Former Vice President Al Gore: A Timeline
Dem. nominee- wins 50,992,335 votes (48.38 percent) but loses in post-election. Teaching. Book tour.  Dec. 15-Rules out 2004 presidential bid. Dec. 9-Endorses Howard Dean. Chairman of Generation, a London-based investment management co.  Chairman of Current (formerly INdTV), launches Aug. 1. May 24-"An Inconvenient Truth."  Training Climate "Change Messengers" May-The Assault on Reason due out.
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Re-elected to the U.S. Senate. Jan.- Earth in the Balance.  July 9-Bill Clinton names Gore as his running mate. Jan. 20-Sworn in as Vice President. Clinton-Gore ticket re-elected. June 16-Announces candidacy for the Democratic pres. nomination.
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Re-elected to Congress. Son Albert Gore III born.  Re-elected to Congress. Sister dies of lung cancer. Elected to the U.S. Senate. June 29 - Announces candidacy for the Dem. presidential nomination. April-Ends presidential bid. April 3-Son seriously injured.
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U.S. Army, 1969-71.  May 19- Marries Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Aitcheson. Vanderbilt Univ, Divinity School. Reporter/writer for
The Tennessean, 1971-76.
Daughter Karenna born. Elected to Congress Daughter Kristin born. Re-elected to Congress. Daughter Sarah born.
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B.A. from Harvard University. U.S. Army, 1969-71.
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Father (Al Gore Sr.) elected to the U.S. Senate.
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Born Mar. 31, 1948 in Washington, DC. 
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