Al Gore 2000 presidential campaign

presidental campaign

The 2000 presidential campaign of Al Gore, the 45th Vice President of the United States under President Bill Clinton, began when he announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in Carthage, Tennessee, on June 16, 1999.

Al Gore for President 2000
Gore-Lieberman campaign logo.
Gore-Lieberman campaign logo.
Campaign2000 Democratic primaries
2000 U.S. presidential election
CandidateAl Gore
45th Vice President of United States
(1993–2001)

Joe Lieberman
U.S. Senator from Connecticut
(1989–2013)
AffiliationDemocratic Party
StatusAnnounced: June 16, 1999
Presumptive nominee: March 9, 2000
Official nominee: August 17, 2000
Lost general election: December 12, 2000
HeadquartersNashville, Tennessee
Key peopleDonna Brazile, Campaign Manager
William M. Daley, Campaign Chairman
SloganLeadership for the New Millennium
Prosperity for America's Families[1]
Website
www.gorelieberman.com
(Archived - October 29, 2000)

Gore became the Democratic nominee for the 2000 presidential election on August 17, 2000.

On November 7, 2000, showed that Gore's opponent, then-Governor of Texas George W. Bush, the Republican candidate, had narrowly won the election.

Gore won the national popular vote but lost the electoral college vote after a bitter legal battle over disputed vote counts in the state of Florida.

Bush won the election on the electoral college vote of 271 to 266. One elector pledged to Gore did not cast an electoral vote; Gore received 267 pledged electors.

The election was one of the most controversial in American history.[2][3]

References change

  1. "The Living Room Candidate - Commercials - 2000 - Successful Leader".
  2. "Al Gore". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2007.
  3. "George W. Bush, et al., Petitioners v. Albert Gore, Jr., et al., 531 U.S. 98 (2000)". Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2007.