2000 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary
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.
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81 delegates to the Democratic National Convention (68 pledged, 13 unpledged) The number of pledged delegates received is determined by the popular vote | |||||||||||||||||||
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Results by county Gore: 75–80% 80–85% 85–90% 90–95% 95–100% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Elections in Tennessee |
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| Pledged national convention delegates | |||
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| Type | Del. | Type | Del. |
| CD1 | 3 | CD6 | 5 |
| CD2 | 5 | CD7 | 4 |
| CD3 | 5 | CD8 | 5 |
| CD4 | 4 | CD9 | 7 |
| CD5 | 6 | ||
| PLEO | 9 | At-large | 15 |
| Total pledged delegates | 68 | ||
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.
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