2000 Georgia Democratic presidential primary

The 2000 Georgia Democratic presidential primary was held on March 7, 2000, as one of 16 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2000 presidential election. The Georgia primary was an open primary, which awarded 93 delegates to the 2000 Democratic National Convention, of whom 77 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary results.

2000 Georgia Democratic presidential primary

March 7, 2000 (2000-03-07)

93 delegates to the Democratic National Convention (77 pledged, 16 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 65 12
Popular vote 238,396 46,035
Percentage 83.82% 16.18%

Primary results by county
Gore:      65–70%      75–80%      80–85%      85–90%      90–95%
Pledged national
convention
delegates
Type Del. Type Del.
CD1 4 CD7 4
CD2 4 CD8 4
CD3 4 CD9 4
CD4 6 CD10 5
CD5 6 CD11 4
CD6 5
PLEO 10 At-large 17
Total pledged delegates 77

Vice president Al Gore won the primary and 65 delegates with almost 84% of the vote, while senator Bill Bradley only received a little more than 16% and only 12 delegates. Lyndon LaRouche Jr. failed to gain ballot access in Georgia, making this one of the few contests he was not on the ballot for.

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