The 2000 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses took place on March 11, 2000, as one of three contests scheduled on the weekend following

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in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2000 presidential election, following the Colorado primary and the Utah primary the day before. The Minnesota caucus was a open caucus, with the state awarding 90 delegates towards the

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, of which 74 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the caucus. Vice president Al Gore won with 74% of the vote, gathering 72 delegates. Senator

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placed second with 12% and 2 delegates.

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, a conspiracy theorist who had ballot access in most states secured 11%, one of his best performances in any contest, but gained no delegates.

Procedure

Minnesota state law specifies that precinct caucuses will take place at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday in March, that is March 7, which lined Minnesota up to have a nominating contest on

, along with 16 other states and one territory. However, because courts have ruled that the conduct of a political party's affairs is up to the party alone, not the Legislature, the

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announced it will be holding a binding presidential primary in conjunction with the party's precinct meetings on Saturday and Sunday, March 11 and 12. Minnesota was one of three

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that held primaries on March 11, 2000, the weekend after

. Voting took place from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Under state party rules, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 48 pledged delegates to the

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were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 48 pledged delegates, between 5 and 7 were allocated to each of the state's 8 congressional districts and another 10 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 16 at-large delegates. The delegation also included 16 unpledged PLEO delegates: 7 members of the

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, 7 members of Congress (Senator

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, and 5 representatives,

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, and

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), the governor

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, 1 distinguished party leader, that being former vice president

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, and 2 add-ons.

Candidates

The following candidates appeared on the ballot: * Al Gore *

*Heather A. Harder Withdrawn *

Results

References

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