2000 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election

2000 North Carolina lieutenant governor election

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Nominee Bev Perdue Betsy Cochrane
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,500,206 1,315,825
Percentage 52.3% 45.9%

County results
Perdue:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Cochrane:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Lieutenant Governor before election

Dennis Wicker
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Bev Perdue
Democratic

The 2000 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 7 November 2000, as part of the elections to the Council of State. North Carolina also held a gubernatorial election on the same day, but the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected independently.

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%.