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| Overview of the 2000 Election |
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George Walker Bush
Richard Bruce Cheney
Party:
REPUBLICAN
Home State: Bush - TX
; Cheney - WY
Electoral Votes:
271
Popular Votes:
50,456,002 (47.9%) |
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Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.
Joseph Isador Lieberman
Party:
DEMOCRATIC
Home State: Gore - TN
; Lieberman - CT
Electoral Votes:
266
Popular Votes:
50,999,897 (48.4%) |
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Ralph Nader
Winona LaDuke
Party:
Green
Home State: Nader - CT
; LaDuke - MN
Electoral Votes:
0
Popular Votes:
2,882,955 (2.7%) |
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Other Candidates
Party:
Reform, Libertarian, Constitution, et al.
Electoral Votes:
0
Popular Votes:
1,066,246 (1.0%) |
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Not Cast
Electoral Votes:
1*
* A District of Columbia elector, who was supposed to vote for Gore, abstained in protest of D.C.'s lack of representation in Congress.
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Total electoral votes - 538 (from 50 states and D.C.)
Majority needed to win - 270
Total popular vote: 105,405,100
Percentage of eligible population voting: 51.2% |
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| 2000 State-by-State Results | | STATE | BUSH | GORE | NADER | OTHERS | ST. | | Electors | EVs |  | | ALABAMA | 941,173
(56.5%) | 692,611
(41.6%) | 18,323
(1.1%) | 14,165
(0.9%) | AL | | Glen Dunlap, Bob Fincher, Homer Jackson, Jerry Lathan, Elaine Little, Melba Peters, Martha Stokes, Jean Sullivan, Edgar Welden | 9 | | | ALASKA | 167,398
(58.6%) | 79,004
(27.7%) | 28,747
(10.1%) | 10,411
(3.6%) | AK | | Bill J. Allen, Susan Fischetti, Lucy Groh | 3 | | | ARIZONA | 781,652
(51.0%) | 685,341
(44.7%) | 45,645
(3.0%) | 19,378
(1.3%) | AZ | | Joe Arpaio, Linda Barber, Dennis Booth, Webb Crockett, Paul Robert Fannin, LaVelle McCoy, Susan D. Minnaugh, Frank Straka | 8 | | | ARKANSAS | 472,940
(51.3%) | 422,768
(45.9%) | 13,421
(1.5%) | 12,652
(1.4%) | AR | | Pat Dodge, Bud Cummins, Mildred Homan, Betsy Thompson, Jim Hendren, Sarah Agee | 6 | | | CALIFORNIA | 4,567,429
(41.7%) | 5,861,203
(53.4%) | 418,707
(3.8%) | 118,517
(1.1%) | CA | | Sunil Aghi, Amy Arambula, Rachel Binah, R. Stephen Bollinger, Roberts Braden, Laura Karolina Capps, Anni Chung, Joseph A. Cislowski, Sheldon Cohn, Thor Emblem, Elsa Favila, John Freidenrich, Cecelia Fuentes, Glen Fuller, James Garrison, Sally Goehring, Florence Gold, Jill S. Hardy, Therese Horsting, Georgie Huff, Robert Eugene Hurd, Harriet A. Ingram, Robert Jordan, John Koza, John Laird, N. Mark Lam, Manuel M. Lopez, Henry Lozano, David Mann, Beverly Martin, R. Keith McDonald, Carol D. Norberg, Ron Oberndorfer, Gerard Orozco, Trudy Owens, Gregory S. Pettis, Flo Rene Pickett, Theodore H. Plant, Art Pulaski, Eloise Reyes, Alex Arthur Reza, C. Craig Roberts, Jason Rodriguez, Luis D. Rojas, Howard L. Schock, Lane Sherman, David A. Torres, Larry Trullinger, Angelo K. Tsakopoulos, Richard Valle, Karen Waters, Don Wilcox, William K. Wong, Rosalind Wyman | 54 | | | COLORADO | 883,748
(50.8%) | 738,227
(42.4%) | 91,434
(5.3%) | 27,959
(1.6%) | CO | | Bob Beauprez, Marcy Benson, Robert Dieter, Mary Hergert, Robert Martinez, Ralph Nagel, Lilly Nunez, Joe Rogers | 8 | | | CONNECTICUT | 561,094
(38.4%) | 816,015
(55.9%) | 64,452
(4.4%) | 17,964
(1.2%) | CT | | Nick Balletto, Frank Cirillo, Marilyn Cohen, Gloria Collins, Kimberly Ford, Thomas McDonough, Ken Slapin, Clorinda Soldevila | 8 | | | DELAWARE | 137,288
(41.9%) | 180,068
(55.0%) | 8,307
(2.5%) | 1,959
(0.6%) | DE | | Michael A. Begatto, Margaret Rose Henry, Ruth Ann Messick | 3 | | | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | 18,073
(9.0%) | 171,923
(85.2%) | 10,576
(5.2%) | 1,322
(0.7%) | DC | | William Simons, Nadine P. Winter | 2 | | Barbara Lett-Simmons | 1 | | | FLORIDA | 2,912,790
(48.85%) | 2,912,253
(48.84%) | 97,488
(1.63%) | 40,579
(0.68%) | FL | | Alred S. Austin, Deborah L. Brooks, Armando Codina, Maria De La Milera, Sandra M. Faulkner, Thomas C. Feeney III, Feliciano M. Foyo, Jeanne Barber Godwin, Dawn Guzzetta, Cynthia M. Handley, Adam W. Herbert, Al Hoffman, Glenda E. Hood, Carole Jean Jordan, Charles W. Kane, Mel Martinez, John M. McKay, Dorsey C. Miller, Berta J. Moralejo, H. Gary Morse, Marsha Nippert, Darryl K. Sharpton, Tom Slade, John Thrasher, Robert L. Woody | 25 | | | GEORGIA | 1,419,720
(54.7%) | 1,116,230
(43.0%) | 47,422 (write-ins)
(0.5%) | 33,985
(1.8%) | GA | | Anna R. Cablik, Teresa Jeter Chappell, Charles Commander Clay, Fred Cooper, James C. Edenfield, Winnie C. LeClercq, Brenda R. (B.J.) Lopez, Carolyn Dodgen Meadows, Alec Poitevint, Eric J. Tanenblatt, Cynthia Teasley, Virgil R. Williams, Bob Young | 13 | | | HAWAII | 137,845
(37.5%) | 205,286
(55.8%) | 21,623
(5.9%) | 3,197
(0.9%) | HI | | Michael Amii, Marsha Joyner, Joy Kobashigawa Lewis, Pedro Racelis Jr. | 4 | | | IDAHO | 336,937
(67.2%) | 138,637
(27.6%) | 12,292
(2.5%) | 13,755
(2.7%) | ID | | Phil Batt, Connie Hansen, James McClure, Orriette Sinclair | 4 | | | ILLINOIS | 2,019,421
(42.6%) | 2,589,026
(54.6%) | 103,759
(2.2%) | 29,917
(0.6%) | IL | | Joan Brennan, Dave Bybee, Vilma Colom, Barbara Flynn Currie, John P. Daley, Vera Davis, James DeLeo, Marge Friedman, Charles A. Hartke, Kathryn 'Tinker' Harvey, Carolyn Brown Hodge, Constance A. Howard, Mary Lou Kearns, Michael J. Madigan, William Marovitz, Shirley McCombs, Molly McKenzie, Victory McNamara, John Nelson, Donald Pedro, Dan Pierce, Jerry Sinclair | 22 | | | INDIANA | 1,245,836
(56.6%) | 901,980
(41.0%) | 18,531
(0.8%) | 32,955
(1.5%) | IN | | Rodric D. Bray, Roger A. Chiabai, Beverly Gard, Don Heckard, Marla Irving, Virginia Lee, P.E. MacAllister, Barbara L. McClellan, Michael D. McDaniel, Max Middendorf, Michael Miner, Virgil Scheidt | 12 | | | IOWA | 634,373
(48.2%) | 638,517
(48.5%) | 29,374
(2.2%) | 13,299
(1.0%) | IA | | Jeff Heland, Angelyn King, Paulee Lipsman, Emil Pavich, John O'Brien, Ernest Ricehill, David Tingwald | 7 | | | KANSAS | 622,332
(58.0%) | 399,276
(37.2%) | 36,086
(3.4%) | 14,524
(1.4%) | KS | | Shari Caywood, Gene Eastin, Richard Eckert, Susan Estes, Mark Heitz, Charles Hostetler | 6 | | | KENTUCKY | 872,492
(56.5%) | 638,898
(41.4%) | 23,192
(1.5%) | 9,605
(0.6%) | KY | | George S. Beard, William S. Farish Jr, Robert B. Fearing, Connie S. Hayes, G. Richard Noss Jr., A. Douglas Reece, Michael A. Shea, Larry Joe Walden | 8 | | | LOUISIANA | 927,871
(52.6%) | 792,344
(44.9%) | 20,473
(1.2%) | 24,968
(1.4%) | LA | | Patricia Brister, Donald Ensenat, Heulette Fontenot Jr., Mike Foster, Steve Jordan, Elizabeth Levy, Al Lippman, Suzanne Haik Terrell, Michael Woods Sr. | 9 | | MAINE
District 1 | 148,618
(42.6%) | 176,293
(50.5%) | 20,297
(5.8%) | 3,743
(1.1%) | ME | | Joseph Mayo | 1 | MAINE
District 2 | 137,998
(45.6%) | 143,658
(47.4%) | 16,830
(5.6%) | 4,380
(1.4%) |
| | William Phillips | 1 | MAINE
At-Large | 286,616
(44.0%) | 319,951
(49.1%) | 37,127
(5.7%) | 8,123
(1.2%) |
| | Christopher Babbidge, Dorothy Melanson | 2 | | | MARYLAND | 813,797
(40.2 %) | 1,145,782
(56.6%) | 53,768
(2.7%) | 12,133
(0.6%) | MD | | Clarence W. Blount, Gene W. Counihan, Howard Friedman, Mary Ann E. Love, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Mary Butler Murphy, Mary Jo Neville, Gregory Pecoraro, Ina Taylor, Beatrice P. Tignor | 10 | | | MASSACHUSETTS | 878,502
(32.5%) | 1,616,487
(59.9%) | 173,564
(6.4%) | 34,431
(1.3%) | MA | | Patrica Armstrong, Russell A. Ashton, George C. Barnoski, Robert E. Colt, Stephen Patrick Driscoll, John M. Flynn, Roberta Goldman, Etta B. Goodstein, Frederick R. Koed, Margaret MacKenzie, Carolyne DeVore Parks, Marcia L. Sweeney | 12 | | | MICHIGAN | 1,953,139
(46.1%) | 2,170,418
(51.3%) | 84,165
(2.0%) | 24,779
(0.6%) | MI | | Lana Boldi, John Cherry, Patty Fedewa, Sigrid L. Grace, Dona Jean Graham, Freman Hendrix, Jeff Jenks, John Kelly, Don Oetman, Ken Oke, Charles Prather, Jim Ramey, Iris K. Salters, Judith L. Strong, David P. Taylor, Juli Trudell, Mary Warner, Marie Weigold | 18 | | | MINNESOTA | 1,109,659
(45.5%) | 1,168,266
(47.9%) | 126,696
(5.2%) | 34,064
(1.4%) | MN | | Carol Bartels, Prudy Cameron, Joan Campbell, Elmer Deutschmann, Elizabeth Kalisch, Matthew Little, Glenda Meixell, John Meuers, Janis Ray, Georgiana Ruzich | 10 | | | MISSISSIPPI | 572,844
(57.6%) | 404,614
(40.7%) | 8,122
(0.8%) | 8,604
(0.9%) | MS | | Bob Anthony, Miki Cassidy, Thomas Colbert, Delbert Hosemann, Ellen Jernigan, John Junkin, Kent Nicaud | 7 | | | MISSOURI | 1,189,924
(50.4%) | 1,111,138
(47.1%) | 38,515
(1.6%) | 20,315
(0.9%) | MO | | David Barklage, Bruce Bredeman, Marc Ellinger, Gordon Elliott, John Hancock, Stan Horacek, Homer Johnson, John Judd, Michael Korte, Dennis Owens, Al Rotskoff | 11 | | | MONTANA | 240,178
(58.4%) | 137,126
(33.4%) | 24,437
(5.9%) | 9,256
(2.2%) | MT | | Thelma Baker, Jack Galt, Tillie Pierce | 3 | | NEBRASKA
District 1 | 142,562
(58.9%) | 86,946
(35.9%) | 10,085
(4.2%) | 2,430
(1.0%) | NE | | Mary Johnson | 1 | NEBRASKA
District 2 | 131,485
(56.9%) | 88,975
(38.5%) | 8,495
(3.7%) | 2,057
(0.9%) |
| | Lee Terry, Sr. | 1 | NEBRASKA
District 3 | 159,815
(71.4%) | 55,859
(24.9%) | 5,960
(2.7%) | 2,350
(1.0%) |
| | Howard Lamb | 1 | NEBRASKA
At-Large | 433,862
(62.2%) | 231,780
(33.2%) | 24,540
(3.5%) | 6,837
(1.0%) |
| | Mildred Curtis, John Y. McCollister | 2 | | | NEVADA | 301,575
(49.8%) | 279,978
(46.2%) | 15,008
(2.5%) | 12,409
(2.0%) | NV | | Jane Ham, Trudy Hushbeck, William Raggio, Tom Wiesner | 4 | | | NEW HAMPSHIRE | 278,559
(48.1%) | 266,848
(46.8%) | 22,198
(3.9%) | 6,976
(1.2%) | NH | | Stephen Duprey, Wayne MacDonald, Augusta Petrone, Alida Weergang | 4 | | | NEW JERSEY | 1,284,173
(40.3%) | 1,788,850
(56.1%) | 94,554
(3.0%) | 19,649
(0.6%) | NJ | | Paul M. Bangiola, Angelo R. Bianchi, Mamie Bridgeforth, Dennis P. Collins, John Garrett, Deborah Lynch, Patricia McCullough, John P. McGreevey, June B. Montag, W. Michael Murphy, Jeffrey L. Nash, Barbara A. Plumeri, Julia Valdivia, Stephen S. Weinstein, Charles Wowkanech | 15 | | | NEW MEXICO | 286,417
(47.8%) | 286,783
(47.9%) | 21,251
(3.6%) | 4,154
(0.7%) | NM | | Tom Atcitty, Rick Blea, Diane D. Denish, Jeep Gilliland, Mary Gail Gwaltney | 5 | | | NEW YORK | 2,403,374
(35.2%) | 4,107,697
(60.2%) | 244,030
(3.6%) | 66,898
(1.0%) | NY | | Susan I. Abramowitz, Leslie Alpert, Martin S. Begun, David L. Cohen, Carolee A. Conklin, Martin Connor, Lorraine Cortez Vasquez, Inez E. Dickens, Cynthia Emmer, Herman D. Farrell Jr., Emily Giske, Patrick G. Halpin, Raymond B. Harding, Judith Hope, Denis M. Hughes, Virginia Kee, Bertha Lewis, Alberta Madonna, Thomas J. Manton, Deborah Marciano, Helen Marshall, Carl McCall, Elizabeth F. Momrow, Clarence Norman Jr., Daniel F. Donohue, Shirley O'Connell, G. Steven Pigeon, Roberto Ramirez, Michael Schell, Sheldon Silver, Andrew Spano, Eliot Spitzer, Randi Weingarten | 33 | | | NORTH CAROLINA | 1,631,163
(56.0%) | 1,257,692
(43.2%) | - | 22,407
(0.8%) | NC | | Fran Barnhart, Claude Billings, Sam Currin, Tom Dwiggins, A. Dial Gray, Barbara Holt, Marshall Hurley, Margaret King, Jeff Mixon, Joe L. Morgan, Steve Rader, Robert Rector, Dewitt Rhoades, Linda Whitener | 14 | | | NORTH DAKOTA | 174,852
(60.7%) | 95,284
(33.1%) | 9,486
(3.3%) | 8,634
(3.0%) | ND | | Rosemarie Myrdal, Edward T. Schafer, Bryce Steibel | 3 | | | OHIO | 2,351,209
(50.0%) | 2,186,190
(46.5%) | 117,857
(2.5%) | 50,201
(1.1%) | OH | | Alex R. Arshinkoff, Alan P. Bedol, Robert T. Bennett, Deborah Burstion-Donbraye, John J. Chester, John D. Chiappetta, Leanna Coil, Jo Ann Davidson, Danny D. Hamilton, Donna J. Harter, Pat Hennessey, Paul M. Hoag, John H. McConnell, Doug Miller, Pakkiri Rajagopal, Mercer Reynolds, Pauline S. Riel, Shirley Sadler, Donald G. Simmons, Clarence R. Smith, W.R Timken Jr. | 21 | | | OKLAHOMA | 744,337
(60.3%) | 474,276
(38.4%) | - | 15,616
(1.3%) | OK | | Steve Byas, James Cruson, Paul Hollrah, Kristal Markowitz, Bob McDowell, Donald O'Nesky, Tom Prince, George Wiland | 8 | | | OREGON | 713,577
(46.5%) | 720,342
(47.0%) | 77,357
(5.0%) | 22,692
(1.5%) | OR | | Barbara Davidson, Jim Edmunson, Moshe Lenske, Dorothy MacKay, Louise Poteet, Maria Smithson, Judy Sugnet | 7 | | | PENNSYLVANIA | 2,281,127
(46.4%) | 2,485,967
(50.6%) | 103,392
(2.1%) | 42,633
(0.9%) | PA | | Kathy Black, Richard W. Bloomingdale, Robert P. Casey Jr., H. William DeWeese, Nelson Diaz, William M. George, Ken Jarin, James J. Johnston, Edward Keller, Robert Mellow, Tom Murphy, Robert O'Connor, Lazar M. Palnick, Stephen R. Reed, T. J. Rooney, Joyce Savocchio, John Street, Patsy J. Tallarico, Christine M. Tartaglione, Margaret M. Tartaglione, Marian Tasco, Sala Udin, Anna Verna | 23 | | | RHODE ISLAND | 130,555
(31.9%) | 249,508
(61.0%) | 25,052
(6.1%) | 3,997
(1.0%) | RI | | Joyce E. Caprio, Donald R. Sweitzer, Mark S. Weiner, Susan Weiner | 4 | | | SOUTH CAROLINA | 785,937
(56.8%) | 565,561
(40.9%) | 20,200
(1.5%) | 11,019
(0.8%) | SC | | Cynthia F. Costa, Danny R. Faulkner, Thomas H. McLean, William B. Prince, Dan Richardson, Douglas L. Wavle, Cecil F. Windham Sr., Buddy Witherspoon | 8 | | | SOUTH DAKOTA | 190,700
(60.3%) | 118,804
(37.6%) | - | 6,765
(2.1%) | SD | | Carole HillardWilliam J. JanklowJoel Rosenthal | 3 | | | TENNESSEE | 1,061,949
(51.2%) | 981,720
(47.3%) | 19,781
(1.0%) | 12,731
(0.6%) | TN | | Lamar Alexander, Daniel Dirksen Baker, Lana Bowman Ball, Nancy Cunningham, Winfield Dunn, Jimmy Exum, Jim Henry, Raja Jubran, Anie Kent, Patti Saliba, Mamon Wright | 11 | | | TEXAS | 3,799,639
(59.3%) | 2,433,746
(38.0%) | 137,994
(2.2%) | 36,258
(0.6%) | TX | | Ernie Angelo, James R. Batsell, Carmen P. Castillo, Mary Ceverha, Ken Clark, Hally B. Clements, Mary E. Cowart, Sue Daniel, Michael Dugas, Betty R. Hines, Jim Hamlin, Cruz G. Hernandez, Chuck Jones, William Earl Juett, Neal J. Katz, Betsy Lake, Adair Margo, Loyce McCarter, Joseph I. Oniell III, Michael Paddie, Nancy Palm, Howard Pebley Jr., Robert J. Peden, Helen Quiram, James B. Randall, Clyde Moody Siebman, Stan Stanart, Henry W. Teich Jr., Randall Tye Thomas, James Davidson Walker, Tom F. Ward Jr., Gayle West | 32 | | | UTAH | 515,096
(66.8%) | 203,053
(26.3%) | 35,850
(4.7%) | 16,755
(2.2%) | UT | | Lewis Billings, Arlene Ellis, Ron Fox, Michael O. Leavitt, Olene S. Walker | 5 | | | VERMONT | 119,775
(40.7%) | 149,022
(50.6%) | 20,374
(6.9%) | 5,137
(1.7%) | VT | | Violet Coffin, A. Jeffry Taylor, Alan Weiss | 3 | | | VIRGINIA | 1,437,490
(52.5%) | 1,217,290
(44.4%) | 59,398
(2.2%) | 25,269
(0.9%) | VA | | Parker J. Bena, Vincent F. Callahan Jr., Patsy W. Drain, Gloria Taylor Fisher, Ann H. Garrett, Philip J. Infantino III, Edith M. Light, Luther E. 'Ikey' Miller, Frances M. Sadler, George William Thomas Jr., H. Evans Thomas V, Gary E. Waddell, Peyton Anthony White | 13 | | | WASHINGTON | 1,108,864
(44.6%) | 1,247,652
(50.2%) | 103,002
(4.1%) | 27,915
(1.1%) | WA | | Debbie Aldrich, Vic Battson, Charlotte Coker, Jim Frush, Tim Hattenburg, Rachel Lake, Nancy McGinnis, Carol Sue Perkins, Debbie Regala, Carl Schwartz, Paul Steinberg | 11 | | | WEST VIRGINIA | 336,475
(51.9%) | 295,497
(45.6%) | 10,680
(1.7%) | 5,472
(0.8%) | WV | | James H. Harless, John H. McCutcheon II, Jo Slaughter, Charles S. Trump IV, Flip West | 5 | | | WISCONSIN | 1,237,279
(47.6%) | 1,242,987
(47.8%) | 94,070
(3.6%) | 24,271
(0.9%) | WI | | Alice Clausing, Pedro Colon, Paulette Copeland, Reynolds Honold, Joan Kaeding, Mark McQuate, Ruth Miner-Kessel, Christine Sinicki, Tim Sullivan, Angela Sutkiewicz, Charlie Wolden | 11 | | | WYOMING | 147,947
(67.8%) | 60,481
(27.7%) | 4,625
(2.1%) | 5,298
(2.4%) | WY | | Judy Catchpole, Gale Geringer, John Patton | 3 | | | TOTALS | 50,456,002
(47.9%) | 50,999,897
(48.4%) | 2,882,955
(2.7%) | 1,066,246
(1.0%) |
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| Other 2000 Candidates |
Presidential Candidate
Vice Presidential Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
Patrick Joseph Buchanan (VA)
Ezola Broussard Foster (CA) |
Reform, independent |
448,895 |
Harry Browne (TN)
Arthur C. Olivier (CA) |
Libertarian |
384,431 |
Howard Phillips (VA)
J. Curtis Frazier (MO) |
Constitution |
98,020 |
John Hagelin (IA)
A. Nathaniel Goldhaber (CA) |
Natural Law, Reform independent |
83,714 |
James E. Harris, Jr. (GA)
Margaret Trowe (TX?/MN?) |
Socialist Workers |
7,378 |
Lester Neil Smith III
Vin Suprynowicz |
Libertarian (AZ) |
5,775 |
David McReynolds (NY)
Mary Cal Hollis (CO) |
Socialist |
5,602 |
Monica Gail Moorehead (NJ)
Gloria Estela La Riva (CA) |
Workers World |
4,795 |
Cathy Gordon Brown (TN)
Sabrina R. Allen (TN) |
independent |
1,606 |
Dennis Lane (VT)
Dale Wilkinson (MN) |
Grassroots |
1,044 |
Randall Alan Venson (TN)
Gene Kelly (TN) |
independent |
535 |
Earl Farwell Dodge (CO)
W. Dean Watkins (AZ) |
Prohibition |
208 |
Louie G. Youngkeit (UT)
Robert L. Beck |
independent |
161 |
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24,082 |
| ** Neither this line nor the overall total includes 138,216 miscellaneous write-ins, blank, and void votes compiled into one total in New York.
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