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2000 General Election Results

The following are final election results for Idaho. In partisan races, D denotes Democrat, R means Republican, LIB is Libertarian, I is Independent, RFM is Reform, NM is Natural Medicine, SOC is Socialist, GRN is Green Party, WW is Workers World, CST is Constitutionalist, FDM is Freedom Party, SW is Socialist Workers and NL is Natural Law.

Statewide President and Vice President

Bush/Cheney (R) 335,877

Gore/Lieberman (D) 138,039

Buchanan/Foster (RFM) 7,668

Browne/Olivier (LIB) 3,533

Phillips/Frazier (CST) 1,486

Hagelin/Goldhaber (NL) 1,153

U.S. Representative, District 1

C.L. “Butch” Otter (R) 169,313

Linda Pall (D) 82,323

Ronald G. Wittig (LIB) 6,049

Kevin Hambasch (RFM) 4,056

U.S. Representative, District 2

Mike Simpson (R) 158,679

Craig Williams (D) 58,592

Donovan Bramwell (LIB) 7,515

HJR 1: Schools

Yes 311,492

No 140,289

SJR 107: Bond

Yes 230,620

No 193,600

State Representative, District 1, Position A

John L. Campbell (R) 9,280

Steve Klatt (D) 5,865

State Representative, District 1, Position B

George E. Eskridge (R) 8,143

Jerry Stoicheff (D) 7,093

State Senate, District 2

Clyde Boatright (R) 12,512

Nelson Campbell (CST) 2,856

Don Hesselgesser (I) 2,874

State Representative, District 2, Position A

Hilde Kellogg (R) 12,249

Kristy Reed Johnson (D) 6,733

State Representative, District 3, Position B

Kris Ellis (R) 9,591

JoAnn Harvey (D) 7,254

State Senate, District 3

John Goedde (R) 12,843

Jim Gleixner (CST) 2,803

State Representative, District 4, Position A

Mary Lou Sheperd (D) 7,602

Ken Schueman (R) 6,599

Chuck Reitz (CST) 639

State Representative, District 4, Position B

Don Pischner (R) 10,488

Richard F. Masker (RFM) 2,088

State Senate, District 5

Gary Schroeder (R) 10,731

Tim Lohrman (D) 2,386

State Representative, District 5, Position A

Tom Trail (R) 9,422

Don H. Coombs (D) 4,857

State Representative, District 5, Position B

Gary F. Young (R) 7,362

Shirley G. Ringo (D) 7,067

State Senate, District 7

Skip Brandt (R) 8,104

Vern Driver (D) 5,752

State Representative, District 7, Position B

R.J. “Dick” Harwood (R) 7,476

June E. Judd (D) 5,932

Andy Jolliff (LIB) 441

Benewah County President and Vice President

Bush/Cheney (R) 2,606

Gore/Lieberman (D) 895

Buchanan/Foster (RFM) 60

Browne/Olivier (LIB) 43

Phillips/Frazier (CST) 18

Hagelin/Goldhaber (NL) 9

U.S. Representative, District 1

C.L. “Butch” Otter (R) 2,167

Linda Pall (D) 799

Ronald G. Wittig (LIB) 64

Kevin Philip Hambasch (RFM) 46

State Senator, District 7

Vern Driver (D) 1,134

Skip Brandt (R) 1,568

State Senator, District 4

Jack Riggs (R) 557

State Representative, District 7, Position A

Charles Cuddy (D) 1,729

State Representative, District 7, Position B

Dick Harwood (R) 1,713

Andy Jolliff (LIB) 156

June Judd (D) 1,044

State Representative, District 4, Position A

Ken Schueman (R) 345

Mary Lou Shepherd (D) 393

Chuck Reitz (CST) 23

State Representative, District 4, Position B

Don Pischner (R) 501

Richard F. Masker (RFM) 105

County Commissioner, District 1

Jack Buell (D) 2,802

County Commissioner, District 3

Bud McCall (D) 2,794

County Sheriff

Bob Loe (R) 1,219

Bill Rasmussen (I) 112

Bill Tharp (D) 2,400

County Prosecuting Attorney

Doug Payne (D) 2,433

Retain District Court Magistrate Pat McFadden

Yes 2,874

No 663

HJR 1: Schools

Yes 1,990

No 1,360

SJR 107: Bond

Yes 1,530

No 1,660

St. Maries Fire District Commissioner

Wendy Stephenson 342

Howard Wilson 607

Bonner County President and Vice President

Bush/Cheney (R) 8,945

Gore/Lieberman (D) 4,318

Buchanan/Foster (RFM) 147

Hagelin/Goldhaber (NL) 41

Phillips/Frazier (CST) 56

Brown/Olivier (LIB) 138

Nader/LaDuke (GRN) 893

U.S. Representative, District 1

Butch Otter (R) 8,418

Linda Pall (D) 4,799

Ronald Wittig (LIB) 424

Kevin Hambsch (RFM) 223

State Senator, District 1

Shawn Keough (R) 8,461

Frank Reichert (L) 350

Steve Johnson (D) 2,919

State Senator, District 2

Don Hesselgesser (I) 345

Clyde Boatright (R) 1,552

Nelson Campbell (CST) 607

State Representative, District 1, Position A

Steve Klatt (D) 4,780

John Campbell (R) 6,690

State Representative, District 1, Position B

Jerry Stoicheff (D) 5,601

George Eskrider (R) 5,898

State Representative, District 2, Position A

Hilde Kellogg (R) 1,756

Kristy Johnson (D) 817

State Representative, District 2, Position B

Wayne Meyer (R) 2,015

County Commissioner, District 1

Tom Suttmeier (R) 9,365

Seth Batt (D) 4,331

County Commissioner, District 3

Jerry Clemons (R) 6,630

Craig Mooney (I) 1,265

Dale Van Stone (D) 6,137

County Sheriff

Phil Jarvis (R) 10,049

Donald Parkison (I) 354

David Morgan (I) 816

Maurice Banks (D) 2,558

County Prosecutor

Phil Robinson 10,725

Retain District 1 Magistrate Buchanan

Yes 10,634

No 2,170

HJR 1: Schools

Yes 8,035

No 4,705

SJR 107: Bond

Yes 6,313

No 6,137

West Bonner Library District

Yes 969

No 285

Boundary County President and Vice President

Bush/Cheney (R) 2,797

Gore/Lieberman (D) 832

Browne/Olivier (LIB) 53

Buchanan/Foster (RFM) 47

Hagelin/Goldhaber (NL) 7

Phillips/Frazier (CST) 16

Nader/LaDuke (GRN) 132

U.S. Representative, District 1

Kevin Hambsch (RFM) 56

Butch Otter (R) 2,429

Linda Pall (D) 819

Ronald Wittig (LIB) 90

State Senate, District 1

Steve Johnson (D) 716

Shawn Keough (R) 2,952

Frank Reichert (LIB) 146

State Representative, District 1, Position A

John Campbell (R) 2,590

Steve Klatt (D) 1,085

State Representative, Position B

George Eskridge (R) 2,245

Jerry Stoicheff (D) 1,492

County Commissioner, District 1

Murreleen Skeen (R) 2,813

County Commissioner, District 3

Robert DelGrosso (I) 817

Dan R. Dinning (R) 2,861

County Sheriff

Greg Sprungl (D) 1,872

George Voyles (R) 2,026

County Prosecutor

Terry Lopez (D) 1,000

Brett Benson (R) 2,709

HJR 1: Schools

Yes 2,120

No 1,480

SJR 107: Bond

Yes 1,577

No 1,871

Kootenai County President and Vice President

Bush/Cheney (R) 28,162

Gore/Lieberman (D) 13,488

Buchanan/Foster (RFM) 525

Browne/Olivier (L) 289

Phillips/Frazier (CST) 194

Hagelin/Goldhaber (NL) 71 , .17 .

U.S. Representative, District 1

C.L. “Butch” Otter (R) 27,388

Linda Pall (D) 13,377

Ronald G. Wittig (L) 897

Kevin Philip Hambasch (RFM) 837

State Senator, District 2

Clyde Boatright (R) 10,960

Nelson Campbell (C) 2,249

Don Hesselgesser (I) 2,529

State Senator, District 3

John W. Goedde (R) 12,843

Jim Gleixner(C) 2,803

State Senator, District 4

Jack Riggs (R) 7,136

State Representative, District 2, Position A

Hilde Kellogg (R) 10,493

Kristy Reed Johnson (D) 5,916

State Representative, District 2, Position B

Wayne R. Meyer (R) 13,531

State Representative, District 3, Position A

James W. Clark (R) 13,492

State Representative, District 3, Position B

JoAnn Harvey (D) 7,254

Kris Ellis (R) 9,591

State Representative, District 4, Position A

Ken Schueman (R) 4,497

Mary Lou Shepherd (D) 3,851

Chuck Reitz (C) 362

State Representative, District 4, Position B

Don Pischner (R) 6,643

Richard F. Masker (RFM) 1,042

County Commissioner, District 1

S.J. “Gus” Johnson (R) 34,553

County Commissioner, District 3

Dick Panabaker (R) 25,100

Michael H. Stine (D) 16,538

County Sheriff

Rocky Watson (R) 27,434

Ted Pulver (I) 10,373

David Perry (D) 5,259

County Prosecuting Attorney

Bill Douglas (R) 35,276

Retain District Court Magistrate Robert Burton

Yes 32,326 , 85.18 .

No 5,622 , 14.82 .

Retain District 1 Magistrate Eugene Marano

Yes 22,638

No 17,630

North Idaho College Trustee

W.W. “Bill” Nixon 34,017

HJR 1: Schools

Yes 28,498

No 10.137

SJR 107: Bond

Yes 22,395

No 15,351

Shoshone County President and Vice President

Bush/Cheney (R) 2,879

Gore/Lieberman (D) 2,225

Buchanan/Foster (RFM) 74

Browne/Olivier (L) 66

Phillips/Frazier (C) 22

Hagelin/Goldhaber (NL) 27

U.S. Representative, District 1

C.L. “Butch” Otter (R) 2,712

Linda Pall (D) 2,338

Ronald G. Wittig (LIB) 151

Kevin Philip Hambasch (RFM) 96

State Senator, District 4

Jack Riggs (R) 3,555

State Representative, District 4, Position A

Ken Schueman (R) 1,757

Mary Lou Shepherd (D) 3,358

Chuck Reitz (CST) 254

State Representative, District 4, Position B

Don Pischner (R) 3,344

Richard F. Masker (RFM) 941

County Commissioner, District 1

Jim Vergobbi (D) 2,814

Gary Waters (I) 2,429

County Commissioner, District 3

Jon Cantamessa (I) 3,111

Ken Tilton (D) 2,120

County Sheriff

Tim Castle (I) 1,453

Chuck Reynalds (D) 3,757

County Prosecuting Attorney

Henry Madsen (D) 2,561

Val Siegel (I) 2,719.

HJR 1: Schools

Yes 3,050

No 1.763

SJR 107: Bond

Yes 2,077

No 2,320