2000 United States presidential election in Maryland

The 2000 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 7, 2000. Maryland participated in the 2000 United States presidential election along with the 49 other U.S. states and Washington, D.C. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Democratic Vice President Al Gore easily carried Maryland on election day, taking 56.57% of the vote to Republican Texas Governor George W. Bush's 40.18%. Maryland was one of two contests (along with the District of Columbia) and the only state where Gore improved on Bill Clinton's margin four years earlier. Gore's strong performance in the most highly-populated counties in the state, which are home to many urban and African American communities, contributed to his victory in the state.

Gore flipped Charles County; it was one of only two counties in the country to vote for Gore after having voted for Bob Dole in 1996, the other being Orange County, Florida. This was the first time since 1888 that Maryland gave a majority of the vote to a losing candidate. Bush became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Charles County, as well as the first to do so without carrying Baltimore or Howard counties since Calvin Coolidge in 1924. Maryland was one of ten states that backed George H. W. Bush for president in 1988 that did not back George W. Bush in either 2000 or 2004.