| Election Name: | 2000 Maryland Democratic presidential primary |
| Country: | Maryland |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 Maryland Democratic presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2004 Maryland Democratic presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Candidate1: | Al Gore |
| Colour1: | 3333FF |
| Home State1: | Tennessee |
| Delegate Count1: | 49 |
| Popular Vote1: | 341,630 |
| Percentage1: | 67.32% |
| Candidate2: | Bill Bradley |
| Colour2: | FA8320 |
| Home State2: | New Jersey |
| Delegate Count2: | 19 |
| Popular Vote2: | 144,387 |
| Percentage2: | 28.45% |
| Map Size: | 320px |
| Outgoing Members: | ME |
| Elected Members: | MA |
| Votes For Election: | 95 delegates to the Democratic National Convention (68 pledged, 27 unpledged) The number of pledged delegates received is determined by the popular vote |
| Pledged national convention delegates | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| CD1 | 5 | |
| CD2 | 5 | |
| CD3 | 6 | |
| CD4 | 7 | |
| CD5 | 5 | |
| CD6 | 4 | |
| CD7 | 6 | |
| CD8 | 6 | |
| 9 | ||
| At-large | 15 | |
| Total pledged delegates | 68 | |
Vice president Al Gore won the primary with 67% of the vote. Senator Bill Bradley, who would withdraw in the days following from the presidential race but still competed for delegates, and reached only less than 28%, one of his lowest results so far in the race. The remaining 4% were separated between Lyndon LaRouche Jr. and the "uncommitted" option.
Maryland was one of 15 states and one territory holding primaries on March 7, 2000, also known as "Super Tuesday".[1]
Voting took place throughout the state from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. In the closed primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15% at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 68 pledged delegates to the 2000 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the primary results. Of these, between 4 and 7 were allocated to each of the state's 8 congressional districts and another 9 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 15 at-large delegates.[2]
The delegation also included 24 unpledged PLEO delegates: 18 members of the Democratic National Committee, 6 members of Congress (both senators, Barbara Mikulski and Paul Sarbanes, and 4 representatives, Ben Cardin, Albert Wynn, Steny Hoyer, and Elijah Cummings), the governor Parris Glendening, and 1 add-on.[2]
The following candidates appeared on the ballot:
There was also an uncommitted option.
| Al Gore | 341,630 | 67.32 | 49 | |
| Bill Bradley | 144,387 | 28.45 | 19 | |
| Uncommitted | 16,935 | 3.34 | rowspan=2 | |
| Lyndon LaRouche Jr. | 4,510 | 0.89 | ||
| Unallocated | - | - | 27 | |
| Total | 507,462 | 100% | 95 |
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