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Gore was the [[Democrat Party]]'s candidate for President in the 2000 election, running on a ticket with Sen. [[Joe Lieberman|Joseph Lieberman]] of [[Connecticut]]. Gore challenged the election results and pursued a recount based on his far-fetched claim of violation of the [[Equal Protection Clause]], which the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rejected by a 7-2 vote, in ''[[Bush v. Gore]]''. Prior to that Gore was the 45th [[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]] of the [[United States]] (1993–2001), a successor to [[Dan Quayle]] and followed by [[Dick Cheney]].  Previously Gore, who merely rode on the coattails of the famous political name built by his [[segregation]]ist father, held positions in the [[House of Representatives]] and the [[United States Senate|Senate]] spanning 1977–85 and 1985–93 respectively, as his father had done.

Gore was the [[Democrat Party]]'s candidate for President in the 2000 election, running on a ticket with Sen. [[Joe Lieberman|Joseph Lieberman]] of [[Connecticut]]. Gore challenged the election results and pursued a recount based on his far-fetched claim of violation of the [[Equal Protection Clause]], which the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rejected by a 7-2 vote, in ''[[Bush v. Gore]]''. Prior to that Gore was the 45th [[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]] of the [[United States]] (1993–2001), a successor to [[Dan Quayle]] and followed by [[Dick Cheney]].  Previously Gore, who merely rode on the coattails of the famous political name built by his [[segregation]]ist father, held positions in the [[House of Representatives]] and the [[United States Senate|Senate]] spanning 1977–85 and 1985–93 respectively, as his father had done.

In his early life, Gore attended [[Harvard University]] and (briefly) [[Vanderbilt University]]. He also served in the [[United States Army]] and worked as a war correspondent  during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>Kennedy, William V. ''The Military and the Media: Why the Press Cannot Be Trusted to Cover a War''. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 1993. <http://com.hilbert.edu/students/papers/carolina-1999/1999vietnam.html></ref>He was married to activist [[Tipper Gore]], but the two announced on 6/1/2010 that they were separating after forty years of marriage.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/01/al-tipper-gore-break-years-marriage/ Gore's Break Up After 40 Years of Marriage]</ref>   

In his early life, Gore attended [[Harvard University]] and (briefly) [[Vanderbilt University]]. He also served in the [[United States Army]] and worked as a war correspondent  during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>Kennedy, William V. ''The Military and the Media: Why the Press Cannot Be Trusted to Cover a War''. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 1993. <http://com.hilbert.edu/students/papers/carolina-1999/1999vietnam.html></ref>He was married to activist [[Tipper Gore]], but the two announced on 6/1/2010 that they were separating after forty years of marriage.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/01/al-tipper-gore-break-years-marriage/ Gore's Break Up After 40 Years of Marriage]</ref>