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Albert Arnold Gore Jr. He previously served as a United States Senator from to and as a member of the U. House of Representatives from to , in which he represented Tennessee. Gore was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in the presidential election , which he lost to George W. Bush despite winning the popular vote. The son of politician Albert Gore Sr.

He was a U. He served as vice president during the Clinton administration from to , defeating then-incumbents George H. As of , Gore's re-election remains the last time Democrats won a Senate election in Tennessee. Gore was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in the presidential election — in which he lost the electoral college vote by five electoral votes to Republican nominee George W.

Bush , despite winning the popular vote by , votes. Gore against a previous ruling by the Supreme Court of Florida on a re-count that would have likely given Gore a razor-thin lead in the state of Florida , had the re-count continued as planned.