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By 4:30 a.m., after all votes were counted, Gore had narrowed Bush's margin to under 2,000 votes, and the networks retracted their declarations that Bush had won Florida and the presidency. Gore, who had privately conceded the election to Bush, withdrew his concession. The final result in Florida was slim enough to require a mandatory recount ...
The 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush, the then-governor of Texas, was formally launched on June 14, 1999, as Governor Bush, the eldest son of former President George H. W. Bush, announced his intention to seek the Republican Party nomination for the presidency of the United States in the 2000 presidential election.
This is the electoral history of George W. Bush. George W. Bush served as the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009) and as the 46th governor of Texas (1995–2000). 1978 congressional election
Bush's lead lawyer, Barry Richard, talks to the press after the Florida Supreme Court opinion regarding the recount in Palm Beach County. This was taken during the 2000 recount in Tallahassee.
The 2000 United States elections were held on November 7, 2000. Republican governor George W. Bush of Texas defeated Democratic Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee in the presidential election. Republicans retained control of both houses of Congress , giving the party unified control of Congress and the presidency for the first time since the ...
From January 24 to June 6, 2000, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 2000 United States presidential election. Texas Governor George W. Bush was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2000 Republican National Convention held from July 31 to August 3, 2000, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
If Gore had won the recount, then he would have won the election with a total of 292 electoral votes, and Bush would have lost with 246 electoral votes. Post-election analysis has found that Palm Beach County's butterfly ballot misdirected over 2,000 votes from Gore to third-party candidate Pat Buchanan, tipping Florida—and the election—to ...
That $2,000 check went to Republican George W. Bush, according to Federal Election Commission records. ... Bush’s opponent. It was also in 2004 that Musk become involved with Tesla, rising to ...