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US Vice Presidents Have Long Presided Over Their Own Defeats

Original: By law the U.S. vice president presides over the electoral count, even after losing. Nixon (1961), Gore (2001), Pence (2

Under US law, the sitting vice president must preside over Congress's counting of electoral votes, even when the count certifies their own loss. Recent examples include Richard Nixon in 1961, Al Gore in 2001, Mike Pence in 2021, and Kamala Harris in 2025, each of whom read out their own defeat. The tradition is being highlighted as a rare display of political custom and duty.

Why now: The recurring duty of presiding over one's own electoral defeat draws attention after the most recent certification.

Richard NixonAl GoreMike PenceKamala HarrisUnited States

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• By law the U.S. vice president presides over the electoral count, even after losing. Nixon (1961), Gore (2001), Pence (2021) and Harris (2025) each read out a defeat for their own ticket. Could you read yours aloud? Narration is a synthetic voice. # Shorts # History # USHistory… · shadowfetchstudio · 1

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