This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. Twenty years ago, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert rightly surmised that the outcome of the 2000 presidential election would come down to one state: “Florida, Florida, Florida.” It was a phrase that became meme-worthy before we even knew what that meant, and two decades later, it still holds true.