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.
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, raised significant money, and was catching up to Gore in the polls, 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 PartyCandidateVotesPercentageDelegates 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 TotalsDemocraticAll Candidates154,639100.00%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
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