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This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1968 election.After winning the Democratic presidential nomination at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey asked the convention to nominate Maine Senator Edmund Muskie as his running mate.
After winning the Republican presidential nomination at the 1960 Republican National Convention, incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon needed to choose a running mate. President Dwight D. Eisenhower strongly supported UN Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. [ 1 ] Though Lodge lacked charisma as a campaigner, his foreign policy experience and ...
A running mate is a person running together with another person on a joint ticket during an election.The term is most often used in reference to the person in the subordinate position (such as the vice presidential candidate running with a presidential candidate) but can also properly be used when referring to both candidates, such as by saying Donald Trump and JD Vance, and William Ruto and ...
Stevenson chose Alabama Senator John Sparkman, a Southern centrist, as his running mate. [2] Sparkman won the vice presidential nomination on the first ballot as no serious rival tried to displace Stevenson's choice. [1] However, many Northerners were not enthused with the choice of Sparkman due to Sparkman's stance on civil rights. [1]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Kamala Harris will unveil her vice presidential running mate on Tuesday, her first major decision as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate and another step in her ...
On September 11, 1996, Perot announced his choice of economics professor Pat Choate as his running mate. [1] Perot and Choate had previously co-authored the book Save Your Job, Save Our Country, which argued against the ratification of NAFTA. [1] The Perot–Choate ticket took 8.4% of the popular vote in the 1996 election.
This article lists the candidates for the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 2020 presidential election.Former Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware, the 2020 Democratic nominee for President of the United States, considered several prominent Democrats and other individuals before selecting Senator Kamala Harris of California as his running mate on August 11, 2020.
Running mates are heavily vetted before being announced in the weeks prior to the party national convention. The selection of a running mate is given considerable attention because the individual chosen can be seen to broaden the ticket's appeal by complementing and balancing its strengths, ideologically, geographically, and with respect to ...