2000 Oakland County Executive election

2000 Oakland County Executive election
November 7, 2000
 
Nominee L. Brooks Patterson Gary Kohut
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 320,589 203,016
Percentage 59.33% 37.57%

Oakland County Executive before election

L. Brooks Patterson
Republican

Elected Oakland County Executive

L. Brooks Patterson
Republican

The 2000 Oakland County Executive election was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent County Executive L. Brooks Patterson ran for re-election to a third term. He won the Republican primary uncontested and faced Gary Kohut, the Chairman of the county Democratic Party, in the general election. Patterson won the election in a landslide, receiving 59 percent of the vote to Kohut's 38 percent and Libertarian Paul Champion's 3 percent.