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Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Office of Secretary of State - Elections Division
2000 Rhode Island Presidential and Congressional Results
Filing Deadline: 6/28/00, Primary: 9/12/00
Last Updated: June 25, 2002 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties |
President, William J. Clinton (D) barred from 3rd term, 59.7% in '96 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 77% Democrat, Others' Predictions, |
| Albert A. "Al" Gore, Jr. (D) 60.99% |
George W. "Dubya" Bush (R) 31.91% |
Ralph Nader (G) 6.12%, Patrick J. 'Pat' Buchanan (Rfm) 0.56%, Harry Browne (L) 0.18%, John S. Hagelin (NL) 0.07%, Monica Moorehead (WW) 0.05%, Howard Phillips (C) 0.02%, James E. Harris Jr. (SW) 0.01%, David E. McReynolds (S) 0.01%, John McCain (WI), write in votes 0.08%, |
Senator 65% in '94, John Chafee (R) died on 10/24/99 while serving his 4th term, son Linc Chafee appointed to fill the unexpired term, D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 50% Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Toss up, Campaign & Election's Odds: 4:3 Republican Congressional Quarterly's ranking: Leans Republican, Stuart Rothenberg's rating: Highly Vulnerable Republican, Cook Political Report's overview: Lean Republican, Hotline Scoop's Senate ranking: 9th Most Likely to Turn Over, Political Junkie: Republican, Peter Orvetti's Prediction: Republican, Ron Gunzburger: Republican, Ken Rubin: Republican, |
| U.S. Rep. Robert A. "Bob" Weygand (D) 41.2% |
ex-Warwick Mayor / Senator's son Lincoln D. "Linc" Chafee (R) 56.9% |
media consultant Christopher Young (Rfm) 1.1%, Kenneth P. Proulx (I) 0.9%, |
1st Congressional District, 66.9% in '98, 3rd term D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 90% Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Campaign & Election's Odds: 5:1 Democrat, Congressional Quarterly's ranking: Safe Democrat, |
| Patrick J. Kennedy (D) 66.7% |
boiler operator Steve Cabral (R) 33.3% |
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2nd Congressional District, 72.0% in '98, Robert A. Weygand (D) running for U.S. Senate after 2nd term D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 77% Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic, Campaign & Election's Odds: 4:1 Democrat, Congressional Quarterly's ranking: Safe Democrat, Hotline Scoop's Tier Three Open Seat, Peter Orvetti's Prediction: Democrat, Ron Gunzburger: Democrat, |
| Sec. of St. James R. Langevin (D) 62.3% |
casino employee Robert G. Tingle (R) 14.0% |
Dorman J. Hayes, Jr. (G) 2.3%, ex-GOP St. Rep. / math professor Rodney D. "Rod" Driver (I) 21.4%, |
1. Link to Predictions: (D.C.'s Political Report no longer assures that these links are active)
ABC News,
The Associated Press,
Campaign & Election Magazine,
Congressional Quarterly Magazine,
The Cook Political Report,
D.C.'s Political Report,
Ron Gunzburger,
The National Journal's and The Hotline's Hotline Scoop.com,
Peter J. M. Orvetti,
Roll Call,
The Rothenberg Political Report,
Ken Rubin,
2. Bold indicates incumbent. Yellow district indicates
open races. Blue boxes indicates winner. Red boxes indicates change in party control.
3. Key to Party Identification.
(C) = Constitution Party
(D) = Democratic Party
(G) = Green Party
(I) = independent candidates
(L) = Libertarian Party
(NL) = Natural Law Party
(Rfm) = Reform Party
(R) = Republican Party
(S) = Socialist Party
(SW) = Socialist Workers Party
(WW) = Workers World Party
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