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Candidate Profiles I. Al Gore A. US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore, was born on March 31, 1948 in Washington D.C.. His father Albert Gore Sr., a congressman from Tennessee, served in the House of Representatives and his mother Pauline La Fon was one of the first women to graduate from Vanderbilt Law School. Gore, a Baptist, attended Harvard where he received a degree with high honors in government. Even though he was …

…Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Consumer Product Safety Administration. Nader has focused his efforts on empowering citizens to create a responsive government sensitive to citizens’ needs. Ralph Nader’s running mate for the 2000 election is Native American Activist Winona LaDuke. LaDuke, a Harvard graduate, has formed many organizations for women and native Americans. In 1995 she was nominated as by Time magazine as one of the “50 leaders for the future.”