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However, Gore did promote government partnerships with faith-based groups. His running mate, Senator Joe Lieberman, was an observant Jew who often talked about increasing the role of religion in public life. During Gore's eight years as vice president, the Clinton administration appointed 150 gay people to government posts.
Vice President Al Gore: 46.6 [47] VP Thursday, October 5, 2000 Centre College: Danville, Kentucky: Bernard Shaw: Secretary Dick Cheney Senator Joe Lieberman: 28.5 [47] P2 Wednesday, October 11, 2000 Wake Forest University: Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Jim Lehrer: Governor George W. Bush Vice President Al Gore: 37.5 [47] P3 Tuesday, October 17 ...
The 1988 presidential campaign of Al Gore, U.S. Senator of Tennessee and former House Representative began on April 11, 1987. He campaigned for President of the United States as a Democratic candidate in the 1988 presidential election, against Democratic candidates Joe Biden, Dick Gephardt, Paul Simon, Jesse Jackson, and Michael Dukakis (who eventually won the Democratic nomination).
From January 24 to June 6, 2000, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 2000 United States presidential election.Incumbent Vice President Al Gore was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2000 Democratic National Convention held from August 14 to 17, 2000, in Los Angeles, California, but he went on to lose ...
While Gore initially did not vote on the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 in January 1988, [49] he voted to override President Reagan's veto the following March. [50] Gore voted against the nomination of William Rehnquist as Chief Justice of the United States, [51] as well as the nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas to the U.S ...
George W. Bush and Al Gore vie for the 2000 presidential election as shown in The Knoxville News-Sentinel on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2000. Gore conceded on Dec. 13, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court ...
In this September 7, 1993, photo, President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore present a report on increasing government efficiency as part of Clinton's charge of "reinventing government."
He was elected the 47th vice president in 2008, serving two terms under President Barack Obama. In 2021, he became the 46th president, over 33 years after his first campaign for the office ended.) Al Gore, a senator from Tennessee, also chose to run for the nomination.