Campaign
Vice President Al Gore was seen as the frontrunner for the nomination, but after Bill Bradley received 36% in Iowa and was catching up to Gore in the polls the Gore campaign and many pundits believed that Bradley could defeat Gore and would use the momentum to propel himself into the nomination on Super Tuesday.
2000 results
New Hampshire Democratic primary, 2000 |
Candidate |
State Delegates[1] |
Percentage |
National Delegates[2] |
Al Gore |
76,897 |
49.73% |
13 |
Bill Bradley |
70,502 |
45.59% |
9 |
Uncommitted |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Other |
7,240 |
4.68 |
0 |
Totals |
154,639 |
— |
29 |
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.