The 1988 United States presidential election was the 51st quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday,November 8,1988. The Republican nominee,incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush,defeated the Democratic nominee,Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts.
The 1976 United States presidential election was the 48th quadrennial presidential election,held on Tuesday,November 2,1976. Democrat Jimmy Carter,former Governor of Georgia,defeated incumbent Republican president Gerald Ford in a narrow victory.
The 1984 United States presidential election was the 50th quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday,November 6,1984. Incumbent Republican president Ronald Reagan defeated Democratic former vice president Walter Mondale in a landslide victory.
George Frederick Will is an American libertarian conservative writer and political commentator,who writes regular columns for The Washington Post and provides commentary for NBC News and MSNBC. In 1986,The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America." Will won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1977.
The 1976 Republican National Convention was a United States political convention of the Republican Party that met from August 16 to August 19,1976,to select the party's nominees for president and vice president. Held in Kemper Arena in Kansas City,Missouri,the convention nominated President Gerald Ford for a full term,but only after narrowly defeating a strong challenge from former California Governor Ronald Reagan. The convention also nominated Senator Bob Dole from Kansas for vice president,instead of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller,who did not seek nomination for a full term. The keynote address was delivered by Tennessee Senator Howard Baker. Other notable speakers included Minnesota Representative Al Quie,retired Lieutenant Colonel and former Vietnam prisoner of war Raymond Schrump,former Texas Governor John Connally,Providence,Rhode Island mayor Vincent Cianci and Michigan Senator Robert P. Griffin. It is the last national convention by either of the two major parties to feature a seriously contested nomination between candidates.
Franklyn Curran "Lyn" Nofziger was an American journalist,conservative Republican political consultant and author. He served as press secretary in Ronald Reagan's administration as Governor of California,and as a White House advisor during the Richard Nixon administration and again during the Reagan presidency.
Kenneth L. Khachigian is an American political consultant,speechwriter,and attorney. He is best known for being a longtime aide to President Richard Nixon and chief speechwriter to President Ronald Reagan.
From January 21 to June 3,1980,voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1980 United States presidential election. Retired Hollywood actor and two-term California governor Ronald Reagan was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the Republican National Convention held from July 14 to July 17,1980,in Detroit,Michigan.
From January 14 to June 14,1988,Republican voters chose their nominee for president in the 1988 United States presidential election. Incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1988 Republican National Convention held from August 15 to August 18,1988,in New Orleans,Louisiana.
From January 29 to June 4,1996,voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1996 United States presidential election. Senator Bob Dole of Kansas,the former Senate majority leader,was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1996 Republican National Convention held from August 12 to 15,1996,in San Diego,California;Dole resigned from the Senate in June 1996 once he became the presumptive nominee to concentrate on his presidential campaign.
Frederick L. "Rick" Ahearn is an American political and corporate consultant,currently serving as executive vice president of Potomac Communications Strategies in Alexandria,Virginia. He is best known for his long service as lead advanceman for Ronald Reagan,as a candidate in 1979–1980 and for most of his two terms as president;he was standing close to Reagan during his attempted assassination on March 30,1981. Ahearn was also a senior adviser and planner for the presidential funerals and burials of Reagan and Gerald Ford,as well as Jack Kemp and First Lady Nancy Reagan. In all,he has served five U.S. presidents and six vice presidents,and aided 14 presidential campaigns from 1968 to 2016.
Beth Myers is an American political consultant,campaign advisor,and attorney who has held senior positions in the political campaigns and the Massachusetts governorship of Mitt Romney,the nominee of the Republican Party for President of the United States in the 2012 election.
Citizens for the Republic (CFTR) is an American political action committee founded in 1977 by Ronald Reagan,five months after he narrowly lost his bid for the 1976 Republican Party (GOP) presidential nomination to Gerald Ford The committee was first directed by Reagan aide Lyn Nofziger. Under American tax law,it is a 527 organization.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Rick Perry, the 47th Governor of Texas,was officially launched on June 4,2015. This campaign constituted Perry's second consecutive bid for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. Perry announced on September 11,2015,that he had suspended his campaign.
Gordon H. Hensley is a Republican consultant and long-time advisor to senate and presidential campaigns,specializing in communications strategy,speechwriting,and press relations. He is the owner of sm/c/p Inc.,based in Alexandria,Virginia,and a partner at Health Media Management Group LLC. In December 2016,his name was advanced by associates of Donald Trump for a senior communications post in the Trump Administration. Instead,Hensley continued his work for health-care clients,until May 2020,when he accepted appointment as a senior public affairs adviser at the US Department of Health &Human Services.
This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1980 election. Former California Governor Ronald Reagan won the 1980 Republican nomination for President of the United States,and chose former CIA Director George H. W. Bush as his running mate.
This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1976 election. At the 1976 Republican National Convention,incumbent President Gerald Ford narrowly won the presidential nomination over former California Governor Ronald Reagan. Ford had decided not to choose Vice President Nelson Rockefeller as his running mate,due to Rockefeller's unpopularity with the right wing of the Republican Party. He instead chose Senator Bob Dole of Kansas. Dole was acceptable to the conservative wing of the party,and Ford hoped that Dole would help the ticket win the western states and the agricultural vote. The Ford–Dole ticket lost the general election to the Carter–Mondale ticket. Though he would not win the presidential nomination,Reagan announced before the convention that he would pick Senator Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania as his running mate. Dole went on to become Senate Republican leader,and the Republican presidential nominee in 1996,losing the general election to incumbent President Bill Clinton.
Since 1980,the Republican Party of the United States has held debates between candidates for the Republican nomination in presidential elections during the primary election season. Unlike debates between party-nominated candidates,which have been organized by the bi-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates since 1988,debates between candidates for party nomination are organized by mass media outlets.
The 1996 presidential campaign of Bob Dole began when Republican Senator and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole formally announced his candidacy for Republican Party nomination in 1995. After beating other candidates in the primaries,he became the Republican nominee,with his opponent being Democratic incumbent President Bill Clinton in the 1996 presidential election. Dole conceded defeat in the race in a telephone call to Clinton on November 5,1996.
