Top 10 Contested Officeholders
As the United States Senate denies Roland Burris the seat he claims is his, TIME takes a look at other political kerfuffles.
Do we really need to remind you about this one? An election that tore the country in half and kept everyone on edge for weeks, the 2000 contest between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush was one for the ages. The seesawing Election Night cable news projections — Bush, Gore, Bush — the slow, slightly absurd Florida recount, and the final Supreme Court decision that gave the whole enchilada to dubya. Discussions of this election still send people into paroxysms of rage.
View the full list for "Top 10 Contested Officeholders"Latest Lists
Most Popular »
- Asian Carp in the Great Lakes? This Means War!
- Are the Bible's Stories True? Archaeology's Evidence
- Spain's Troubled Economy: Why Europe Is Worried
- Who Were the First Americans?
- Five Lessons from the Tea-Party Convention
- A Wedding in the Town of Al-Qaeda
- Book Excerpt: Anatomy of an Iraq War Crime
- Venezuela: Opponents Hope to Strike Out Chávez
- U.S. Troops Prepare to Test Obama's Afghan War Plan
- U.S.-China Friction: Why Neither Side Can Afford a Split
- Asian Carp in the Great Lakes? This Means War!
- Spain's Troubled Economy: Why Europe Is Worried
- Are the Bible's Stories True? Archaeology's Evidence
- Obesity in Kids: Three Lifestyle Changes that Help
- How to Build Your Own Bedbug Detector
- U.S. Troops Prepare to Test Obama's Afghan War Plan
- The Problem with Football: How to Make It Safer
- Gift Giving on Facebook Gets Real
- Experts: 40% of Cancers Are Preventable
- A Tree Carving in California: Ancient Astronomers?
RSS