Election of 2000

Al Gore (D)

• Born in Washington DC but raised in Tennessee.

• Graduate of Harvard.• Served in the Army as a

journalist in Vietnam.• Served in Congress for 17

years in both the House and Senate (1976 – 1993)

• Vice President under Bill Clinton from 1993-2001.

George W. Bush (R)

• Born in Connecticut but raised in Texas.

• Graduated from Yale and Harvard Graduate School.

• Served in Texas Air National Guard.

• Son of President, Grandson of a Senator.

• Part owner of Texas Rangers until he successfully ran for Governor of Texas in 1994.

Vice –Presidential Candidates

Minor Party Candidates

• Reform Party Presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, left, and Green Party Presidential

candidate Ralph Nader.

• Republican candidate from Arizona.

• 71 years old.

• Graduate US Naval Academy

– 23 years in US Navy

– Fighter Pilot in Vietnam

– POW in Vietnam for 6 years

• Political Experience

– House of Reps 4 years

– Senate 22 years

• Personal

– Married 2X; 7 Children

John Kerry

• Senator from Massachusetts.

• Vietnam Vet.

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The Surge

• The surge refers to United States President Bush's 2007 increase in the number of American troops in order to provide security to Baghdad and Al Anbar Province.

• Commander of Multinational Force Iraq was counter-insurgency expert General David Petraeus.

• Democrat candidate from Illinois.

• 47 years old• Columbia University and

Harvard Law School.• Political Experience

– State Legislator 7 years– Senate 4 years

• Personal– Married with 2 children

• First African American to run for President

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