2000 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses

2000 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses

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30 unpledged Republican National Convention delegates
 
Nominee George W. Bush Steve Forbes Alan Keyes
Home state Texas New York Maryland
Delegate count 10 8 4
Popular vote 35,948 26,744 12,496
Percentage 40.99% 30.50% 14.24%

 
Nominee Gary Bauer John McCain
Home state Kentucky Arizona
Delegate count 2 1
Popular vote 7,487 4,093
Percentage 8.53% 4.67%

Iowa results by county
  George W. Bush
  Steve Forbes
  Gary Bauer

The 2000 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses took place on January 24, 2000. The Iowa Republican caucuses are an unofficial primary, with the delegates to the state convention selected proportionally via a straw poll. The Iowa caucuses marked the traditional formal start of the delegate selection process for the 2000 United States presidential election.

Prior to the 2000 caucuses, as in previous election cycles with a competitive presidential race, an unofficial Ames Straw Poll was held, on August 14, 1999. The official one, electing delegates to the state convention, was held on January 24, 2000, the same day as the Democratic contest. In the Ames Straw Poll, George W. Bush finished first with 31% of the vote. In the January 2000 caucuses, Bush again finished first with 41% of the vote.

As of the 2020 presidential election, Bush is the latest non-incumbent or former-president, Republican to win the Iowa caucuses and the Republican nomination.


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