*[[Al Gore]]. After the [[2000 presidential election]] contest against [[George W. Bush]], Gore refused to accept the free and fair election results and would not concede defeat. He instead tied up the election process through litigation in the courts for months. Gore consistently lost his bid to overturn the election results in the lower courts and kept fighting in the Florida Supreme Court. He would not concede until mid-December of that year, a month and a half after Election Day. As late as August of 2017, Gore again suggested he actually won the 2000 election. | *[[Al Gore]]. After the [[2000 presidential election]] contest against [[George W. Bush]], Gore refused to accept the free and fair election results and would not concede defeat. He instead tied up the election process through litigation in the courts for months. Gore consistently lost his bid to overturn the election results in the lower courts and kept fighting in the Florida Supreme Court. He would not concede until mid-December of that year, a month and a half after Election Day. As late as August of 2017, Gore again suggested he actually won the 2000 election. |