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Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was an American politician who was a four-term United States Senator (1971–1993) from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket.
Lloyd Bentsen Dan Quayle "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" was a remark made during the 1988 United States vice presidential debate by Democratic nominee Senator Lloyd Bentsen to Republican nominee Senator Dan Quayle in response to Quayle's comparison of his experience in Congress to that of John F. Kennedy, the Democratic 35th president of the United States, whom Bentsen knew from their time ...
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ralph Yarborough was defeated by former U.S. Representative Lloyd Bentsen in the Democratic primary. Bentsen then defeated Republican U.S. Representative and future president George H. W. Bush in the general election.
In the Democratic primary Democratic senator Lloyd Bentsen defeated the same opponent he had beaten in 1982, Joe Sullivan, a psychology professor from San Antonio. [3] Bentsen had been Senator from Texas since first winning election in 1970 and had been re-elected in 1976 and 1982.
In 1992, then-Texas senator Lloyd Bentsen humiliated his Indiana colleague, Dan Quayle, during their sole matchup when Quayle was asked about his relative lack of experience in government ...
This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1988 election.Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis won the 1988 Democratic nomination for President of the United States, and chose Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen as his running mate.
The presidential debate didn't generate an immortal line — think Lloyd Bentsen to Dan Quayle in 1988: "Senator, you are no Jack Kennedy" — though Trump did echo Ronald Reagan's dismissive ...
Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas) absolutely demolished Sen. Dan Quayle (R-Ind.). Quayle had been drawing comparisons between himself and John F. Kennedy to beef up his credentials.