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==Political career==
 
==Political career==
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The [[Democratic Party]] selected him for Vice President on the 1992 ticket. The Democrats were victorious and he was sworn in on January 20, 1993.
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[[Bill Clinton]] selected Gore as his running mate on the [[United States presidential election, 1992|1992 election]] ticket. He was sworn in on January 20, 1993.
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As is customary with Vice Presidents, he was nominated to the [[Democratic]] ticket for the 2000 Presidential election.  Gore lost to [[George W. Bush]] in the [[Electoral College]] after a close vote, in which Gore received more popular votes than Bush, but fewer electoral votes. Gore contested the results in Florida. On December 13, 2000, after an extensive court battle ([[Bush v. Gore]]), Gore accepted Bush's election to the Presidency.<ref>Leip, David. "2000 Presidential General Election Results." David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2005. 18 Mar. 2007 <http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=2000>.</ref>.
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As is traditional for Vice Presidents, Gore was nominated to the [[Democratic]] ticket for the [[United States presidential election, 2000|2000 Presidential election]].  He lost to [[George W. Bush]] in the [[Electoral College]] after a close vote, in which Gore received more popular votes than Bush, but fewer electoral votes. Gore contested the results in Florida. On December 13, 2000, after an extensive court battle ([[Bush v. Gore]]), Gore accepted Bush's election to the Presidency.<ref>Leip, David. "2000 Presidential General Election Results." David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2005. 18 Mar. 2007 <http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=2000>.</ref>.
    
In the spring of 2000 Gore told the International Press Institute in [[Boston]],
 
In the spring of 2000 Gore told the International Press Institute in [[Boston]],
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