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2000 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary Tennessee presidential no 1996 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary 1996 2004 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary 2004 2000 03 14 File:Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994.jpg 160x160px Al Gore 3333FF Tennessee 68 198,264 92.13% File:BillBradley (cropped).jpg Bill Bradley(withdrawn) FA8320 New Jersey 0 11,323 5.26% 350px County resultsGore: #1b1b98 70–80% #13136d 80–90% #0b0b41 90–100% OK TX 81 delegates to the Democratic National Convention (68 pledged, 13 unpledged)The number of pledged delegates received is determined by the popular vote
Pledged nationalconvention delegates Type Del. Delegates Type Del. Delegates CD1 3 CD6 5 CD2 5 CD7 4 CD3 5 CD8 5 CD4 4CD97 CD5 6 PLEO Party leaders and elected officials 9 At-large 15Total pledged delegates 68
The 2000 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary took place on March 14, 2000, as one of 6 contests scheduled the following week after Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2000 presidential election, following the Nevada caucuses the weekend before. The Tennessee primary was an open primary, with the state awarding 81 delegates towards the 2000 Democratic National Convention, of which 68 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.
Vice president Al Gore easily decided the primary in his home state, winning 92.1% of the vote and all 68 delegates. Senator Bill Bradley took only 5.3% of the vote and earned 0 delegates, while Lyndon LaRouche Jr. only got 0.5% of the vote.
Procedure
Tennessee was one of six states which held primaries on March 14, 2000, alongside Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas after Super Tuesday the week before.Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions Chronologically - Key and Minor Dates https://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCC/ChAll.html The Green Papers September 13, 2023
Voting was expected to take place throughout the state from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. in the parts of the state in the Eastern Time Zone, and from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. in parts of the state in the Central Time Zone.
In the open primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 68 pledged delegates to the 2000 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of these, between 3 and 7 were allocated to each of the state's 9 congressional districts and another 9 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 15 at-large delegates.Tennessee Democratic Delegation 2000 https://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCC/TN-D.html The Green Papers December 23, 2000 September 15, 2023
Afterwards, the state executive committee convened to vote on the 15 at-large and 9 pledged PLEO delegates for the Democratic National Convention. The delegation also included 12 unpledged PLEO delegates: 7 members of the Democratic National Committee, 4 representatives from Congress (Bob Clement, Bart Gordon, John Tanner, and Harold Ford Jr.), 1 distinguished party leader, that being Vice president Al Gore himself, and 1 add-on.
Candidates
The following candidates appeared on the ballot:
Al Gore
Lyndon LaRouche Jr.
Withdrawn
Bill Bradley
There was also an Uncommitted option.
Results
2000 Tennessee Democratic presidential primaryhttps://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/sos/election/results/2000-3/dem-ppp.pdf March 14, 2000 Presidential Preference Primary Tennessee Secretary of State September 15, 2023 Candidate Votes % Delegateshttps://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCC/TN-D.html Election 2000: Tennessee Democrat The Green Papers September 15, 2023 Al Gore 198,264 92.13 68 Bill Bradley (withdrawn) 11,323 5.26 rowspan=1 Uncommitted 4,407 2.05 13 Lyndon LaRouche Jr. 1,031 0.48 rowspan=2 Write-in votes 178 0.08 Total 215,203 100% 81
See also
2000 Tennessee Republican presidential primary
2000 Democratic Party presidential primaries
2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee
2000 Tennessee elections
References
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Democratic primary
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