Election Night 2000 in Austin

AUSTIN -- NOV 8: **EXCLUSIVE** Gov. George W. Bush, the Republican Presidential nominee, Vice Presidential nominee Dick Cheney, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, campaign chairman Don Evans, and former President George Bush Sr. sit in the hallway and discuss the voting in Florida at the governor's mansion in Austin, Texas, November 8, 2000. Democratic nominee Al Gore had conceded the election less than an hour earlier, but as the race tightened up in Florida, things were tense in Austin. A few minutes after this photo was taken Gore called Bush and rescinded his concession, which ultimately threw the election to the U.S. Supreme Court, with Bush being declared the winner. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)