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Al Gore was the 45th vice president of the United States (1993–2001). He previously served as a United States senator (1985–1993) and United States representative (1977–1985) from Tennessee.

House of Representatives (1976–1982)

1976 Tennessee's 4th congressional district election, Democratic primary [1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Al Gore 37,860 32.11%
Democratic Stanley Rogers 34,121 28.94%
Democratic T. Tommy Cutrer 19,856 16.84%
Democratic Ben H. McFarlin 13,917 11.80%
Democratic Larry S. Irby 5,359 4.55%
Democratic Sarah King 3,667 3.11%
Democratic William H. Long 1,456 1.24%
Democratic Robert Paulk 875 0.74%
Democratic William J. Kelton 795 0.67%
Total votes 117,906 100.00%
1976 Tennessee's 4th congressional district election [1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Al Gore 115,392 94.04%
Independent William McGlamery 7,320 5.97%
Total votes 122,712 100.00%
Democratic hold
1978 Tennessee's 4th congressional district election [2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Al Gore ( incumbent) 108,695 100.00%
Total votes 108,695 100.00%
Democratic hold
1980 Tennessee's 4th congressional district election [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Al Gore ( incumbent) 137,612 79.29%
Republican James B. Seigneur 35,954 20.72%
Total votes 173,566 100.00%
Democratic hold
1982 Tennessee's 6th congressional district election [4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Al Gore ( incumbent) 104,094 100.00%
Total votes 104,094 100.00%
Democratic hold

Senate (1984–1990)

Senate campaign poster
1984 United States Senate election in Tennessee [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Al Gore 1,000,607 60.72%
Republican Victor Ashe 557,016 33.80%
Independent Ed McAteer 87,234 5.29%
Independent Khalil-Ullah Al-Muhaymin 3,179 0.19%
Total votes 1,648,036 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican
1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee [6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Al Gore ( incumbent) 529,914 67.72%
Republican William R. Hawkins 233,324 29.82%
Independent Williw C. Jacox 11,172 1.43%
Independent Charles Gordon Vick 7,995 1.02%
Write-in 109 0.01%
Total votes 782,514 100.00%
Democratic hold

Presidential elections (1988–2000)

1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries [7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Dukakis 9,898,750 42.47%
Democratic Jesse Jackson 6,788,991 29.13%
Democratic Al Gore 3,185,806 13.67%
Democratic Dick Gephardt 1,399,041 6.00%
Democratic Paul M. Simon 1,082,960 4.65%
Democratic Gary Hart 415,716 1.78%
Democratic Unpledged 250,307 1.07%
Democratic Bruce Babbitt 77,780 0.33%
Democratic Lyndon LaRouche 70,938 0.30%
Democratic David Duke 45,289 0.19%
Democratic James Traficant 30,879 0.13%
Democratic Douglas Applegate 25,068 0.11%
Total votes 23,271,525 100.00%
1992 Democratic National Convention, Presidential tally [8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Clinton 3,372 80.27%
Democratic Jerry Brown 596 14.19%
Democratic Paul Tsongas 209 4.98%
Democratic Robert P. Casey 10 0.24%
Democratic Patricia Schroeder 8 0.19%
Democratic Larry Agran 3 0.07%
Democratic Ron Daniels 1 0.02%
Democratic Al Gore 1 0.02%
Democratic Joe Simonetta 1 0.02%
Total votes 4,201 100.00%
1992 Democratic National Convention, Vice Presidential tally [9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Al Gore 4,288 100.00%
Total votes 4,288 100.00%
Electoral college results of the 1992 election
Clinton: 370 votes (32 states + DC)
Bush: 168 votes (18 states)
1992 United States presidential election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Clinton / Al Gore 44,909,889 43.01%
Republican George H. W. Bush / Dan Quayle ( inc.) 39,104,550 37.45%
Independent Ross Perot / James Bond Stockdale 19,743,821 18.91%
Libertarian Andre Marrou / Nancy Lord 290,087 0.28%
Populist Bo Gritz / Cyril Minett 106,152 0.10%
New Alliance Lenora Fulani / Maria Elizabeth Muñoz 73,622 0.07%
Constitution Howard Phillips / Albion Knight, Jr. 43,369 0.04%
N/A Other 152,516 0.19%
Total votes 104,423,923 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican
1996 New Hampshire Democratic Vice Presidential primary [10] [a]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Al Gore ( incumbent) 16,410 91.02%
Republican Colin Powell 312 1.73%
Republican Pat Buchanan 219 1.22%
Republican Bob Dole 171 0.95%
Democratic Bill Clinton 152 0.84%
Republican Lamar Alexander 148 0.82%
Republican Alan Keyes 139 0.77%
Republican Steve Forbes 119 0.66%
Total votes 17,670 100.00%
1996 Democratic National Convention, Vice Presidential tally [11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Al Gore ( incumbent) 4,289 100.00%
Total votes 4,289 100.00%
Electoral college results of the 1996 election
Clinton: 379 votes (31 states + DC)
Dole: 159 votes (19 states)
1996 United States presidential election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Clinton / Al Gore ( inc.) 47,401,185 49.24%
Republican Bob Dole / Jack Kemp 39,197,469 40.71%
Reform Ross Perot / Pat Choate 8,085,294 8.40%
Green Ralph Nader / Winona LaDuke 685,297 0.71%
Libertarian Harry Browne / Jo Jorgensen 485,759 0.50%
Constitution Howard Phillips / Herbert Titus 184,656 0.19%
Natural Law John Hagelin / Mike Tompkins 113,670 0.12%
N/A Other 113,667 0.12%
Total votes 96,277,634 100.00%
Democratic hold
2000 Democratic Party presidential primaries [12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Al Gore 10,626,568 75.80%
Democratic Bill Bradley 2,798,281 19.96%
Democratic Lyndon LaRouche 323,014 2.30%
Democratic Unpledged 238,870 1.70%
Democratic Angus Wheeler McDonald 19,374 0.14%
Democratic Randy Crow 5,126 0.04%
Total votes 14,011,233 100.00%
2000 Democratic National Convention, Presidential tally [13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Al Gore 4,328 99.79%
Democratic (abstention) 9 0.21%
Total votes 4,337 100.00%
Electoral college results of the 2000 election
Bush: 271 votes (30 states)
Gore: 266 votes (20 states + DC)
2000 United States presidential election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George W. Bush / Dick Cheney 50,456,002 47.87%
Democratic Al Gore / Joe Lieberman 50,999,897 48.38%
Green Ralph Nader / Winona LaDuke 2,882,955 2.74%
Reform Pat Buchanan / Ezola Foster 448,895 0.43%
Libertarian Harry Browne / Art Olivier 384,431 0.36%
Constitution Howard Phillips / Curtis Frazier 98,020 0.09%
Natural Law John Hagelin / Nat Goldhaber 83,714 0.08%
N/A Other 51,186 0.05%
Total votes 105,421,423 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. ^ All candidates were write-in

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