2000 North Carolina Attorney General election
North Carolina election
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The 2000 North Carolina Attorney General election was held on November 7, 2000, concurrently with the 2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election and the 2000 United States presidential election, to elect the attorney general of North Carolina. The North Carolina Senate Majority leader Democrat Roy Cooper won the election, and assumed office on January 6, 2001.
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November 7, 2000
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 County results Cooper: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Boyce: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democratic Party
Candidates
Declared
Republican Party
Candidates
Declared
- Dan Boyce[2]
Reform Party
Candidates
Declared
- Margaret Palms[3]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Democratic | Roy Cooper | 1,446,793 | 51.21 | ||
| Republican | Dan Boyce | 1,310,845 | 46.40 | ||
| Reform | Margaret Palms | 67,536 | 2.39 | ||
| Total votes | 2,825,174 | 100.00 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
Controversy
During the campaign, the Cooper campaign ran ads which Boyce claims contained false statements about his law practice.[5] In 2014, both parties signed to end civil actions following a written apology to Boyce by Cooper. However, Boyce still believed that the State Bar needed to take its own separate action on the case.[6]