2000 Missouri Attorney General election

2000 Missouri Attorney General election

7 November 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 7 November 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.