | 59.80% | 839 | 38.99% | 26 | 1.21% | 448 | 20.81% | 2,152 |
| Harmon | 692 | 57.43% | 507 | 42.07% | 6 | 0.50% | 185 | 15.36% | 1,205 |
| Harper | 1,296 | 77.01% | 374 | 22.22% | 13 | 0.77% | 922 | 54.79% | 1,683 |
| Haskell | 2,039 | 44.06% | 2,510 | 54.24% | 79 | 1.71% | -471 | -10.18% | 4,628 |
| Hughes | 2,196 | 47.90% | 2,334 | 50.91% | 55 | 1.20% | -138 | -3.01% | 4,585 |
| Jackson | 5,591 | 68.53% | 2,515 | 30.82% | 53 | 0.65% | 3,076 | 37.71% | 8,159 |
| Jefferson | 1,320 | 50.91% | 1,245 | 48.01% | 28 | 1.08% | 75 | 2.90% | 2,593 |
| Johnston | 2,072 | 52.72% | 1,809 | 46.03% | 49 | 1.25% | 263 | 6.69% | 3,930 |
| Kay | 11,768 | 64.79% | 6,122 | 33.71% | 272 | 1.50% | 5,646 | 31.08% | 18,162 |
| Kingfisher | 4,693 | 77.49% | 1,304 | 21.53% | 59 | 0.97% | 3,389 | 55.96% | 6,056 |
| Kiowa | 2,173 | 57.95% | 1,544 | 41.17% | 33 | 0.88% | 629 | 16.78% | 3,750 |
| Latimer | 1,739 | 47.40% | 1,865 | 50.83% | 65 | 1.77% | -126 | -3.43% | 3,669 |
| Le Flore | 8,215 | 54.82% | 6,536 | 43.62% | 234 | 1.56% | 1,679 | 11.20% | 14,985 |
| Lincoln | 7,387 | 63.13% | 4,140 | 35.38% | 174 | 1.49% | 3,247 | 27.25% | 11,701 |
| Logan | 8,187 | 63.61% | 4,510 | 35.04% | 173 | 1.34% | 3,677 | 28.57% | 12,870 |
| Love | 1,807 | 53.59% | 1,530 | 45.37% | 35 | 1.04% | 277 | 8.22% | 3,372 |
| McClain | 6,750 | 64.05% | 3,679 | 34.91% | 110 | 1.04% | 3,071 | 29.14% | 10,539 |
| McCurtain | 6,601 | 62.97% | 3,752 | 35.79% | 129 | 1.23% | 2,849 | 27.18% | 10,482 |
| McIntosh | 3,444 | 44.26% | 4,206 | 54.05% | 131 | 1.68% | -762 | -9.79% | 7,781 |
| Major | 2,672 | 79.71% | 635 | 18.94% | 45 | 1.34% | 2,037 | 60.77% | 3,352 |
| Marshall | 2,641 | 53.90% | 2,210 | 45.10% | 49 | 1.00% | 431 | 8.80% | 4,900 |
| Mayes | 7,132 | 50.94% | 6,618 | 47.27% | 251 | 1.79% | 514 | 3.67% | 14,001 |
| Murray | 2,609 | 53.01% | 2,263 | 45.98% | 50 | 1.02% | 346 | 7.03% | 4,922 |
| Muskogee | 11,820 | 47.87% | 12,520 | 50.70% | 353 | 1.43% | -700 | -2.83% | 24,693 |
| Noble | 3,230 | 68.77% | 1,416 | 30.15% | 51 | 1.09% | 1,814 | 38.62% | 4,697 |
| Nowata | 2,069 | 53.75% | 1,703 | 44.25% | 77 | 2.00% | 366 | 9.50% | 3,849 |
| Okfuskee | 1,910 | 50.42% | 1,814 | 47.89% | 64 | 1.69% | 96 | 2.53% | 3,788 |
| Oklahoma | 139,078 | 62.34% | 81,590 | 36.57% | 2,443 | 1.09% | 57,488 | 25.77% | 223,111 |
| Okmulgee | 5,797 | 43.99% | 7,186 | 54.53% | 195 | 1.48% | -1,389 | -10.54% | 13,178 |
| Osage | 8,138 | 51.15% | 7,540 | 47.39% | 231 | 1.45% | 598 | 3.76% | 15,909 |
| Ottawa | 5,625 | 49.29% | 5,647 | 49.49% | 139 | 1.22% | -22 | -0.20% | 11,411 |
| Pawnee | 3,386 | 57.15% | 2,435 | 41.10% | 104 | 1.76% | 951 | 16.05% | 5,925 |
| Payne | 15,256 | 61.15% | 9,319 | 37.36% | 372 | 1.49% | 5,937 | 23.79% | 24,947 |
| Pittsburg | 8,514 | 52.05% | 7,627 | 46.63% | 216 | 1.32% | 887 | 5.42% | 16,357 |
| Pontotoc | 7,299 | 56.86% | 5,387 | 41.97% | 150 | 1.17% | 1,912 | 14.89% | 12,836 |
| Pottawatomie | 13,235 | 59.31% | 8,763 | 39.27% | 318 | 1.42% | 4,472 | 20.04% | 22,316 |
| Pushmataha | 2,331 | 53.61% | 1,969 | 45.29% | 48 | 1.10% | 362 | 8.32% | 4,348 |
| Roger Mills | 1,234 | 73.15% | 441 | 26.14% | 12 | 0.71% | 793 | 47.01% | 1,687 |
| Rogers | 17,713 | 61.18% | 10,813 | 37.35% | 425 | 1.47% | 6,900 | 23.83% | 28,951 |
| Seminole | 4,011 | 50.99% | 3,783 | 48.09% | 72 | 0.92% | 228 | 2.90% | 7,866 |
| Sequoyah | 6,614 | 53.97% | 5,425 | 44.27% | 215 | 1.75% | 1,189 | 9.70% | 12,254 |
| Stephens | 10,860 | 62.10% | 6,467 | 36.98% | 161 | 0.92% | 4,393 | 25.12% | 17,488 |
| Texas | 4,964 | 81.54% | 1,084 | 17.81% | 40 | 0.66% | 3,880 | 63.73% | 6,088 |
| Tillman | 1,920 | 57.33% | 1,400 | 41.80% | 29 | 0.87% | 520 | 15.53% | 3,349 |
| Tulsa | 134,152 | 61.34% | 81,656 | 37.34% | 2,883 | 1.32% | 52,496 | 24.00% | 218,691 |
| Wagoner | 12,981 | 60.33% | 8,244 | 38.31% | 292 | 1.36% | 4,737 | 22.02% | 21,517 |
| Washington | 13,788 | 66.47% | 6,644 | 32.03% | 312 | 1.50% | 7,144 | 34.44% | 20,744 |
| Washita | 2,850 | 63.79% | 1,564 | 35.00% | 54 | 1.21% | 1,286 | 28.79% | 4,468 |
| Woods | 2,774 | 68.56% | 1,235 | 30.52% | 37 | 0.91% | 1,539 | 38.04% | 4,046 |
| Woodward | 5,067 | 71.37% | 1,950 | 27.46% | 83 | 1.17% | 3,117 | 43.91% | 7,100 |
| Totals | 744,337 | 60.31% | 474,276 | 38.43% | 15,616 | 1.27% | 270,061 | 21.88% | 1,234,229 |
Bush won all six congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[4]
| District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 62% | 37% | Steve Largent |
| 2nd | 52% | 46% | Tom Coburn |
| Brad Carson | |||
| 3rd | 56% | 42% | Wes Watkins |
| 4th | 61% | 38% | J. C. Watts |
| 5th | 68% | 31% | Ernest Istook |
| 6th | 61% | 38% | Frank Lucas |
The electors of each state and theDistrict of Columbia met on December 18, 2000[5] to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.
The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All were pledged to and voted for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney:[6]
The slates of electors for the defeated candidates are as follows:
Reform: Robert Kiwanis Bell, Jr., Isabel Faith Lyman, Patrick S. J. Carmack, Ivette P. Farmer, Earl David Shaffer, William Bruce Charles, Gregory D. Brown, Mary Patricia Ziglinski
Democrat:George Nigh, Carma Lee Brock, Edmund Synar, Beulah Vernon, Jay Parmley, Rhonda Walters, Mary Jac Rauh, Obera Bergdall
Libertarian: Charles Burris, Agnes Regier, Christine M. Kane, Mary Laurent, Anne Fruits, Jack Litherland, David Lewis, Lynn Atherton[7]
