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1988 Republican vice presidential nomination

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Nominee	Dan Quayle
Home state	Indiana

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This article lists those who were potential candidates for theRepublican nomination forVice President of the United States in the1988 election. Incumbent Vice PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush won the1988 Republican nomination forPresident of the United States, and chose Indiana SenatorDan Quayle as his running mate. The selection of Quayle surprised many of Bush's closest advisers, who had expected Bush to pick a more well-known running mate. Quayle was the firstbaby boomer generation on a presidential ticket, as well as to be elected to the vice presidency.^[1] However, Bush adviserRoger Ailes helped convince Bush that Quayle would be able to effectively attack the Democratic presidential nominee,Michael Dukakis.^[1] Bush also liked Quayle's youth and felt that Quayle would make for a loyal vice president.^[1] The Bush–Quayle ticket would go on to defeat theDukakis–Bentsen ticket in the general election but ultimately lost to theClinton–Gore ticket in1992.

During the selection process, New York City real-estate developer and future U.S. PresidentDonald Trump approached Bush's campaign managerLee Atwater asking to be considered as a possible choice for running mate. Bush found the request "strange and unbelievable."^[2] Contradicting this report, Trump later asserted it was Atwater who approached him asking if he was interested in the position.^[3]

Possible running mates

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Final candidates

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^[4]

FormerSecretary of Transportation
Elizabeth Dole
fromKansas
(1983–1987)
Senator and Senate Minority Leader, and1976 vice president nominee
Bob Dole
fromKansas
(1969–1996)
Representative
Jack Kemp
fromNew York
(1971–1989)^[a]
Senator
Dan Quayle
fromIndiana
(1981–1989)

Media speculation on possible running-mates

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Former Mayor of
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California and Actor
Clint Eastwood
(1986-1988; 1954-present)
Chairman ofChrysler
Lee Iacocca
(1979–1992)
Associate Justice of theSupreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor
(1981–2006)
6thCommissioner of Baseball
Peter Ueberroth
(1984–1989)
45thUnited States Secretary of the Interior
Donald Hodel
(1985–1989)^[9]

Notes

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^Would be later chosen to become the1996 Republican vice president nominee.

References

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^^a ^b ^cMargolis, Jon (August 18, 1988)."Why Bush Cast Aside Vp Tradition". Chicago Tribune. RetrievedOctober 4, 2015.
^Meacham, Jon (2015). Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush (illustrated ed.). Random House. p. 326. ISBN 1400067650.
^"Trump says Bush 41 adviser approached him about becoming VP | CNN Politics".CNN. November 8, 2015.
^"Bush Selects Quayle as His Running Mate : Calls Indiana Senator, 41, Future Leader".Los Angeles Times. August 17, 1988. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
^^a ^b ^cDecker, Cathleen (July 16, 1988)."Bentsen Expands Bush VP Options : With Texan Already on Ticket, GOP's Choices Increase".LA Times. RetrievedOctober 4, 2015.
^^a ^b ^cMeacham, Jon (2015).Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush. Random House. p. 336.ISBN 978-1-4000-6765-7.
^Jr, B. Drummond Ayres (November 9, 1988)."THE 1988 ELECTIONS MAN IN THE NEWS: James Danforth Quayle; A Partner Seasoned by the Campaign".The New York Times.ISSN 0362-4331. RetrievedApril 20, 2025.
^^a ^b"Thornburg For Bush".Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 18, 1988. p. 3 – viaNewspapers.com.
^Swisher, Larry (April 27, 1988). "VP May Come From the West".The Register-Guard.

(← 1984)1988 United States presidential election (1992 →)

Republican Party

Convention Primaries results
Candidates	Nominee:George H. W. Bush campaign VP nominee:Dan Quayle Other candidates:Bob Dole Pete du Pont Ben Fernandez Alexander Haig Jack Kemp Paul Laxalt Isabell Masters Pat Robertson Donald Rumsfeld Harold Stassen

Democratic Party

Convention Primaries results
Candidates	Nominee:Michael Dukakis campaign VP nominee:Lloyd Bentsen Other candidates:Douglas Applegate Bruce Babbitt Joe Biden campaign positions David Duke Dick Gephardt Al Gore campaign Gary Hart Jesse Jackson campaign Lyndon LaRouche campaign positions Andy Martin Patricia Schroeder Paul Simon James Traficant

Third-party andindependent candidates
Libertarian Party	Convention Nominee:Ron Paul campaign positions VP nominee:Andre Marrou Other candidates:Jim Lewis Russell Means
New Alliance Party	Nominee:Lenora Fulani
Populist Party	Nominee:David Duke
Prohibition Party	Nominee:Earl Dodge VP nominee:George Ormsby
Socialist Equality Party	Nominee:Edward Winn
Socialist Party	Nominee:Willa Kenoyer VP nominee:Ron Ehrenreich
Socialist Workers Party	Nominee:James Warren VP nominee:Kathleen Mickells
Workers World Party	Nominee: Larry Holmes VP nominee:Gloria La Riva
Independents and others	Jack Herer Lyndon LaRouche Herbert G. Lewin William A. Marra Eugene McCarthy

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Dan Quayle

44th Vice President of the United States (1989–1993)
U.S. Senator from Indiana (1981–1989)
U.S. Representative forIN–4 (1977–1981)

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U.S. House	1976 1978
U.S. Senate	1980 1986
Vice presidential	1988 campaign selection convention debate election transition 1992 campaign convention debate election Clinton transition
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