1996 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection

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 New York Representative 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.

Former New York Representative Jack Kemp was chosen as the Republican nominee for vice president in 1996.

Shortlist

[2]

• 
  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

[3][4]

Members of Congress

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

Governors

• 
  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

• 
  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

• Republican Party presidential primaries, 1996

References

1. Rudin, Ken (11 August 2012). "Running Mate Scorecard: Ups And Downs Since 1964". NPR. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
2. 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.
3. Pittman, David (19 July 1996). "Dole's VP 'short list' includes McCain". Tucson Citizen. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
4. 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.