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Buchanan suspended his campaign in March, but declared that, if Dole were to choose a pro-choice running mate, he would run as the US Taxpayers Party (now Constitution Party) candidate. Forbes also withdrew in March having won only two states.
Jul 18, 2024 · Bob Dole, American politician who served in the U.S. Senate (1969–96) and who was the Republican Party’s nominee for president in 1996 but lost to Bill Clinton. Dole also was Pres. Gerald Ford’s running mate in the 1976 election. Learn more about Dole’s life and career.
President Gerald Ford chose Dole as his running mate in the 1976 election after Vice President Nelson Rockefeller withdrew from seeking a full term. The Ford-Dole ticket was defeated by the Democratic ticket of Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale in the general election.
The 1996 Presidential Election in the South: Southern Party Systems in the 1990s. ISBN 0-275-95951-1. Nelson, Michael. Clinton's Elections: 1992, 1996, and the Birth of a New Era of Governance (UP of Kansas, 2020) online.
Dec 5, 2021 · Along the way, he developed a reputation as a tough partisan — a hatchet man — serving in that role first for Nixon and then later as Ford's running mate in 1976.
Apr 2, 2014 · After defeat as Gerald Ford's running mate in 1976, Dole ran for president in 1996 but lost to President Bill Clinton, who won election to a second term. Since leaving politics, Dole has...
Dec 5, 2021 · Here, Dole is joined by President Gerald Ford, who was in Wichita, Kansas, to give Dole a re-election boost in 1974. Dole would later become Ford's running mate in the 1976 presidential...
Dec 6, 2021 · Bob Dole fell short of joining them as president but spent a lifetime of public service despite suffering wounds from that war that affected him all his life.
Aug 10, 1996 · Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole on Friday night picked as his running mate Jack Kemp, the former professional football star, congressman, Cabinet secretary and fervent...
Dec 5, 2021 · Gerald Ford tapped Dole to be his presidential running mate in 1976. And right after the convention, Dole went straight back to Russell. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
