When did Al Gore officially concede the 2000 presidential election?

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U.S. presidential election of 2000 — Bush v. Gore A Florida judge examining a challenged vote at an operations center in Plantation, Florida, during a recount of the state's U.S. presidential election ballots, 2000.

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Bush v. Gore on December 12, 2000, which effectively ended the recount process and awarded the presidency to George W. Bush, Al Gore officially conceded the election the following day, December 13, 2000.12

In his televised concession speech, Gore stated that while he strongly disagreed with the court's decision, he accepted it and pledged to honor the new president-elect. This formal concession followed a period of intense legal and political uncertainty, during which Gore had previously retracted an initial concession made on election night after it became clear that the vote count in Florida was extremely close.234