Button, Campaign

Object Name:

Button, Campaign

Object ID:

2024.020.17

Date:

2000

Description:

Button, Campaign. Round campaign button, "GORE 2000 DURBIN," in blue and yellow, 2000. Clasp pin on back.

Material:

Metal
Paper
Plastic

Dimensions:

Dia-1.875 inches

Provenance:

Political button collected by Sylvia Larsen (1949- ) primarily while serving as a New Hampshire state senator from 1994 to 2014. Illinois Senator Dick Durbin was one of the people Gore considered choosing as his running mate for vice president. However, he chose Connecticut Senator, Joe Lieberman, in August 2000.

Credit Line:

Gift of Sylvia B. Larsen

People:

Larsen, Sylvia (1949- ), Gore, Albert, Jr. (1948- ), Durbin, Richard (1944- )

Subjects:

Campaigns, Political, Political campaigns, Political activity, Political elections, Politicians, Democratic Party