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In 2000, New York state voted for candidates Al Gore for President of the United States and Joe Lieberman for Vice President of the United States. Gore and Lieberman lost the election to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney by 5 electoral votes. Concurrently, Hillary Rodham Clinton ran for and was elected to the United States Senate as a representative for New York State. 

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This image was a popular postcard image created by The American Postcard Co. Inc. copyright of MC Ewan/Jason N.Y.C.. Little is know about the image origin, however, United States military ID tags can be seen. The faces of these muscular men have been replaced by Al Gore and Bill Clinton, President and Vice President winning the 1992 and 1996 elections. Clinton faced a number of sexual allegations regarding a female intern, infamously leading to a long court case and many news headlines.

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“The Kiss” features then-Vice President and Presidential candidate Al Gore and his wife Tipper Gore after she introduced him during the 2000 Democratic Convention at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on August 17, 2000. Because of the Monica Lewinsky scandal with then President Bill Clinton while Al Gore was Vice-President, it is believed Al Gore was sending a message that he was committed to his wife and wanted to distance himself from the affair of the previous administration.

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After a landslide victory in the 1932 election against Herbert Hoover, President Franklin Roosevelt set about passing significant reform in the form of the ‘New Deal’ or a series of legislation aimed at protecting the poor and working class from economic upheaval, job loss, and to aid with retirement. However, in doing this Roosevelt alienated many important allies in the business community. In 1936, upon facing re-election Roosevelt had to vigorously defend his New Deal program from those who felt the economy was still too weak to bear the cost of these new programs. 

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Hillary Rodham Clinton was the First Lady of the United States while her husband, William "Bill" Clinton served as President of the United States from 1992 to 1996. In November 1996, Bill was successfully re-elected for a second term and Hillary remained the First Lady from 1997 to 2001.

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Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush ran in the 1980 presidential election. They defeated Democratic nominees Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale, and Independent nominees John B. Anderson and Patrick Lucey to become the 40th President and the 43rd Vice President of the United States, respectively. After their first term, Reagan and Bush ran a successful reelection campaign in 1984 and were reelected for a second term. The state of Michigan voted for the pair in both elections. 

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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was thought to be a prime candidate for President of the United States of America in 2004. Despite support from the general public and the Democratic party, Clinton did not run in the election and remained a New York senator, while George W. Bush was reelected for a second term. 

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New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) supported Hillary Rodham Clinton in her campaign to run for State Senate in 2000. NYSUT is a federation that supports more than 1,200 local unions in the state of New York; they advocate for higher pay, better working conditions, and improved healthcare for over 600,000 individual members, including public school teachers, university faculty, bus drivers, and nurses.