| Election Name: | 2000 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary |
| Country: | District of Columbia |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2004 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary and caucuses |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Candidate1: | Al Gore |
| Colour1: | 3333FF |
| Home State1: | Tennessee |
| Delegate Count1: | 17 |
| Popular Vote1: | 18,621 |
| Percentage1: | 95.90% |
| Outgoing Members: | AK |
| Elected Members: | IN |
| Votes For Election: | 33 delegates to the Democratic National Convention (17 pledged, 16 unpledged) The number of pledged delegates received is determined by the popular vote |
| Pledged national convention delegates | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| MD1 | 5 | |
| MD2 | 6 | |
| 2 | ||
| At-large | 4 | |
| Total pledged delegates | 17 | |
Vice president and presumptive nominee Al Gore won the primary with 95% of the vote, earning all 17 delegates. Senator Bill Bradley was not on the ballot while conspiracy theorist and perennial candidate Lyndon LaRouche Jr. came in second with 4%.
The District of Columbia's Democratic primary took place on May 2nd, 2000, the same date as the North Carolina primary and the Indiana Primary.[1]
Voting took place across the district from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. local time. In the closed primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15% at municipal districts or the whole federal district in order to be considered viable. The 17 pledged delegates to the 2000 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the primary results. Of these, 5 and 6 were allocated to the two municipal districts (each consisting of 4 of Washington, D.C.'s wards) and another 2 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 4 at-large delegates.[2]
The state party committee then met after the primary to vote on the 2 pledged PLEO delegates, to finally vote on the 13 municipal district delegates, and to vote on the 5 at-large delegates. The delegation also included 15 unpledged PLEO delegates: 10 members of the Democratic National Committee, 3 "members of Congress" (consisting of the congressional nonvoting delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and two non-congressional shadow senators), the mayor Anthony A. Williams, 1 distinguished party leader, and 1 add-on.
The following candidates appeared on the ballot:
| Al Gore | 18,621 | 95.90 | 17 | |
| Lyndon LaRouche Jr. | 796 | 4.10 | rowspan=1 | |
| Uncommitted | - | - | 16 | |
| Total | 19,417 | 100% | 33 |
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