Presidential transition of George W. Bush

Presidential transition of George W. Bush

Outgoing President Bill Clinton (right) and President-elect George W. Bush (left) meet in the Oval Office of the White House as part of the presidential transition on December 19, 2000
Date of election	November 7, 2000
Transition start	December 12, 2000
Inauguration date	January 20, 2001
President-elect	George W. Bush (Republican)
Vice president-elect	Dick Cheney (Republican)
Outgoing president	Bill Clinton (Democrat)
Outgoing vice president	Al Gore (Democrat)
Headquarters	McLean, Virginia
Chairman of the transition	Dick Cheney

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The presidential transition of George W. Bush took place following the 2000 United States presidential election. It started after Bush was declared the victor of the election on December 12, 2000, when the Bush v. Gore decision by the Supreme Court halted the election recount in Florida, making Bush the victor in that state. The decision delivered him the state's 25 electoral votes, thus giving him a total of 271 electoral votes. This was one more vote than the 270 needed to win the presidency outright, making him president-elect.

Due to the recount effort and litigation between Bush and his presidential opponent Al Gore leaving the election undecided until December 12, 2000, Bush's official transition was abbreviated, at just 39 days. The transition was chaired by vice president-elect Dick Cheney.

Bush's victory was formally certified on January 6, 2001, when a joint session of congress certified the electoral college count.^[1][2] Bush was inaugurated at noon EST on January 20, 2001.

This was the first presidential transition to be held after the passage of the Presidential Transition Act of 2000.^[3]