The Accidental President

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The Accidental President: How 413 Lawyers, 9 Supreme Court Justices, and 5,963,110 Floridians (Give or Take a Few) Landed George W. Bush in the White House is a 2001 book by Newsweek writer David A. Kaplan. The book details the 2000 United States presidential election, focusing on the battle over the electoral votes of the state of Florida that culminated in the United States Supreme Court ruling in Bush v. Gore that awarded the votes, and thus the Presidency, to George W. Bush.

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Kaplan, David A. (2001). The Accidental President: How 413 Lawyers, 9 Supreme Court Justices, and 5,963,110 Floridians (Give or Take a Few) Landed George W. Bush in the White House. New York, William Morrow (an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers). ISBN 0066212839.

Republican Party
Convention · Primaries

Nominee: George W. Bush (campaign)
VP nominee: Dick Cheney

Candidates: Lamar Alexander · Gary Bauer · Pat Buchanan · Herman Cain · Elizabeth Dole · Jack Fellure · Steve Forbes · Orrin Hatch · John Kasich · Alan Keyes · Andy Martin · John McCain · Dan Quayle · Bob Smith

Democratic Party
Convention · Primaries

Nominee: Al Gore (campaign)
VP nominee: Joe Lieberman

Candidates: Bill Bradley · Lyndon LaRouche · Paul Wellstone

Recount

Key figures	Katherine Harris · Jeb Bush · David Boies · Theodore Olson · James Baker · Ron Klain · Warren Christopher · Michael Whouley · Benjamin Ginsberg · Bob Butterworth · Joe Allbaugh · Mac Stipanovic · Craig Waters · Theresa LePore · Carol Roberts

Election day	Florida Central Voter File (scrub list) · Volusia error · Chad · Butterfly ballot

Aftermath and legal proceedings	Florida election recount · Brooks Brothers riot · Palm Beach County Canvassing Board v. Harris (Harris I) · Gore v. Harris (Harris II) · Bush v. Gore

Recount (2008) · Bush Family Fortunes (2004) · Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election (2002)

Third party and independent candidates

Constitution Party Convention	Nominee: Howard Phillips VP nominee: Curtis Frazier Candidates: Herb Titus

Green Party Convention	Nominee: Ralph Nader (campaign) VP nominee: Winona LaDuke Candidates: Jello Biafra · Stephen Gaskin · Joel Kovel

Libertarian Party Convention	Nominee: Harry Browne VP nominee: Art Olivier Candidates: Jacob Hornberger · Barry Hess · L. Neil Smith

Natural Law Party	Nominee: John Hagelin VP nominee: Nat Goldhaber

Prohibition Party	Nominee: Earl Dodge VP nominee: W. Dean Watkins

Reform Party	Nominee: Pat Buchanan VP nominee: Ezola B. Foster Candidates: John Hagelin

Socialist Party USA	Nominee: David McReynolds VP nominee: Mary Cal Hollis

Socialist Workers Party	Nominee: James Harris VP nominee: Margaret Trowe

Workers World Party	Nominee: Monica Moorehead VP nominee: Gloria La Riva

Independent	Cathy Gordon Brown · Charles E. Collins · Isabell Masters · Joe Schriner

Other 2000 elections: House · Senate · Gubernatorial

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