The Gore family
Tennessee · President · Senate
Combined career popular votes
146,795,549
Combined electoral votes
1,015
Members on the ballot
2
Combined W–L
7–2
Years on the ballot
1952–2000
Albert Gore Sr. represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate for three terms. His son, Al Gore, followed him from the House to the Senate, served two terms as vice president, and as the 2000 Democratic nominee won the national popular vote while losing the presidency in the electoral college.
| Member | Offices | Years | Career popular votes | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al GoreD | President · Senate | 1984–2000 | 144,842,393 | 4–1 |
| Albert GoreD | Senate | 1952–1970 | 1,953,156 | 3–1 |
How this is measured
Combined career popular votes are summed across the 2 family members we track, each counted once across every presidential, U.S. Senate, governor, and U.S. House election in our data. Family membership is hand-curated and verified against primary sources, never matched by surname alone, so unrelated namesakes are never folded in. A vote for a presidential ticket counts for both the president and the vice-presidential candidate, matching how each profile reports its own totals.