Bush chose former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney as his running mate, while Gore chose U.S. Senator John McCain and others, secured the nomination by Super Tuesday. Bush was seen as the early favorite for the Republican nomination, and after a contentious primary battle with U.S. Incumbent President Bill Clinton was ineligible to run for a third term due to presidential term limits, and Gore, the most recent incumbent vice president to run for president, secured the Democratic nomination with relative ease, defeating former U.S.
Gore conceded the election on December 13. presidential elections, with long-standing controversy about the result. It was the fourth of five American presidential elections, and the first since 1888, in which the winning candidate lost the popular vote, and is considered one of the closest U.S. Bush, won the election, defeating incumbent Vice President Al Gore. Bush, the incumbent governor of Texas and eldest son of the 41st president, George H. The 2000 United States presidential election was the 54th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia. One of D.C.'s three electors abstained from casting a vote for president or vice president.
Red denotes states won by Bush/Cheney and blue denotes those won by Gore/Lieberman.
