1996 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection

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This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1996 election. Former Kansas Senator Bob Dole won the 1996 Republican nomination for President of the United States, and chose former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp as his running mate. Dole chose Kemp as his running mate in order to solidify support among the conservative wing of the Republican Party, despite the mutual personal distaste the two candidates had for each other.^[1]^[2] The Dole–Kemp ticket would lose the 1996 election to the Clinton–Gore ticket.

1996 Republican vice presidential nomination

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Nominee	Jack Kemp
Home state	New York

Previous Vice Presidential nominee

Vice Presidential nominee

Shortlist edit

Former Governor
Carroll Campbell
from South Carolina
(1987–1995)
Governor
John Engler
from Michigan
(1991–2003)
Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Jack Kemp
from New York
(1989–1993)
Senator
Connie Mack III
from Florida
(1989–2001)
Senator
John McCain
from Arizona
(1987–2018)

Other potential candidates edit

Members of Congress edit

Senator
Kay Bailey Hutchison
from Texas
(1993–2013)
Representative
John Kasich
from Ohio
(1983–2001)
Senator
Richard Lugar
from Indiana
(1977–2013)

Governors edit

Governor
Jim Edgar
from Illinois
(1991–1999)
Governor
Tom Ridge
from Pennsylvania
(1995–2001)
Governor
Tommy Thompson
from Wisconsin
(1987–2001)
Governor
George Voinovich
from Ohio
(1991–1998)
Governor
Christine Todd Whitman
from New Jersey
(1994–2001)

Federal executive branch officials

Former Secretary of State
James Baker
(1989–1992)
Former Secretary of Defense
Dick Cheney
from Wyoming
(1989–1993)
Former Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
from Illinois
(1975–1977)

Other Individuals edit

Attorney General of California
Dan Lungren
from California
(1991–1999)
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Colin Powell
from New York
(1989–1993)
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia
from New Jersey
(1986–2016)

See also edit

References edit

^ Rudin, Ken (11 August 2012). "Running Mate Scorecard: Ups And Downs Since 1964". NPR. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b Berke, Richard L. (9 August 1996). "A Final Round In Dole's Dance To Pick a No. 2". New York Times. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ Pittman, David (19 July 1996). "Dole's VP 'short list' includes McCain". Tucson Citizen. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ Call, JOSEPH P. FERRY, The Morning. "DOLE, RIDGE STUMP, DODGE VEEP QUESTION * NEITHER THE GOP HOPEFUL NOR THE GOVERNOR APPEARED ANXIOUS TO ADDRESS IT DURING A MONTGOMERY COUNTY STOP". mcall.com. Retrieved 2020-06-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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