The United States presidential election of 2000 was the 54th quadrennial presidential election. The contest was between Republican candidate George W. Bush, the incumbent governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush, and Democratic candidate Al Gore, the former Vice President.

Bush narrowly won the election, with 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266 (with one elector abstaining in the official tally).

The election was noteworthy for a controversy over the awarding of Florida's 25 electoral votes, the subsequent recount process in that state, and the unusual event of the winning candidate having received fewer popular votes than the runner-up.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2000

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