2000 Missouri gubernatorial election
Results

2000 Missouri gubernatorial election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Democratic	Bob Holden	1,152,752	49.12	8.05

Republican	Jim Talent	1,131,307	48.21	+7.78

Independent	Larry Rice	34,431	1.47

Libertarian	John M. Swenson	11,274	0.48	1.92

Green	Lavoy (Zaki Baruti) Reed	9,008	0.38	+0.38

Reform	Richard Kline	4,916	0.21	+0.21

Constitution	Richard L. Smith	3,142	0.13	+0.13

Majority	21,445	0.91	15.82

Turnout	2,346,830	41.94	+0.07

Democratic hold	Swing

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Talent was trailing 21,445.

final_sentence: Talent was trailing 21,445.