2000 Missouri Attorney General election

2000 Missouri Attorney General election

November 7, 2000
 
Nominee Jay Nixon Sam Jones
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,378,296 855,814
Percentage 60.25% 37.41%

County results
Nixon:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%
Jones:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Attorney General before election

Jay Nixon
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Jay Nixon
Democratic

The 2000 Missouri Attorney General election was held on November 7, 2000, in order to elect the attorney general of Missouri. Democratic nominee and incumbent attorney general Jay Nixon defeated Republican nominee Sam Jones and Libertarian nominee Mitchell J. Moore.