Title: Election (1999 film)
Content:  Election is a 1999 American black comedy film directed by Alexander Payne from a screenplay by Payne and Jim Taylor, based on Tom Perrotta's 1998 novel of the same name. The plot revolves around a student body election and satirizes politics and high school life. The film stars Matthew Broderick as Jim McAllister, a popular high school social studies teacher, and Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Flick, an overachieving student whom he dislikes. When Tracy runs for student government president, Jim sabotages her candidacy by backing a rival candidate and tampering with the ballot count. Although not a commercial success at the box office, Election received critical acclaim. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, a Golden Globe nomination for Witherspoon for Best Actress, and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film in 1999.
Title: Election (novel)
Content:  Election is a 1998 novel by Tom Perrotta. It's about a high school history teacher who attempts to sabotage a manipulative, ambitious girl's campaign to become school president. The novel was adapted into a film of the same title. Shooting occurred in 1997, prior to publication, but the film was not released until 1999.
Title: Election Night (Veep)
Content:  Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche, writers of "Election Night", received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series. Chris Addison, the episode's director, won an Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Comedy Series award from the Directors Guild of America for the episode.
Title: Election Daze
Content:  Robert Anderson, Buzz Buckley, Freddie Chapman, Barry Downing, Robert Ferrerro, Giovanna Gubitosi, Jackie Horner, Mickey Laughlin, Valerie Lee, Tommy Tucker, Frank Lester Ward
Title: Election (1999 film)
Content:  Director Alexander Payne had become a fan of the novel by Tom Perrotta on which the film is based; the novel's rights were sold to Payne in January 1997. The novel was inspired by two key events. The first was the 1992 United States presidential election, in which Ross Perot entered as a third party candidate (a move echoed by Tammy Metzler). The second was a 1992 incident at Memorial High School in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, in which a pregnant student was elected homecoming queen, but staff announced a different winner and burned the ballots to cover it up. The film uses a number 
Title: Election (TV series)
Content:  Election is a TV series won by Quincy Washington, presented by Angellica Bell and judged by Jonathan Dimbleby. It first aired on BBC One.
Title: The Election
Content:  The Election is a political drama television series produced by Hong Kong Television Network. With a budget of HK$15 million, filming started in July 2014 and wrapped up on 28 October 2014. The first episode premiered on 19 November 2014. The second episode and episodes after will be relocated to the weekly Saturday slot. A second season is planned to start filming in February 2015 but was postponed indefinitely.
Title: The Candidate (1972 film)
Content:  Robert Redford said that the film was made as "a labour of love" and was shot inexpensively and quickly. Redford and Ritchie had approached perhaps ten scriptwriters before offering the job to Jeremy Larner, who was under pressure to work quickly so the film would be out in time for the 1972 presidential election campaign; he had "about a month" to write the script, and wrote "exactly from noon to 3am every day" Larner, having worked as a journalist and speechwriter, said his "experiences with various politicians came into the story; I used some stuff that was directly from the campaigns". He also said 
Title: Election Night (Veep)
Content:  "Election Night" is the tenth and final episode of the fourth season of the American television comedy series Veep, and the 38th episode overall. "Election Night" aired on June 14, 2015, on HBO. It was written by Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche, and directed by Chris Addison. The episode follows the night of the U.S. Presidential Election, in which President Selina Meyer is running against Senator Bill O'Brien. "Election Night" largely takes place in a hotel suite where Selina and her staff are watching the election returns on cable news. At the end of the episode, Selina and O'Brien are tied for electoral college votes. The writers of "Election Night" won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for the episode. The director won an Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Comedy Series award from the Directors Guild of America.
Title: 59th Writers Guild of America Awards
Content: "Election Day Part II" - The West Wing - Eli Attie and John Wells ; "Occupation"/"Precipice" - Battlestar Galactica - Ronald D. Moore ; "Two for the Road" - Lost - Elizabeth Sarnoff and Christina M. Kim ; "The End of the Whole Mess" - Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King - Stephen King ; "Pilot" - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - Aaron Sorkin "Pilot" - Big Love - Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer

Question: Who was the screenwriter for Election?
Answer: Alexander Payne.