Claim: Roger Wicker (born July 5, 1951) is the representative of the 1st district that Gore won in the 2000 United States presidential election in Mississippi
Evidence: In the general election, he defeated Albert Gore, the Chairman of the Oktibbeha County Democratic Party and a distant relative of former Vice President Al Gore, by 709,626 votes (57.16%) to 503,467 (40.55%). Roger Frederick Wicker (born July 5, 1951) is an American attorney and politician who is the senior United States Senator from Mississippi, in office since 2007.