Country: | North Dakota |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1998 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota |
Previous Year: | 1998 |
Next Election: | 2002 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota |
Next Year: | 2002 |
Image Upright: | 0.5 |
Image1: | Pomeroy.jpg |
Candidate1: | Earl Pomeroy |
Party1: | North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party |
Popular Vote1: | 151,173 |
Percentage1: | 52.9% |
Candidate2: | John Dorso |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 127,251 |
Percentage2: | 44.6% |
Map Size: | 250px |
U.S. Representative | |
Before Election: | Earl Pomeroy |
Before Party: | North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party |
After Election: | Earl Pomeroy |
After Party: | North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party |
The 2000 U.S. House of Representatives election for the state of North Dakota's at-large congressional district was held November 7, 2000. The incumbent, Democratic-NPL Congressman Earl Pomeroy was re-elected to his fifth term, defeating Republican candidate John Dorso.
Only Pomeroy filed as a Dem-NPLer, and the endorsed Republican candidate was John Dorso, who was serving as the North Dakota House Majority Leader. Pomeroy and Dorso won the primary elections for their respective parties.[1]
While the election was the closest for Pomeroy since 1994, Dorso was unable to defeat the four-term congressman. Dorso's father, Carmen Dorso, died during the campaign from leukemia.[2]
Two independent candidates, Jan Shelver and Kenneth R. Loughead, also sought the seat, but had little impact on the result. Loughead had previously sought the seat in 1998 and 1996.[3]