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2000 Republican Party presidential primaries

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2000 Republican Party presidential primaries

| country = United States

| type = primary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1996 Republican Party presidential primaries

| previous_year = 1996

| election_date = January 24 to June 6, 2000

| votes_for_election = 2,066 delegates (1,861 pledged and 205 unpledged) to the Republican National Convention

| needed_votes = 1,034 (majority)

| next_election = 2004 Republican Party presidential primaries

| next_year = 2004

| image1 = File:GeorgeWBush (1).jpg

| colour1 = d50000

| candidate1 = George W. Bush

| home_state1 = Texas

| delegate_count1 = 1,496

| states_carried1 = 44

| popular_vote1 = 12,034,676

| percentage1 = 62.0%

| image2 = File:Senator John McCain (1).jpg

| candidate2 = John McCain

| home_state2 = Arizona

| colour2 = ffd526

| states_carried2 = 7

| delegate_count2 = 244

| popular_vote2 = 6,061,332

| percentage2 = 31.2%

| image3 = File:Alan Keyes (1).jpg

| image_size = x160px

| candidate3 = Alan Keyes

| home_state3 = Maryland

| colour3 = 812939

| states_carried3 = 0

| delegate_count3 = 22

| popular_vote3 = 985,819

| percentage3 = 5.1%

| map_image = {{2000 Republican Party presidential primaries imagemap}}

| map_size = 450px

| map_caption = Republican primary results. Red denotes a Bush win. Yellow denotes a McCain win.

| title = Republican nominee

| before_election = Bob Dole

| after_election = George W. Bush

}}

From January 24 to June 6, 2000, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 2000 United States presidential election. Texas Governor George W. Bush was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2000 Republican National Convention held from July 31 to August 3, 2000, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Campaign

File:Georgewbuschconcord2.jpg, after officially filing to run]]

The primary contest began with a fairly wide field, as the Republicans lacked an incumbent president or vice president. George W. Bush, Governor of Texas and son of George H. W. Bush, the most recent Republican president, took an early lead, with the support of much of the party establishment as well as a strong fund-raising effort. Former cabinet member George Shultz played an important early role in securing Republican support for Bush. In April 1998, he invited Bush to discuss policy issues with experts including Michael Boskin, John Taylor, and Condoleezza Rice. The group, which was "looking for a candidate for 2000 with good political instincts, someone they could work with," was impressed, and Shultz encouraged Bush to enter the race.{{Cite episode |title= The Choice 2004|series=Frontline|series-link=Frontline (U.S. TV series)|network=PBS|station=WGBH-TV|location=Boston|airdate=October 12, 2004|url= https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/choice2004/etc/script.html|access-date=February 28, 2011}} Due in part to establishment backing, Bush dominated in early polling and fundraising figures. Despite stumbling in early primary debates, he easily won the Iowa caucuses, defeating his nearest opponent, Steve Forbes, by a margin of 41% to 31%.

Considered a dark horse, U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona won 48% of the vote to Bush's 30% in the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary, giving his campaign a boost of energy and donations. Durham, New Hampshire was the site of an early debate between the Republican candidates.

Then, the main primary season came down to a race between Bush and McCain. McCain's campaign, centered on campaign finance reform, drew positive press coverage and a fair amount of public excitement, with polls giving the senator superior crossover support from independents and Democrats. With Vice President Gore easily locking up the Democratic nomination, many moderate and center-left voters felt compelled to make their voice heard in the still-contested Republican contest.[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/10/us/2000-campaign-crossover-voters-democrats-drawn-mccain-are-unsettling-republicans.html THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: CROSSOVER VOTERS; Democrats Drawn to McCain Are Unsettling Republicans][http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/02/28/10532224-democrats-helped-mccain-over-finish-line-in-2000-michigan-gop-primary Democrats helped McCain over finish line in 2000 Michigan GOP primary][http://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/analysis/rothenberg/2000/02/22/index.html Stuart Rothenberg: Can Democrats and independents nominate John McCain?] Bush's campaign dealt with "compassionate conservatism," including a greater role for the federal government in education, subsidies for private charitable programs, and large reductions in income and capital gains taxes.

The next primary contest in South Carolina was notorious for its negative tone. Although the Bush campaign said it was not behind any attacks on McCain, locals supporting Bush reportedly handed out fliers and made telephone calls to prospective voters suggesting among other things, unsubstantiated claims that McCain was a "Manchurian candidate" and that he had fathered a child out of wedlock with a black New York-based prostitute (an incorrect reference to Bridget McCain, a child he and his wife had adopted from Bangladesh). Bush also drew fire for a speech made at Bob Jones University, a school that still banned interracial dating among its students.Cornell University Law School, [https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/461/574, "Bob Jones Uni v. v. United States"], "Legal Information Institute". Retrieved February 9, 2017 But the governor was seen to have the upper hand in a debate hosted by Larry King Live, and he won in South Carolina by nine points. McCain won primaries in Michigan, his home state of Arizona, and the remaining New England states except for Maine, but faced difficulty in appealing to conservative Republican primary voters. This was particularly true in Michigan, where despite winning the primary, McCain lost the GOP vote to Bush by a wide margin.[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/27/us/the-2000-campaign-michigan-loss-by-bush-forces-debate-on-open-primaries.html THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: MICHIGAN; Loss by Bush Forces Debate on Open Primaries]. The New York Times. 27 February 2000. Retrieved 2017-06-03. McCain also competed in the Virginia primary, counting on continued crossover support{{cite web |author1=Kwame Holman |author1-link=Kwame Holman |title=Showdown in Virginia |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/spc/bb/politics/jan-june00/open_2-25.html |publisher=PBS|access-date=24 July 2022 |date=February 25, 2000|quote= It's an open primary, meaning Democrats and independents also may vote. McCain campaign officials say that gives their candidate the same advantage that earned McCain an upset victory in Michigan on Tuesday.}} by giving a speech calling out Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, both leaders of the Christian right, for intolerance.{{cite news |author1=Craig Timberg |author2=Justin Blum |title=McCain Attacks Two Leaders of Christian Right |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/02/29/mccain-attacks-two-leaders-of-christian-right/0bf3e70f-8859-499c-9cfa-79d3417e03d9/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=24 July 2022 |date=February 29, 2000}} Bush won Virginia easily in spite of this campaign tactic. Bush's subsequent Super Tuesday victories in California, New York and the South made it nearly impossible, mathematically, for McCain to catch up, and he suspended his campaign the next day.

Other candidates included social conservative activist Gary Bauer, businessman Steve Forbes, Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, former ECOSOC Ambassador and Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Alan Keyes, former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander, former Red Cross director and cabinet member Elizabeth Dole, Ohio Congressman John Kasich, and former Vice President Dan Quayle. Bauer and Hatch campaigned on a traditional Republican platform of opposition to legalized abortion and reductions in taxes. Keyes had a far more conservative platform, calling for the elimination of all federal taxes except tariffs. Keyes also called for returning to ban homosexuals in the military, while most GOP candidates supported the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Keyes continued participating in the campaign for nearly all the primaries and continued to appear in the debates with frontrunners McCain and Bush. As in 1996, Forbes campaigned on making the federal income tax non-graduated, an idea he called the flat tax, although he increased his focus on social conservatives in 2000. Although Forbes (who won a few states' primary contests in the 1996 primaries) came a close second to Bush in the Iowa caucuses and even tied with him in the Alaska caucuses, he nor any of these other candidates won a primary.

Candidates

=Nominee=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! colspan="2" |Candidate

! class="unsortable" |Most recent office

!Home state

! data-sort-type="date" |Campaign

Withdrawal date

!Popular

vote

!Contests won

! colspan="2" |Running mate

style="background:linen;"

! style="background:linen;" scope="row" data-sort-="" |George W. Bush

| style="min-width:80px;" |File:GeorgeWBush (1).jpg

|Governor of Texas
(1995–2000)

|File:Flag-map of Texas.svg
Texas

| data-sort-value="0" |File:Bush Cheney 2000 campaign logo.svg
(Campaign • Positions)
Secured nomination: March 14, 2000

| data-sort-value="14,015,993" |12,034,676
(62.00%)

| data-sort-value="44" |44

|Dick Cheney

|File:Secretary of Defense Richard B. Cheney, official portrait (cropped).jpg

=Withdrew prior to convention=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! colspan="2" |Candidate

! class="unsortable" |Most recent office

!Home state

! data-sort-type="date" |Campaign

Withdrawal date

!Popular vote

!Contests won

scope="row" data-sort-value="Keyes" |Alan Keyes

|File:Alan Keyes (1).jpg

|Asst. Secretary of State
(1985–1987)

|File:Flag-map of Maryland.svg
Maryland

| data-sort-value="05-03-2016" |File:Alan Keyes 2000 campaign logo.svg

(Campaign)
Withdrew: July 25

| data-sort-value="985,819" |985,819
(5.1%)

| data-sort-value="0" |0

= Withdrew during primaries =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! colspan="2" |Candidate

! class="unsortable" |Most recent office

!Home state

! data-sort-type="date" |Candidacy

!Popular vote

!Contests won

!Date Campaign Suspended

scope="row" data-sort-value="McCain" |John McCain

|File:John McCain (1).jpg

|U.S. Senator
from Arizona
(1987–2018)

|File:Flag map of Arizona.svg
Arizona

| data-sort-value="05-03-2016" |File:McCain 2000 campaign logo.svg

(Campaign)

| data-sort-value="7,822,100" |6,061,332
(31.23%)

| data-sort-value="11" |7
{{nobr|AZ, CT, MA, MI, NH, RI, VT}}

|March 9, 2000

scope="row" data-sort-value="McCain" |Steve Forbes

|File:Steve Forbes, 2007.jpg

|Publisher and editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine
(1990–)

|File:Flag-map of New Jersey.svg
New Jersey

| data-sort-value="05-03-2016" |File:Forbes2000.gif

(Campaign)

| data-sort-value="171,860" |171,860
(0.89%)

| data-sort-value="0" |0

|February 10, 2000

Gary Bauer

|File:Barybauerconcord (1).jpg

|Former Undersecretary of Education

(1985–1987)

|File:Flag-map of Kentucky.svgKentucky

|File:Garybauerlogo.gif

|<.05%

|0

|February 16, 2000

Orrin Hatch

|File:Orrin Hatch official photo (cropped).jpg

|U.S. Senator

from Utah

(1977–2019)

|File:Flag-map of Utah.svgUtah

|File:Orrin Hatch 2000.jpg

|<.05%

|0

|January 27, 2000

=Withdrew before primary elections=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! colspan="2" |Candidate

! class="unsortable" |Most recent office

!Home state

! data-sort-type="date" |Campaign Withdrawal Date

!Date Campaign Suspended

scope="row" data-sort-value="McCain" |Lamar Alexander

|File:LamarAlexander (cropped).jpg

|United States Secretary of Education

(1991 - 1993)

|153x153px

Tennessee

| data-sort-value="05-03-2016" |289x289px

|August 16, 1999

Pat Buchanan

|147x147px

|Conservative Commentator and 1992 Presidential Candidate

|187x187px

Virginia

|center

|October 25, 1999 (to run for the Reform Party nomination)

Herman Cain

|File:Herman Cain by Gage Skidmore 4.jpg

|Businessman

|File:Flag-map of Nebraska.svgNebraska

|(logo from 2012 campaign)

|

Elizabeth Dole

|File:Elizabeth Dole official photo.jpg

|U.S. Secretary of Labor

(1989-1990)

|File:Flag-map of North Carolina.svgNorth Carolina

|File:Elizabeth Dole for president 2000.svg

|October 1999

John Kasich

|File:Kasich 00.gif

|U.S. Representative from Ohio

(1979 - 2001)

|File:Flag Map of Ohio.svgOhio

|center(Campaign)

|July 14, 1999

Dan Quayle

|File:Dan Quayle (cropped 3x4).jpg

|U.S. Vice President

(1989 - 1993)

|File:Flag map of Arizona.svgArizona

|File:Quayle 2000 campaign logo.svg(Campaign)

|September 28, 1999

Bob Smith

|File:Bob Smith, 2000.jpg

|U.S. Senator from New Hampshire

(1990 - 2003)

|File:Flag map of New Hampshire.svgNew Hampshire

|302x302px

|July 1999 (to run with a third party){{Cite web |title=Smith: Leaving GOP 'on principle' - July 12, 1999 |url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/07/12/president.2000/bob.smith/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620203747/http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/07/12/president.2000/bob.smith/ |archive-date=2018-06-20 |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=www.cnn.com}}

=Declined to run=

File:John Ashcroft official photo as Governor (cropped).jpg|John Ashcroft, U.S. Senator from Missouri (ran for reelection)

File:Fred Thompson.jpg|Fred Thompson, U.S. Senator from Tennessee

File:PhilGramm.jpg|Phil Gramm, U.S. Senator from Texas

File:NewtGingrich.jpg|Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House

File:Jack Kemp official portrait.jpg|Jack Kemp, Former U.S. Rep. from New York and 1996 Vice-Presidential nominee

File:Ron paul.jpg|Ron Paul, U.S. Rep. from Texas

File:RobertDornan.jpg|Bob Dornan, former U.S. Rep from California

File:Pete Wilson full.gif|Pete Wilson, Governor of California

File:George Pataki 2004 (cropped).jpg|George Pataki, Governor of New York

File:WhitmanChristineTodd.jpg|Christine Todd Whitman, Governor of New Jersey

File:Tommy Thompson 1.jpg|Tommy Thompson, Governor of Wisconsin

File:Harold Stassen 1980.jpg|Harold Stassen, former Governor of Minnesota

File:Bill Weld Cummings Center (cropped2).png|Bill Weld, former Governor of Massachusetts

File:John Engler (cropped).jpg|John Engler, Governor of Michigan

File:Colin Powell official Secretary of State photo.jpg|Colin Powell, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

File:William Bennett official portrait.jpg|William Bennett, former U.S. Secretary of Education

File:Rudy Giuliani 2005.jpg|Rudy Giuliani, Mayor of New York City (ran for Senate in NY)

File:Donald Trump 2000.jpg|Donald Trump, New York businessman

File:Oliver North mugshot crop.png|Oliver North, Political commentator

National polling

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"
valign=bottom style="font-size:90%;"

! width="100px" | Source

! width="200px" | Date

! width="60px" | George W. Bush

! width="60px" | John McCain

! width="60px" | Steve Forbes

! width="60px" | Elizabeth Dole

! width="60px" | Dan Quayle

! width="60px" | Pat Buchanan

! width="60px" | Other

Gallup

| Sep. 6–7, 1997

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 22%

| –

| 9%

| –

| 10%

| 5%

| 41%{{Efn|15% for Jack Kemp, 9% for Christine Whitman, 5% each for Newt Gingrich and Fred Thompson, 3% each for John Ashcroft and Lamar Alexander, and 2% for Bob Smith.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| May 8–10, 1998

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 30%

| 4%

| 7%

| 14%

| 9%

| 3%

| 19%{{Efn|9% for Jack Kemp, 6% for Newt Gingrich, 2% for Lamar Alexander, and 1% each for Gary Bauer and John Kasich.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Oct. 23–25, 1998

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 39%

| –

| 7%

| 17%

| 12%

| –

| 16%{{Efn|4% each for John Ashcroft, Newt Gingrich, John Kasich, and Lamar Alexander.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Jan. 8–10, 1999

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 42%

| 8%

| 5%

| 22%

| 6%

| –

| 9%{{Efn|4% for Lamar Alexander, 2% each for Gary Bauer and John Kasich and 1% for Bob Smith.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Mar. 12–14, 1999

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 52%

| 3%

| 1%

| 20%

| 9%

| 4%

| 7%{{Efn|3% for John Kasich, 2% for Lamar Alexander, and 1% each for Gary Bauer and Bob Smith.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Apr. 13–14, 1999

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 53%

| 5%

| 6%

| 16%

| 7%

| 4%

| 4%{{Efn|2% each for Gary Bauer and John Kasich.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Apr. 30 – May 2, 1999

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 42%

| 4%

| 6%

| 24%

| 6%

| 5%

| 7%{{Efn|3% each for Lamar Alexander and Gary Bauer and 1% for John Kasich.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| May 23–24, 1999

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 46%

| 6%

| 5%

| 18%

| 7%

| 6%

| 7%{{Efn|2% each for Gary Bauer, John Kasich, and Bob Smith, and 1% for Lamar Alexander.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Jun. 4–5, 1999

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 46%

| 5%

| 5%

| 14%

| 9%

| 6%

| 6%{{Efn|3% for Lamar Alexander and 1% each for Gary Bauer, John Kasich, and Bob Smith.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Jun. 25–27, 1999

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 59%

| 5%

| 6%

| 8%

| 6%

| 3%

| 10%{{Efn|3% for John Kasich, 2% each for Gary Bauer, Lamar Alexander, and Orrin Hatch, and 1% for Bob Smith.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Aug. 16–18, 1999

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 61%

| 5%

| 4%

| 13%

| 6%

| 3%

| 4%{{Efn|2% for Gary Bauer and 1% each for Orrin Hatch and Alan Keyes.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Sep. 10–14, 1999

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 62%

| 5%

| 5%

| 10%

| 5%

| 3%

| 5%{{Efn|2% each for Gary Bauer and Orrin Hatch and 1% for Alan Keyes.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Oct. 8–10, 1999

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 60%

| 8%

| 4%

| 11%

| –

| 3%

| 13%{{Efn|5% for John Ashcroft, 3% each for Gary Bauer and Alan Keyes, and 2% for Orrin Hatch.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Oct. 21–24, 1999

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 68%

| 11%

| 8%

| –

| –

| –

| 6%{{Efn|3% for Orrin Hatch, 2% for Alan Keyes, and 1% for Gary Bauer|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Nov. 4–7, 1999

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 68%

| 12%

| 6%

| –

| –

| –

| 6%{{Efn|2% each for Gary Bauer, Orrin Hatch, and Alan Keyes.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Nov. 18–21, 1999

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 63%

| 16%

| 6%

| –

| –

| –

| 9%{{Efn|4% for Orrin Hatch, 3% for Gary Bauer, and 2% for Alan Keyes.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Dec. 9–12, 1999

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 64%

| 18%

| 7%

| –

| –

| –

| 8%{{Efn|4% for Alan Keyes and 2% each for Gary Bauer and Orrin Hatch.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Dec. 20–21, 1999

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 60%

| 17%

| 9%

| –

| –

| –

| 7%{{Efn|4% for Alan Keyes, 2% for Gary Bauer, and 1% for Orrin Hatch.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Jan. 7–10, 2000

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 63%

| 18%

| 5%

| –

| –

| –

| 5%{{Efn|2% each for Orrin Hatch and Alan Keyes and 1% for Gary Bauer.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Jan. 13–16, 2000

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 61%

| 22%

| 5%

| –

| –

| –

| 6%{{Efn|3% for Alan Keyes, 2% for Gary Bauer, and 1% for Orrin Hatch.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Jan. 17–19, 2000

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 63%

| 19%

| 6%

| –

| –

| –

| 4%{{Efn|2% for Gary Bauer and 1% each for Orrin Hatch and Alan Keyes.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Jan. 25–26, 2000

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 65%

| 15%

| 7%

| –

| –

| –

| 6%{{Efn|4% for Alan Keyes and 2% for Gary Bauer.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Feb. 4–6, 2000

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 56%

| 34%

| 2%

| –

| –

| –

| 3%{{Efn|3% for Alan Keyes.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Feb. 14–15, 2000

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 58%

| 31%

| –

| –

| –

| –

| 3%{{Efn|3% for Alan Keyes.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Feb. 20–21, 2000

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 58%

| 31%

| –

| –

| –

| –

| 3%{{Efn|3% for Alan Keyes.|group=upper-alpha}}

Gallup

| Feb. 25–27, 2000

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 57%

| 33%

| –

| –

| –

| –

| 4%{{Efn|4% for Alan Keyes.|group=upper-alpha}}

{{Notelist|group=upper-alpha}}

Results

=Statewide=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+2000 Republican primary and caucus results[http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/timeline.php?year=2000&f=0&off=0&elect=2 2000 Republican Primary Election Events Timeline]

Date

!Pledged delegates

! State

! George W. Bush

! John McCain

! Alan Keyes

! Steve Forbes

! Gary Bauer

! Orrin Hatch

! Uncommitted

rowspan="2" | January 24

|0

| Alaska (caucus)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 36.28%

| 9.52%

| 9.49%

| 36.17%

| 4.78%

| 3.76%

| -

25

| Iowa (caucus)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 41.01%
(10)

| 4.67%
(1)

| 14.25%
(4)

| 30.51%
(8)

| 8.54%
(2)

| 1.02%

| -

February 1

|17

| New Hampshire (primary)

| 30.36%
(5)

|style="background:#baf285;"| 48.53%
(10)

| 6.37%

| 12.66%
(2)

| 0.69%

| 0.07%

| -

February 7–13

|14

| Hawaii (caucus)

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| style="background:#999999;" |
(14)

February 8

|12

| Delaware (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 50.73%
(12)

| 25.41%

| 3.82%

| 19.57%

| 0.40%

| 0.07%

| -

February 19

|37

| South Carolina (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 53.39%
(34)

| 41.87%
(3)

| 4.54%

| 0.08%

| 0.11%

| 0.01%

| -

rowspan="2" | February 22

(88)

|30

| Arizona (primary)

| 35.68%

|style="background:#baf285;"| 60.03%
(30)

| 3.56%

| 0.38%

| 0.05%

| 0.20%

| -

58

| Michigan (primary)

| 43.05%
(6)

|style="background:#baf285;"| 50.97%
(52)

| 4.62%

| 0.38%

| 0.21%

| 0.07%

| 0.68%

Feb 23–Mar 21
(17)

|17

| Nevada (caucus)

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| style="background:#999999;" |
(17)

rowspan="3" | February 26

(12)

|4

| American Samoa (caucus)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| ?%
(4)

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

4

| Guam (caucus)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| ?%
(4)

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

4

| Virgin Islands (caucus)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| ?%
(4)

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

February 27

|14

| Puerto Rico (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 94.21%
(14)

| 5.29%

| 0.05%

| 0.23%

| 0.04%

| –

| -

rowspan="3" | February 29

(87)

|56

| Virginia (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 52.79%
(56)

| 43.89%

| 3.07%

| 0.12%

| 0.13%

| –

| -

12

| Washington (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 48.26%
(7)

| 47.98%
(5)

| 2.53%

| 0.62%

| 0.34%

| 0.27%

| -

19

| North Dakota (caucus)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 75.72%
(14)

| 18.94%
(4)

| 5.31%
(1)

| –

| –

| -

| 0.03%

rowspan="13" | March 7

(605)
(Super Tuesday)

|162

| California (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 52.21%
(162)

| 42.87%

| 4.10%

| 0.35%

| 0.25%

| 0.22%

| -

25

| Connecticut (primary)

| 46.28%

|style="background:#baf285;"|48.74%
(25)

| 3.30%

| 0.69%

| 0.21%

| 0.10%

| 0.67%

54

| Georgia (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 66.93%
(54)

| 27.84%

| 4.61%

| 0.26%

| 0.31%

| 0.06%

| -

14

| Maine (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 51.03%
(14)

| 44.00%

| 3.09%

| 0.47%

| 0.34%

| -

| –

31

| Maryland (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 56.23%
(31)

| 36.16%

| 6.65%

| 0.45%

| 0.35%

| 0.16%

| -

37

| Massachusetts (primary)

| 31.78%

|style="background:#baf285;"| 64.81%
(37)

| 2.52%

| 0.28%

| 0.22%

| 0.05%

| 0.26%

34

| Minnesota (caucus)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 63%
(34)

| 17%

| 20%

| –

| –

| -

| –

35

| Missouri (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 57.93%
(35)

| 35.31%

| 5.74%

| 0.43%

| 0.22%

| 0.08%

| 0.28%

93

| New York (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 50.30%
(67)

| 43.50%
(26)

| 3.60%

| 2.60%

| –

| -

| -
(8)

69

| Ohio (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 57.99%
(63)

| 36.98%
(6)

| 3.95%

| 0.64%

| 0.44

| –

| -

14

| Rhode Island (primary)

| 36.43%

|style="background:#baf285;"| 60.18%
(14)

| 2.55%

| 0.25%

| 0.10%

| 0.10%

| 0.32%

12

| Vermont (primary)

| 35.33%

|style="background:#baf285;"| 60.29%
(12)

| 2.66%

| 0.76%

| 0.36%

| –

| -

25

| Washington (caucus)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 82.15%
(25)

| 12.88%

| 4.97%

| –

| –

| -

| –

rowspan="3" | March 10

(91)

|22

| Wyoming (caucus)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 77.62%
(21)

| 10.29%
(1)

| 11.66%

| –

| –

| -

| –

40

| Colorado (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 64.71%
(28)

| 27.12%
(12)

| 6.57%

| 0.66%

| 0.66%

| 0.28%

| -

29

| Utah (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 63.28%
(29)

| 14.04%

| 21.27%

| 0.94%

| 0.47%

| -

| –

rowspan="6" | March 14

(341)

|80

| Florida (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 73.80%
(80)

| 19.94%

| 4.63%

| 0.94%

| 0.50%

| 0.20%

| -

29

| Louisiana (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 83.60%
(29)

| 8.91%

| 5.73%

| 1.01%

| 0.75%

| -

| –

33

| Mississippi (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 88%
(33)

| 5.45%

| 5.63%

| 0.51%

| 0.41%

| 0.12%

| -

38

| Oklahoma (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 79.15%
(38)

| 10.39%

| 9.29%

| 0.85%

| 0.32%

| –

| -

37

| Tennessee (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 77.02%
(37)

| 14.53%

| 6.75%

| 0.41

| 0.52%

| 0.10%

| 0.63%

124

| Texas (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 87.54%
(124)

| 7.11%

| 3.86%

| 0.25%

| 0.19%

| 0.12%

| 0.85%

March 21

|64

| Illinois (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 67.40%
(64)

| 21.54%

| 8.97%

| 1.40%

| 0.69%

| –

| -
(10)

rowspan="2" | April 4

(115)

|78

| Pennsylvania (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 72.47%
(78)

| 22.36%

| 1.09%

| 2.48%

| 1.35%

| –

| -

37

| Wisconsin (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 69.24%
(37)

| 18.09%

| 9.87%

| 1.11%

| 0.37%

| 0.35%

| 0.70%

rowspan="3" | May 2
(107)

|30

| Indiana (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 81.17%
(30)

| 18.83%

| –

| –

| –

| -

| -
(25)

62

| North Carolina (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 78.60%
(49)

| 10.86%
(7)

| 7.85%
(5)

| –

| 1.03%
(1)

| -

| 1.67%

15

| Washington, D.C. (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 72.79%
(15)

| 24.37%

| –

| –

| –

|

| –

rowspan="2" | May 9
(48)

|30

| Nebraska (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 78.15%
(30)

| 15.11%

| 6.50%

| –

| –

| -

| –

18

| West Virginia (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 79.57%
(18)

| 12.91%

| 4.76%

| 1.58%

| 1.18%

| –

| -

May 16

|24

| Oregon (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 83.62%
(21)

| –

| 13.37%
(3)

| –

| –

| -

| –

rowspan="4" | May 23

(112)

|24

| Arkansas (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 80.23%
(19)

| –

| 19.77%
(5)

| –

| –

| -

| –

22

| Idaho (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 73.45%
(16)

| –

| 19.10%
(4)

| –

| –

| -

| 7.45%
(8)

31

| Kentucky (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 82.98%
(31)

| 6.33%

| 4.75%

| 1.30%

| 2.64%

| –

| 2.00%

35

| Kansas (caucus)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| ?%
(35)

| ?%

| ?%

| ?%

| ?%

|

| –

rowspan="5" | June 6

(164)

|44

| Alabama (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 84.24%
(44)

| –

| 11.52%

| –

| –

| -

| 4.24%

23

| Montana (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 77.59%
(23)

| –

| 18.32%

| –

| –

| -

| 4.10%

54

| New Jersey (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 83.56%
(54)

| 16.44%

| –

| –

| –

| -

| –

21

| New Mexico (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 82.63%
(21)

| 10.13%

| 6.45%

| –

| –

| -

| 0.80%

22

| South Dakota (primary)

| style="background:#ff8787;"| 78.22%
(22)

| 13.75%

| 7.68%

| –

| –

|

| –

=Nationwide=

2000 Republican Presidential Primary results by county.svg|Results by county, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote

Popular vote result:[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55218 "US President – R Primaries Race"], Our Campaigns, February 1, 2000. Retrieved February 28, 2011

=Notable endorsements=

{{Cite check|date=September 2008}}

Note: Some of the endorsers switched positions.

George W. Bush

{{cite news |first=Richard L. |last=Berke |title=McCain Having to Prove Himself Even in Arizona

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/25/us/mccain-having-to-prove-himself-even-in-arizona.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/H/Hull,%20Jane%20Dee&pagewanted=all

|work=The New York Times |date=October 25, 1999 |access-date=April 21, 2009

}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=32081|title=Arizona US President—Republican Primary Race—Feb 22, 2000}}

  • Governor John Engler of Michigan
  • Senator John Warner from Virginia{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=34624 |title=Virginia US President—Republican Primary Race |publisher=Our Campaigns |date=February 29, 2000 |access-date=November 16, 2008}}
  • Governor Jim Gilmore of Virginia
  • Senator John Ashcroft from Missouri{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=32448|title=Missouri US President Republican Primary Race—Mar 7, 2000}}
  • Governor Paul Cellucci of Massachusetts{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=32187|title=Massachusetts US President Republican Primary Race—Mar 7, 2000}}
  • Governor Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=34642|title=Wisconsin US President—Republican Primary Race—Apr 4, 2000}}
  • Representative John Thune from South Dakota{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=34611|title=South Dakota US President—Republican Primary Race—Jun 6, 2000}}

John McCain

  • Senator Jon Kyl from Arizona
  • Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=34613|title=Tennessee US President—Republican Primary Race—Mar 14, 2000}}
  • Senator Mike DeWine from Ohio{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=32482|title=Ohio US President—Republican Primary Race—Mar 7, 2000}}
  • Senator Chuck Hagel from Nebraska{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=32462|title=Nebraska US President Republican Primary Race—May 9, 2000}}
  • Representative Lindsey Graham from South Carolina{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=34610 |title=South Carolina US President—Republican Primary Race |publisher=Our Campaigns |date=February 19, 2000 |access-date=November 16, 2008}}
  • Representative Mark Sanford from South Carolina
  • Representative Peter T. King from New York{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=1964|title=Candidate—Peter T. King}}
  • Staten Island Borough President Guy Molinari{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=15104|title=Candidate—Guy V. Molinari}}

Steve Forbes

  • Governor Gary Johnson of New Mexico{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=496|title=Candidate—Gary Johnson}}
  • Representative Bob Barr from Georgia{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=928|title=Candidate—Bob Barr}}
  • Representative Roscoe Bartlett from Maryland{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=1202|title=Candidate—Roscoe G. Bartlett}}
  • Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=3696 |title=Candidate—J. Kenneth Blackwell}}
  • Sarah Palin, mayor of Wasilla, Alaska[http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/sliming_palin.html Sliming Palin] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227194045/http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/sliming_palin.html |date=February 27, 2011 }}, FactCheck.org (September 8, 2008)

Alan Keyes

  • Representative Tom Coburn from Oklahoma{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=32484 |title=OK US President—Republican Primary Race—Mar 14, 2000}}
  • Filmmaker Michael Moore from Michigan (joke endorsement)Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/8qwDBgNMD7c Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120106004941/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qwDBgNMD7c&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qwDBgNMD7c| title = The Awful Truth - Election Mosh Pit | website=YouTube| date = September 3, 2008 }}{{cbignore}}

Orrin Hatch

Lamar Alexander

Dan Quayle

John Kasich

See also

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