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Various county-wide offices, three of five [[Escambia County Board of County Commissioners|Escambia County Commission]] seats, two of five [[ECUA]] Board seats, various [[First Judicial Circuit Court of Florida|Circuit Court]] judgeships, and two [[Escambia County School Board]] seats were contested in '''elections''' held in [[2000]]. Primary elections were held on '''[[Septmeber September 5]]''', and the general election was held on '''[[November 7]]'''.
Incumbents are marked by '''(i)'''.
==Primary elections==
Primary elections were held [[Septmeber September 5]]. All voters were able to participate to some degree, due to the fact that nonpartisan races and referendums were on the ballot in additional the the Democratic and Republican party primaries.
===County-wide offices===
=====Republican=====
<small>Republican candidate [[Ron McNesby]] was unopposed in the Republican primary and as such advanced automatically to the general election.</small>
===[[Escambia County Board of County Commissioners|Escambia County Commission]]===
====[[Escambia County District 1|District 1]]====
=====Democratic=====
<small>Democratic candidate [[Williemae Stanberry]] was unopposed in the Democratic primary and as such advanced automatically to the general election.</small>
=====Republican=====
| 2,180
| 37.09%
|}
====[[Escambia County District 3|District 3]]====
<small>As only Democrats, and no members of any other party, filed for this race, it was a '''universal primary''', meaning the vote was open to voters of any party affiliation, and the race was decided by this primary.</small>
=====Universal primary=====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="font-size: x-small;" | <span style="font-size: small; color: blue;">●</span>'''DEM'''
| '''[[Willie Junior|Willie J. Junior]]''' '''(i)'''
| '''5,894'''
| '''68.57%'''
|-
! style="font-size: x-small;" | <span style="font-size: small; color: blue;">●</span>'''DEM'''
| [[Rita Jones|Rita E. Jones]]
| 2,701
| 31.43%
|}
====[[Escambia County District 5|District 5]]====
=====Democratic=====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="font-size: x-small;" | <span style="font-size: small; color: blue;">●</span>'''DEM'''
| '''[[Larry Walker]]''' '''(i)'''
| '''3,884'''
| '''63.36%'''
|-
! style="font-size: x-small;" | <span style="font-size: small; color: blue;">●</span>'''DEM'''
| [[Eddie Cook]]
| 2,246
| 36.64%
|}
=====Republican=====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="font-size: x-small;" | <span style="font-size: small; color: red;">●</span>'''REP'''
| '''[[Terry Smith]]'''
| '''2,569'''
| '''43.23%'''
|-
! style="font-size: x-small;" | <span style="font-size: small; color: red;">●</span>'''REP'''
| '''[[Frank Montenes|Frank A. Montenes]]'''
| '''1,469'''
| '''24.72%'''
|-
! style="font-size: x-small;" | <span style="font-size: small; color: red;">●</span>'''REP'''
| [[Jerry Webb, Sr.|Jerry L. Webb, Sr.]]
| 692
| 11.65%
|-
! style="font-size: x-small;" | <span style="font-size: small; color: red;">●</span>'''REP'''
| [[John Johnson|John B. Johnson]]
| 671
| 11.29%
|-
! style="font-size: x-small;" | <span style="font-size: small; color: red;">●</span>'''REP'''
| [[Mary Chirico|Mary (Petty) Chirico]]
| 541
| 9.10%
|}
===[[Emerald Coast Utilities Authority]]===
====[[Escambia County District 1|District 1]]====
=====Democratic=====
<small>Incumbent [[Bobby Tronu]] (Democrat) was unopposed in the Democratic primary and as such advanced automatically to the general election.</small>
=====Republican=====
<small>Republican candidate [[Logan Fink]] was unopposed in the Republican primary and as such advanced automatically to the general election.</small>
====[[Escambia County District 3|District 3]]====
<small>Incumbent [[Elvin McCorvey]] (Democrat) was unopposed in both the Democratic primary and the general election. As such, he was reelected by default.</small>
====[[Escambia County District 5|District 5]]====
===[[Escambia County School Board]]===
<small>The nonpartisan school board races are contested in primary elections. If any candidate in a race should fail to garner 50%+1 of the vote, the top two vote-getters proceed to a run-off held at the time of the general election.</small>
===[[Escambia County School Board District 4|District 4]]===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| '''[[John DeWitt]]''' '''(i)'''
| '''7,490'''
| '''62.68%'''
|-
| [[Stephen Embry|Stephen M. Embry]]
| 4,459
| 37.32%
|}
===[[Escambia County School Board District 5|District 5]]===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| '''[[George White|George E. White, Jr.]]'''
| '''3,571'''
| '''27.81%'''
|-
| '''[[Linda Finkelstein]]'''
| '''2,808'''
| '''21.87%'''
|-
| [[Vanette Webb]] '''(i)'''
| 2,239
| 17.44%
|-
| [[Rex Blackburn|Rex E. Blackburn]]
| 1,839
| 14.32
|-
| [[Jim O'Connor]]
| 933
| 7.27%
|-
| [[Lynnwood Kent]]
| 905
| 7.05%
|-
| [[Stephen Lugg|Stephen C. Lugg]]
| 546
| 4.25
|}
|}
[[Category:2000 2000s elections]] [[Category:Escambia County elections]]