2000 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary

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The 2000 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, was the second major test of the leading contenders for the Democratic Party's nomination as its candidate for the 2000 presidential election, took place on February 1, 2000.

2000 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary

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29 Democratic National Convention delegates (22 pledged, 7 unpledged) The number of pledged delegates received is determined by the popular vote
Candidate Al Gore Bill Bradley Home state Tennessee New Jersey Delegate count 13 9 Popular vote 76,897 70,502 Percentage 49.73% 45.59%
County results Municipality results Gore   40 – 50%   50 – 60%   60 – 70% Bradley   40 – 50%   50 – 60%   60 – 70%   70 – 80% Tie/No Votes   40 – 50%   50%   No votes

Candidates

• Bill Bradley, former Senator from New Jersey
• Al Gore, incumbent Vice President of the United States from Tennessee

Campaign

Vice President Al Gore was seen as the frontrunner for the nomination, but after Bill Bradley received 36% in Iowa and was catching up to Gore in the polls the Gore campaign and many pundits believed that Bradley could defeat Gore and would use the momentum to propel himself into the nomination on Super Tuesday.

Results

2000 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
	Democratic	Al Gore	76,897	49.73%	13
	Democratic	Bill Bradley	70,502	45.59%	9
	Democratic	Charlie Buckley	322	0.21%	0
	Democratic	Heather A. Harder	192	0.12%	0
	Democratic	Jeffrey B. Peter	156	0.10%	0
	Democratic	John B. Eaton	134	0.09%	0
	Democratic	Lyndon LaRouche, Jr.	124	0.08%	0
	Democratic	Jim Taylor	87	0.06%	0
	Democratic	Mark Greenstein	75	0.05%	0
	Democratic	Nathaniel T. Mullins	35	0.02%	0
	Democratic	Edward T. O'Donnell, Jr.	35	0.02%	0
	Democratic	Willie Felix Carter	30	0.02%	0
	Democratic	Randolph W. Crow	29	0.02%	0
	Democratic	Vincent S. Hamm	22	0.01%	0
	Democratic	Thomas Koos	19	0.01%	0
	Democratic	Michael Stok	18	0.01%	0
	Democratic	Write-in candidates	5,962	3.86%	0
	Democratic	Unallocated	0	0%	7
Totals	Democratic	All Candidates	154,639	100.00%	22

Al Gore won 8 of New Hampshire's 10 counties. Bill Bradley lost the rest of the primaries by large margins and Al Gore would eventually lose the general election to Governor of Texas George W. Bush.

See also

• New Hampshire primaries
• 2000 Democratic Party presidential primaries