Gore and Bush Compete for U.S. Presidency
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Government and Politics, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Congress, Senate, Senators, House of Representatives, Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Elections, Voting
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: July-November, 2000
Article abstract: One of the closest presidential campaigns in U.S. history pitted Democratic vice president Al Gore against Texas’s Republican governor George W. Bush in a tightly contested race that remained undecided well after election day.
Primaries and Conventions
The 2000 presidential election in the United States featured two men whose families enjoyed long political histories. Governor George W. Bush was the eldest son of former president George Herbert Walker Bush and the popular First Lady Barbara Bush. Governor Bush’s meteoric rise to the...
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