At the end of February 1976, U.S. Representative Joe L. Evins unexpectedly announced his retirement from Congress, making Tennessee's 4th congressional district seat, to which he had succeeded Albert Gore Sr. in 1953 open. He has been on both sides of almost every major issue. Gore and his running mate Joe Lieberman won the popular vote, but after a controversial election dispute over a Florida recount (settled by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled 54 in favor of Bush), he lost the election to Republican opponent George W. Bush in the Electoral College. Gore carried seven states in the primaries, finishing third overall in a field that included Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, then Senator, future Vice President and current President Joe Biden, Gary Hart, Congressman Dick Gephardt, Paul Simon and Jesse Jackson. [59][60] He continued to speak on the topic throughout the 1980s,[61] and is still prevalent in the environmental community. Texas Governor and likely Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush was leading Gore 54% to 41% in polls during that time. Kennedy". But whether the increase will lead to a significant rise in global temperature, we can't absolutely say. During his tenure in the House, Gore voted in favor of the bill establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday. [191][192] Senator Ted Kennedy had urged Gore to endorse Senator Barack Obama though Gore declined. "[169] After An Inconvenient Truth was nominated for an Academy Award, Donna Brazile (Gore's campaign chairwoman from his 2000 campaign) speculated that Gore might announce a possible presidential candidacy during the Oscars. . She attended St. Agnes and, at a high school graduation dance met Al Gore, Jr. Gore has been characterized as having either misspoke, or failed to clarify his important part in the transition of the internet from a defense network to a public network. Also earmarked [were] a raft of basic technologies like digital imaging and data storage. [28], However, Gore had to compete with First Lady Hillary for President Clinton's influence, starting when she was appointed to the health-care task force without Gore's consultation. [86][87] He was involved in a number of projects including NetDay '96 and 24 Hours in Cyberspace. [39] Gore defeated Republican senatorial nominee Victor Ashe, subsequently the mayor of Knoxville, and the Republican-turned-Independent, Ed McAteer, founder of the Christian right Religious Roundtable organization that had worked to elect Reagan as president in 1980. Since then he has remade himself as an environmental campaigner and won an Oscar in 2007 for his film 'An Inconvenient Truth', for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize in the same year. [1] [2] She is the founder of the Texas -based BIRD Bakery retail chain, [3] she has filmed holiday cooking on The Cooking Channel, Today, and The Food Network. Gore is probably best known for serving as Vice President under Bill . [36], In 1971, Gore also began to work the night shift for The Tennessean as an investigative reporter. [33] He received an honorable discharge from the Army in May 1971. [2][3] He also helped to organize the Live Earth benefit concerts. He ruled that the film could be shown to schoolchildren in the UK if guidance notes given to teachers were amended to balance out the film's one-sided political views. Elizabeth Chambers (born August 18, 1982) is an American television personality. [28][65][67] Gore was later endorsed by New York City Mayor Ed Koch who made statements in favor of Israel and against Jackson. In a 1992 speech on the Gulf War, Gore stated that he twice attempted to get the U.S. government to pull the plug on support to Saddam Hussein, citing Hussein's use of poison gas, support of terrorism, and his burgeoning nuclear program, but was opposed both times by the Reagan and Bush administrations. There was talk of a potential run in the 2000 presidential race by Gore as early as January 1998. [217], In 2004, Gore co-launched Generation Investment Management, a company for which he serves as chair. [14] His older sister Nancy LaFon Gore died of lung cancer. Regional diversity? Al Gore, though not divorced from wife Tipper, confirmed he is indeed dating environmental activist Elizabeth Keadle. On September 1, Gore was contacted by Charity Hospital's Neurosurgeon Dr. David Kline, who had operated on his son Albert, through Greg Simon of FasterCures. Elizabeth 'Liz' Keadle is an alumna of the Institute who, while a student at the University of California San Diego, worked in the Peptide Biology Laboratory with Salk scientist Wylie Vale. In 1996, Gore became involved in a "Chinagate" campaign finance controversy over his attendance at an event at the Buddhist Hsi Lai Temple in Hacienda Heights, California. For a man like Al Goreas for his former boss, Bill Clinton"just making money" is the wrong way to make money. He was "unopposed in the Democratic Senatorial primary and won the general election going away", despite the fact that Republican President Ronald Reagan swept Tennessee in his reelection campaign the same year. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system. ", "Gore Connection to 'Love Story' a Muddled Affair", "Sen. 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[21][30] His Harvard advisor, Richard Neustadt, also stated that Gore decided, "that he would have to go as an enlisted man because, he said, 'In Tennessee, that's what most people have to do.' The annual Marver H. 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[193][194] On June 16, 2008, one week after Hillary Clinton had suspended her campaign, Gore endorsed Obama in a speech given in Detroit, Michigan[195][196][197] which renewed speculation of an Obama-Gore ticket. [214] In the late 1990s, Gore strongly pushed for the passage of the Kyoto Protocol, which called for the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. He served as vice president during the Clinton administration from 1993 to 2001, defeating incumbents George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle in 1992, and Bob Dole and Jack Kemp in 1996. It was very powerful. During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. [84] Clinton and Gore entered office planning to finance research that would "flood the economy with innovative goods and services, lifting the general level of prosperity and strengthening American industry". Gore called the ticket "a new generation of leadership". May 18, 2012, 6:17 AM. It is unlikely . Segal then went public to clarify that Gore was half of the basis for Oliver Barrett, which was the familial emotional baggage part, while the other half (athletic and poetic) was based on actor Tommy Lee Jones, and that he knew Tipper then, but that she was not a basis for the book and movie at all, nor was the Gores' relationship, and offered that the Tennessee reporter either misquoted him or exaggerated the story. Moreover, there is no question in our minds that while serving as Senator, Gore's initiatives had a significant and beneficial effect on the still-evolving Internet. "[85] Critics claimed that the initiatives would "backfire, bloating Congressional pork and creating whole new categories of Federal waste". [35][38], Gore began serving in the U.S. Congress at the age of 28 and stayed there for the next 16 years, serving in both the House (19771985) and the Senate (19851993). Elisabeth Kendall. Elizabeth Gore brings decades of experience working in Washington, DC to advance EDF's policy priorities through the political system. Al Gore and Liz Keadle. 1973), Kristin Carlson Gore (b. Photo: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images. June 1, 2010, 3:34 PM. Birth City: Washington, D.C. [42] In 1981, Gore was quoted as saying with regard to homosexuality, "I think it is wrong", and "I don't pretend to understand it, but it is not just another normal optional life style." Gore is the recipient of a number of awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize (together with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) in 2007,[257][258][259] a Primetime Emmy Award for Current TV in 2007, a Webby Award in 2005, the Dan David Prize in 2008[260] and the Prince of Asturias Award in 2007 for International Cooperation. Lieberman became "the first person of the Jewish faith to run for the nation's second-highest office". So he really does deserve credit. In one instance "Hillary insisted on being invited [to a Los Angeles fundraiser for the vice president]over the objections of the event's organizers", where the First Lady "shocked the vice president's supporters by soliciting donations for herself in front of Tipper". Clinton and Gore were inaugurated on January 20, 1993. "[158], While Gore has criticized Bush for his Katrina response, he has not spoken publicly about his part in the evacuation of 270 patients on September 3 & 4, 2005, from Charity Hospital in New Orleans to Tennessee. Vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948), This article is about the former vice president of the United States. While the organization . 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