The 2000 Texas Democratic presidential primary took place on March 14, 2000, as one of 6 contests scheduled on the week following

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in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2000 presidential election, following the

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the weekend before. The

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primary was an

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, with the state awarding one the largest amounts of

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delegates on Mini Tuesday and third-largest amount overall: 231 delegates, of which 194 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary. Vice president Al Gore easily won the primary, winning over 80% of the vote and 182 delegates. Senator

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took 16% of the vote and earned 12 delegates, while

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only got 3% of the vote.

Procedure

Texas was one of six states which held primaries on March 14, 2000, alongside

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, Oklahoma, and

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after

the week before. Voting took place throughout the state from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. local time. In the primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the state senatorial district or statewide level in order to be considered viable (Texas was the only state to chose districts from state senate elections over congressional districts for delegate distribution). The 194 pledged delegates to the

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were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of these, between 2 and 7 were allocated to each of the state's 31 state senatorial districts based on their level of support for the Democratic nominees for president in 1996 and Governor in 1998, and another 25 allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 42 at-large delegates. After precinct, county, and senatorial district conventions during which delegates to the state convention were nominated, the state convention was subsequently held on June 10, 2000, to vote on the 42 at-large and 25 pledged PLEO delegates for the Democratic National Convention. The delegation also included 34 unpledged PLEO delegates: 15 members of the

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, 17 representatives from Congress (

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, Jim Turner,

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, Henry González,

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, and

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), 2 distinguished party leaders, and 3 add-ons.

Candidates

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

Withdrawn *

Results

References

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