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1988 Republican Party presidential primaries
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January 14 to June 14, 1988
1992 →
2,277 delegates to the Republican National Convention
1,139 (majority) votes needed to win
 
Candidate George H. W. Bush Bob Dole Pat Robertson
Home state Texas Kansas Virginia
Delegate count 1,840 205 115
Contests won 42 5 4
Popular vote 8,253,512 2,333,375 1,097,446
Percentage 67.9% 19.2% 9.0%
Previous Republican nominee

Ronald Reagan

 Republican nominee

George H. W. Bush

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.

Bush selected Indiana Senator Dan Quayle as his running mate, and the Republican ticket went on to win the general election against the Democratic ticket of Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen by a wide margin. It was the third consecutive Republican victory in a presidential election, marking the first time since President Harry S. Truman's surprise 1948 victory that any party held the White House for more than two terms. This was the last time an incumbent Republican vice president ran for the nomination.

Primary race

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Vice President George H. W. Bush had the private support of President Ronald Reagan and publicly pledged to continue Reagan's policies, but also pledged a "kinder and gentler nation"[1] in an attempt to win over some more moderate voters. Bush faced some prominent challengers for the GOP nomination, despite his front-runner status.

In 1987, Donald Trump, then known as a New York real estate executive and registered as a Republican, hinted in various television interviews that he was considering running for president.[2] He took out a series of newspaper ads in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe criticizing Reagan's foreign policy for being too expensive.[3][4] He also vocally advocated reducing foreign aid to Japan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia; accelerating nuclear disarmament negotiations with the Soviet Union; and eliminating the federal deficit.[5] Mike Dunbar, an important Republican operative, started a "draft Donald Trump" movement to try to convince him to run in the New Hampshire primaries.[4] However, Trump eventually announced at a political rally arranged by Dunbar in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, that he would not seek the Republican nomination.[6] Later, Trump approached Bush's campaign manager Lee Atwater asking to be considered as a possible choice for running mate. Bush found the request "strange and unbelievable."[7] Apparently contradicting this report, Trump later asserted it was Atwater who approached him asking if he was interested in the position.[8] Trump would eventually be elected president in 2016, and receive a second term in 2024.

Robertson's campaign got off to a strong second-place finish in the Iowa caucuses, ahead of Bush. Robertson did poorly in the subsequent New Hampshire primary, however, and was unable to be competitive once the multiple-state primaries like Super Tuesday began. Robertson ended his campaign before the primaries were finished. His best finish was in Washington, winning the majority of caucus delegates. However, his controversial win has been credited to procedural manipulation by Robertson supporters who delayed final voting until late into the evening when other supporters had gone home. He later spoke at the 1988 Republican National Convention in New Orleans and told his remaining supporters to cast their votes for Bush, who ended up winning the nomination and the election. He then returned to the Christian Broadcasting Network and would remain there as a religious broadcaster until his death in 2023.

Bush unexpectedly came in third in the Iowa caucus (that he had won back in 1980), behind Senator Bob Dole and Robertson. Dole was also leading in the polls of the New Hampshire primary, and the Bush camp responded by running television commercials portraying Dole as a tax raiser, while Governor John H. Sununu stumped for Bush. These efforts enabled the Vice President to defeat Dole and gain crucial momentum. Embittered by his loss in New Hampshire, Dole told Bush directly, on live television that evening, to "stop lying about my record."[9]

Once the multiple-state primaries began, Bush's organizational strength and fundraising lead were impossible for the other candidates to match, and the nomination was his. The Republican party convention was held in New Orleans, Louisiana. Bush was nominated unanimously.

In his acceptance speech, Bush made an energetic pledge, "Read my lips: No new taxes", a comment that would come to haunt him in the 1992 election.

Overview

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Active campaign Exploratory committee
[10][11][12][13][14][15] 		Withdrawn candidate Republican National Convention
Midterm elections Debates
[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] 		Primaries

Candidates

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Nominee

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Candidate Most recent office Home State Campaign Delegates won Popular vote Contests won Running mate
George Bush U.S. Vice President
(1981–1989) 		Texas

Texas



(Campaign)
Secured nomination:
April 26, 1988 		1,840
(80.81%) 		8,253,512
(67.90%) 		42 Dan Quayle

Withdrew before convention

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Candidate Most recent office Home State Campaign

Withdrawal date

Delegates won Popular vote Contests won
Pat Robertson Chair of CBN
(1960–2023)

Virginia


(Campaign)
Suspended: April 6, 1988[26]
Withdrew: May 11, 1988[27] 		115
(5.05%) 		1,097,446
(9.02%) 		4
Bob Dole U.S. Senator
from Kansas
(1969–1996) 		Kansas

Kansas


(Campaign)
Withdrew: March 29, 1988[28] 		205
(9.00%) 		2,333,375
(19.19%) 		5
Jack Kemp U.S. Representative
from New York
(1971–1989)

New York


(Campaign)
Withdrew: March 9, 1988[29] 		50
(2.20%) 		331,333
(2.72%) 		0
Pierre du Pont Governor
of Delaware
(1977–1985)

Delaware


(Campaign)
Withdrew: February 18, 1988[30] 		2
(0.09%) 		49,783
(0.41%) 		0
Alexander Haig U.S. Secretary
of State
(1981–1982)

Virginia


(Campaign)
Withdrew: February 12, 1988[31] 		0
(0.00%) 		26,619
(0.22%) 		0

Withdrew before primaries

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Candidate Most recent office Home State Campaign

Withdrawal date

Paul Laxalt U.S. Senator
from Nevada
(1974–1987) 		Nevada

Nevada

(Campaign)
Withdrew: Aug. 26, 1987
Howard Baker U.S. Senator
from Tennessee
(1967–1985) 		Tennessee

Tennessee

(Campaign)
Withdrew: Feb. 27, 1987
[32][33]

Minor candidates

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Other notable individuals campaigning for the nomination but not featuring in major polls were:

Jack Fellure Ben Fernandez Harold Stassen
No Elected Office
(Field Engineer at GE) 		U.S. Special Envoy (Paraguay)
(1973) 		Governor of Minnesota
(1939–1943)

Declined

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Note on Declination Dates:[a]

William Armstrong Pat Buchanan Jim Thompson Thomas Kean Jesse Helms
U.S. Senator
from Colorado
(1979–1991) 		White House CD
(1985–1987) 		Governor
of Illinois
(1977–1991) 		Governor
of New Jersey
(1982–1990) 		U.S. Senator
from North Carolina
(1973–2003)
January 14, 1987[34] January 20, 1987[35] March 6, 1987[36] March 11, 1987[37] March 16, 1987[38][39]
George Deukmejian Donald Rumsfeld William Bennett Donald Trump Jeane Kirkpatrick
Governor
of California
(1983–1991) 		U.S. Secretary
of Defense
(1975–1977) 		U.S. Secretary
of Education
(1985–1988) 		Chairman
of The Trump Org.
(1971–2017) 		U.S. Ambassaor
(United Nations)
(1981–1985)
March 25, 1987[40] April 2, 1987[41] April 4, 1987[42] October 22, 1987[43] October 25, 1987[44]

Endorsements

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Main article: Endorsements in the 1988 Republican Party presidential primaries

Polling

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National polling

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Poll source Publication date
George Bush
Bob Dole
Pete DuPont
Al Haig
Jack Kemp
Pat Robertson
Others/Undecided
Gallup[45] Jun. 10, 1985 39% 8% – – 5% – 48%
Gallup[45] Jan. 13, 1986 46% 10% – – 5% – 39%
Gallup[45] Apr. 14, 1986 40% 10% – 2% 6% 4% 38%
Gallup[45] Jul. 14, 1986 41% 8% – 3% 3% 6% 39%
Gallup[45] Oct. 27, 1986 42% 8% 1% 3% 5% 6% 35%
Gallup[45] Jan. 19, 1987 33% 14% 1% 3% 5% 5% 39%
Gallup[45] Apr. 13, 1987 34% 18% 2% 7% 9% 4% 26%
Gallup[45] June 14, 1987 39% 21% 2% 6% 8% 5% 19%
Gallup[45] July 13, 1987 40% 18% 3% 7% 10% 5% 17%
Gallup[45] Sep. 2, 1987 40% 19% 2% 4% 9% 8% 18%
Gallup[45] Sep. 2, 1987 47% 22% 1% 4% 4% 7% 15%
Gallup[45] Jan. 24, 1988 45% 30% 2% 2% 5% 8% 8%

Results

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Date Pledged
Delegates 		Contest Delegates Won and Popular Vote
George
Bush 		Bob
Dole 		Pat
Robertson 		Jack
Kemp 		Pierre
Du Pont 		Alexander
Haig 		Uncommitted Others Total
January 14 0 (of 77) Michigan
Caucuses
[46] 		919 SDs[b] 54 SDs[b] 360 SDs[b] 274 SDs[b] 18 SDs[b] — — — 1,625 SDs[b]
January 30 77 (of 77) Michigan
State Convention
[47] 		37 Del. — 8 Del. 32 Del. — — — — —
February 4 0 (of 20) Hawaii
Caucuses
[48] 		147 SDs[b] 153 SDs[b] 1,368 SDs[b] 10 SDs[b] 4 SDs[b] 1 SDs[b] — — 1,683 SDs[b]
February 7 0 (of 34) Kansas
Caucuses
[49] 		— 1,233 SDs[b] 6 SDs[b] — — 10 SDs[b] — — 1,683 SDs[b]
February 8 0 (of 37) Iowa
Caucuses
[50] 		20,218
(18.59%) 		40,629
(37.35%) 		26,729
(24.57%) 		12,078
(11.10%) 		8,013
(7.37%) 		364
(0.33%) 		739
(0.68%) 		— 108,770
February 13 4 (of 4) Guam
Terr. Convention
[51][52] 		4 Del. — — — — — — — —
February 16 23 (of 23) New Hampshire
Primary
[53] 		11 Del.
59,290
(37.67%) 		7 Del.
44,797
(28.46%) 		14,775
(9.39%) 		3 Del.
20,114
(12.78%) 		2 Del.
15,885
(10.09%) 		481
(0.31%) 		— 2,044
(1.30%) 		157,386
February 18 0 (of 20) Nevada
Caucuses
[54] 		1,672
(26.48%) 		1,480
(23.44%) 		846
(13.40%) 		875
(13.86%) 		42
(0.67%) 		8
(0.13%) 		1,391
(22.03%) 		— 6,314
February 20 20 (of 34) Kansas
CD Conventions
[55] 		— 20 Del. — — — — — — —
14 (of 14) Puerto Rico
Primary[c]
[56] 		14 Del.
1,907
(97.54%) 		48
(2.46%) 		— — — — — — 1,955
February 23 18 (of 18) South Dakota
Primary
[57] 		17,404
(18.63%) 		18 Del.
51,599
(55.24%) 		18,310
(19.60%) 		4,290
(4.59%) 		576
(0.62%) 		— 1,226
(1.31%) 		— 93,405
0 (of 31) Minnesota
Caucuses[d]
[58] 		5,979
(10.64%) 		23,923
(42.56%) 		15,969
(28.41%) 		8,535
(15.18%) 		— — 1,613
(2.87%) 		192
(0.34%) 		56,211
February 28 0 (of 22) Maine
Caucuses[e]
[59][60] 		713 SDs[b] 88 SDs[b] 150 SDs[b] 14 SDs[b] — — 123 SDs[b] — 1,506 SDs[b]
March 1 0 (of 19) Alaska
Caucuses
[61][62] 		487 SDs[b] 395 SDs[b] 941 SDs[b] 139 SDs[b] — — 58 SDs[b] — 2,020 SDs[b]
0 (of 17) Vermont
Primary
[63] 		23,565
(49.27%) 		18,655
(39.00%) 		2,452
(5.13%) 		1,877
(3.92%) 		808
(1.69%) 		324
(0.68%) 		— 151
(0.32%) 		47,832
March 5 14 (of 34) Kansas
State Convention
[64] 		— 14 Del. — — — — — — —
37 (of 37) South Carolina
Primary
[65] 		37 Del.
94,738
(48.51%) 		40,265
(20.62%) 		37,261
(19.08%) 		22,431
(11.49%) 		316
(0.16%) 		177
(0.09%) 		— 104[f]
(0.05%) 		213,565
12 (of 18) Wyoming
County Conventions
[66][67] 		5 Del. 5 Del. — — — — 2 Del. — —
March 8 38 (of 38) Alabama
Primary
[68][69] 		35 Del.
137,807
(64.53%) 		3 Del.
34,733
(16.26%) 		29,776
(13.94%) 		10,557
(4.94%) 		392
(0.18%) 		300
(0.14%) 		— — 213,565
27 (of 27) Arkansas
Primary
[68][70] 		13 Del.
32,114
(47.02%) 		7 Del.
17,667
(25.87%) 		5 Del.
12,918
(18.91%) 		2 Del.
3,449
(5.12%) 		359
(0.53%) 		346
(0.51%) 		1,402
(2.05%) 		— 68,305
82 (of 82) Florida
Primary
[68] 		82 Del.
559,397
(62.14%) 		191,494
(21.27%) 		95,037
(10.56%) 		41,762
(4.64%) 		6,718
(0.75%) 		5,849
(0.65%) 		— — 900,257
48 (of 48) Georgia
Primary
[68] 		48 Del.
215,516
(53.75%) 		94,749
(23.63%) 		65,163
(16.25%) 		23,409
(5.84%) 		1,309
(0.33%) 		782
(0.20%) 		— — 400,928
38 (of 38) Kentucky
Primary
[68] 		27 Del.
72,020
(59.32%) 		11 Del.
27,868
(22.96%) 		13,526
(11.14%) 		4,020
(3.31%) 		457
(0.38%) 		422
(0.35%) 		2,245
(1.85%) 		844 [g]
(0.70%) 		121,402
34 (of 41) Louisiana
Primary
[68][71] 		34 Del.
83,684
(57.80%) 		25,624
(17.70%) 		26,294
(18.16%) 		7,722
(5.33%) 		851
(0.59%) 		598
(0.41%) 		— — 144,773
41 (of 41) Maryland
Primary
[68] 		41 Del.
107,026
(53.31%) 		64,987
(32.37%) 		12,860
(6.41%) 		11,909
(5.93%) 		2,551
(1.27%) 		1,421
(0.71%) 		— — 200,754
52 (of 52) Massachusetts
Primary
[68][72] 		30 Del.
141,113
(53.31%) 		13 Del.
63,392
(26.28%) 		2 Del.
10,891
(4.52%) 		3 Del.
16,791
(6.96%) 		3,522
(1.46%) 		1,705
(0.71%) 		4 Del.
3,416
(1.42%) 		351
(0.15%) 		241,181
31 (of 31) Mississippi
Primary
[68] 		27 Del.
104,814
(66.06%) 		2 Del.
27,004
(17.02%) 		2 Del.
21,378
(13.47%) 		5,479
(3.45%) 		— — — — 158,675
47 (of 47) Missouri
Primary
[68][73] 		19 Del.
168,812
(42.17%) 		19 Del.
164,394
(41.07%) 		44,705
(11.17%) 		14,180
(3.54%) 		1,788
(0.45%) 		858
(0.21%) 		9 Del.
5,563
(1.39%) 		— 400,300
54 (of 54) North Carolina
Primary
[68] 		29 Del.
124,260
(45.38%) 		25 Del.
107,032
(39.09%) 		26,861
(9.81%) 		11,361
(4.15%) 		944
(0.35%) 		546
(0.20%) 		2,797
(1.02%) 		— 273,801
36 (of 36) Oklahoma
Primary
[68] 		33 Del.
78,224
(37.44%) 		3 Del.
73,016
(34.95%) 		44,067
(21.09%) 		11,439
(5.48%) 		938
(0.45%) 		715
(0.34%) 		— 539 [h]
(0.26%) 		208,938
21 (of 21) Rhode Island
Primary
[68] 		15 Del.
10,401
(64.86%) 		6 Del.
3,628
(22.63%) 		911
(5.68%) 		792
(4.94%) 		80
(0.50%) 		49
(0.31%) 		174
(1.09%) 		— 16,035
45 (of 45) Tennessee
Primary
[68][74] 		28 Del.
152,515
(59.99%) 		13 Del.
55,027
(21.64%) 		1 Del.
32,015
(12.59%) 		10,911
(4.29%) 		646
(0.25%) 		777
(0.31%) 		3 Del.
2,340
(0.92%) 		— 254,252
111 (of 111) Texas
Primary
[68] 		111 Del.
648,178
(63.86%) 		140,795
(13.87%) 		155,449
(15.32%) 		50,586
(4.98%) 		4,245
(0.42%) 		3,140
(0.31%) 		12,563
(1.24%) 		— 1,014,956
0 (of 50) Virginia
Primary
[68] 		124,738
(53.28%) 		60,921
(26.02%) 		32,173
(13.74%) 		10,809
(4.62%) 		1,229
(0.53%) 		597
(0.26%) 		3,675
(1.57%) 		— 234,142
0 (of 41) Washington
Caucuses
[68] 		3,694
(24.29%) 		3,955
(26.00%) 		5,934
(39.01%) 		1,144
(7.52%) 		33
(0.22%) 		6
(0.04%) 		444
(2.92%) 		— 15,210
March 15 0 (of 82) Illinois
Preference Primary
[75] 		469,151
(54.64%) 		309,253
(36.02%) 		59,087
(6.88%) 		12,687
(1.48%) 		4,653
(0.54%) 		3,806
(0.44%) 		— — 858,637
82 (of 82) Illinois
Delegate Primary
[76] 		74 Del. 8 Del. — — — — — — —
March 19 7 (of 41) Louisiana
State Committee
[71][77] 		— — — — — — 7 Del. — —
March 29 35 (of 35) Connecticut
Primary
[78] 		25 Del.
73,501
(70.56%) 		10 Del.
21,005
(20.16%) 		3,191
(3.06%) 		3,281
(3.15%) 		— — 3,193
(3.07%) 		— 104,171
April 4 0 (of 36) Colorado
Caucuses[i]

[79][80]

(~76.4%) — (~9.4%) — — — (~14.2%)[j] — ?
April 5 47 (of 47) Wisconsin
Primary
[81] 		47 Del.
295,295
(82.19%) 		28,460
(7.92%) 		24,798
(6.90%) 		4,915
(1.37%) 		1,504
(0.42%) 		1,554
(0.46%) 		2,372
(0.66%) 		396
(0.11%) 		359,294
April 16 22 (of 22) Maine
State Convention
[82][83] 		22 Del. — — — — — — — —
9 (of 31) Minnesota
CD Conventions[k]
[84][85][86] 		4 Del. — — 1 Del. — — 4 Del. — —
April 19 102 (of 136) New York
Delegate Primary
[87][88] 		97 Del. — — 4 Del. — — 1 Del. — —
0 (of 17) Vermont
Caucuses[l]
[89] 		291 SDs[b] — — — — — 34 SDs[b] — 1,000 SDs[b]
April 23 0 (of 33) Arizona
Caucuses
[90] 		507 SDs[b] — — — — — 210 SDs[b] — 717 SDs[b]
20 (of 20) Nevada
State Convention
[91][92] 		4 Del. — 14 Del. — — — 2 Del. — —
April 25 0 (of 17) Delaware
State Caucuses[m]
[93] 		113 SDs[b] — 3 SDs[b] — 31 SDs[b] — — 4 SDs[b] 283 SDs[b]
0 (of 26) Utah
Caucuses
[94][95] 		N/A[n] — — — — — — — —
April 26 0 (of 96) Pennsylvania
Pref. Primary
[96] 		687,323
(78.95%) 		103,763
(11.92%) 		79,463
(9.13%) 		— — — — — 870,549
96 (of 96) Pennsylvania
Delegate Primary[o]
[97][88] 		90 Del. — 3 Del. — — — 3 Del. — —
April 30 19 (of 19) Alaska
State Convention
[98] 		8 Del. — 11 Del. — — — — — —
3 (of 31) Minnesota
CD Conventions[p]
[99] 		1 Del. — 2 Del. — — — — — —
May 3 51 (of 51) Indiana
Primary
[100] 		51 Del.
351,829
(80.39%) 		42,878
(9.80%) 		28,712
(6.56%) 		14,236
(3.25%) 		— — — — 437,655
88 (of 88) Ohio
Primary
[100] 		88 Del.
643,907
(81.00%) 		94,650
(11.91%) 		56,347
(7.09%) 		— — — — — 794,904
14 (of 14) Washington, D.C.
Primary
[100] 		14 Del.
5,890
(87.65%) 		469
(6.98%) 		268
(3.99%) 		— — — — 93
(1.38%) 		6,720
May 7 12 (of 31) Minnesota
CD Conventions[q]
[101][102] 		10 Del. — — — — — 2 Del. — —
6 (of 18) Wyoming
State Convention
[103][104] 		5 Del. — — — — — 1 Del. — —
May 9 34 (of 136) New York
State Committee
[105] 		34 Del.[r] — — — — — — — —
May 10 0 (of 25) Nebraska
Preference Primary
[106] 		138,784
(68.02%) 		45,572
(22.33%) 		10,334
(5.06%) 		8,423
(4.13%) 		— — — 936
(0.46%) 		204,049
9 (of 25) Nebraska
Delegate Primary
[106] 		6 Del. 1 Del. — — — — — 2 Del. —
28 (of 28) West Virginia
Primary
[107] 		24 Del.
110,705
(77.34%) 		2 Del.
15,600
(10.90%) 		10,417
(7.28%) 		3,820
(2.68%) 		— — 2 Del. 2,598[s]
(1.82%) 		143,140
May 14 33 (of 33) Arizona
State Convention
[108][109] 		30 Del. — 3 Del.[t] — — — — — —
17 (of 17) Delaware
State Convention
[110][111] 		17 Del. — — — — — — — —
May 17 32 (of 32) Oregon
Primary
[112] 		32 Del.
199,938
(72.84%) 		49,128
(17.90%) 		21,212
(7.73%) 		— — — — 4,208
(1.53%) 		274,486
May 21 17 (of 17) Vermont
State Convention
[113][114] 		17 Del. — — — — — — — —
4 (of 4) Virgin Islands
Terr. Convention
[115][116] 		4 Del.[u] — — — — — — —
May 24 18 (of 22) Idaho
Primary
[117][88] 		15 Del.
55,464
(81.24%) 		— 1 Del.
5,876
(8.61%) 		— — — 2 Del.
6,935
(10.16%) 		— 68,275
June 4 36 (of 36) Colorado
State Convention
[118][119][88] 		36 Del. — — — — — — — —
June 7 175 (of 175) California
Primary
[88] 		175 Del.
1,856,273
(82.86%) 		289,220
(12.91%) 		94,779
(4.23%) 		— — — — 115[v]
(0.01%) 		2,240,387
0 (of 20) Montana
Primary 		63,098
(73.05%) 		16,762
(19.41%) 		— — — — 6,520
(7.55%) 		— 86,380
64 (of 64) New Jersey
Primary
[88] 		64 Del.
241,033
(100.00%) 		— — — — — — — 241,033
26 (of 26) New Mexico
Primary
[88] 		26 Del.
69,359
(78.16%) 		9,305
(10.35%) 		5,350
(6.03%) 		— — 2,161
(2.44%) 		2,569
(2.90%) 		— 88,744
June 11 26 (of 26) Utah
State Convention
[120][121] 		26 Del.[w] — — — — — — —
50 (of 50) Virginia
CD Conventions[x]
State Convention
[122][123][124] 		47 Del. — 3 Del. — — — — — —
June 14 16 (of 16) North Dakota
Primary
[125] 		16 Del.
37,062
(93.99%) 		— — — — — — 2,372[y]
(6.02%) 		39,434
June 18 20 (of 20) Hawaii
State Convention
[126] 		2 Del. — 18 Del. — — — — — —
4 (of 22) Idaho
State Convention
[127] 		— — — — — — 4 Del.[z] — —
7 (of 31) Minnesota
State Convention
[128] 		1 Del. 2 Del. 1 Del. 3 Del. — — — — —
June 24 30 (of 37) Iowa
CD Conventions
[129][130] 		10 Del. 14 Del. 2 Del. 2 Del. — — 2 Del. — —
June 25 7 (of 37) Iowa
State Convention
[130] 		2 Del. 2 Del. — — — — 3 Del. — —
July 1 24 (of 41) Washington
CD Conventions
[131] 		— — 24 Del. — — — — — —
July 2 17 (of 41) Washington
State Convention
[132][133] 		2 Del. — 15 Del. — — — — — —
July 9 20 (of 20) Montana
State Convention
[134] 		20 Del.[aa] — — — — — — — —
16 (of 25) Nebraska
State Convention
[135][136][137] 		14 Del. — — — — — 2 Del. — —
Totals 1,840 Del.
8,253,512
(67.90%) 		205 Del.
2,333,375
(19.19%) 		115 Del.
1,097,446
(9.02%) 		50 Del.
331,333
(2.72%) 		2 Del.
49,783
(0.41%) 		26,619
(0.22%) 		53 Del.
61,177
(0.49%) 		14,943
(0.12%) 		2,277 Del.
12,371,163

Running mate

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See also: 1988 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection

After Bush locked up the nomination in March, conventional wisdom leaned toward the notion of a Southern running mate to balance the ticket. The former Governor of Tennessee, Lamar Alexander, was seen by many as the most logical choice, and some early reports described him as Bush's personal preference.[138][139] Another high-profile possibility, also from Tennessee, was the former Senate Majority Leader and White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker. Despite the early attention – which included a supportive editorial written by former President Richard Nixon – Baker told the press that he would prefer to be left out of consideration.[140]

Bush's running mate, however, would not be revealed until August 16, allowing speculation to intensify all the way to the national convention. Bob Dole, who was considered a leading contender based on his second-place finish in the primaries, expressed impatience with the wait but nonetheless made plain his keen desire for the job.[141] So too did Jack Kemp, who confidently told reporters that he would make "a terrific campaigner and a terrific candidate and a terrific vice president".[141] Both men were thought to rank high on Bush's list of potential picks.[142]

Other highly rated prospects included two people quite close to Dole. His wife, Elizabeth Dole, had served as Transportation Secretary under President Reagan and was a popular figure among conservatives and women – two key demographics that Bush was struggling to galvanize. A second option was Dole's fellow U.S. Senator from Kansas, Nancy Kassebaum.[142] Other figures who were believed to be under Bush's close consideration included the Governor of Nebraska Kay Orr,[139] the former Governor of Pennsylvania Dick Thornburgh, the Governor of New Jersey Tom Kean, and the sitting U.S. Senators Bill Armstrong of Colorado, Pete Domenici of New Mexico, and Richard Lugar and Dan Quayle, both of Indiana.[141][142]

U.S. Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming was also widely believed to be a possible selection, but he publicly stated that he wasn't interested in the position. This placed him in the company of Baker and others who had declared that they did not want to be considered, such as the Governor of California George Deukmejian and the Governor of Illinois Jim Thompson. Shortly ahead of the convention, however, Bush reopened speculation about all of them when he implied that he would not necessarily give up on any demurring prospects.[141]

Long-shot possibilities included several Republicans who were popular in their home states but held limited name recognition nationally, such as U.S. Representative Lynn Martin of Illinois, the Governor of South Carolina Carroll Campbell, and the two U.S. Senators of Missouri, John Danforth and Christopher Bond.[142] Nontraditional selections who were seen as credible alternatives included the National Security Advisor Colin Powell,[143] the former UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, Education Secretary William Bennett, former EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus, and even Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.[142]

Bush announced his selection of 41-year-old Dan Quayle on the second day of the convention.[144]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ It isn't always clear when a candidate declines to enter the race, as sometimes potential candidates will decline to run but reignite interest later in the cycle, often resulting in another declination. In light of this, the latest declination found by a prospective candidate is used.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an These are delegates elected in County Conventions across the State who later attended the State Convention, where they voted on the makeup of the State Delegation to the National Convention.
  3. ^ Latest found source only had about a third of precincts accounted for.
  4. ^ Latest found source only had 3,274 of 4,076 precincts accounted for.
  5. ^ Latest found source only had 1,088 of 1,506 state delegates accounted for.
  6. ^ South Carolina "Other" Vote
  7. ^ Kentucky "Other" Vote
  8. ^ Oklahoma "Other" Vote
  9. ^ The actual vote of the straw poll was not provided beyond general percentages.
  10. ^ Represents both votes for candidates other than Bush and Robertson, in addition to those uncommitted; the source did not differentiate between them.
  11. ^ Not all District Conventions in Minnesota were held on the same day; on this date, the only Districts that held Conventions were the 1st, 2nd, and 6th. The delegate breakdown was as follows: 1st (Bush 3), 2nd (2 Uncommitted, 1 Bush), 6th (2 Uncommitted, 1 Kemp). However, as delegates were not formally pledged to their positions, the breakdown by May 7th had changed as follows: 1st (3 Bush), 2nd (3 Bush), 6th (2 Robertson, 1 Bush).
  12. ^ Of the 1,000 delegates allotted to go to the State Convention, only 33% of those selected were accounted for by the source.
  13. ^ The caucuses were held at seven locations, their dates ranging from April 11th to April 25th. However, straw-polls of the delegates were only done in four of the locations (Wilmington, Brandywine Hundred, Christiana-Millcreek, Newark), with three not reporting (Colonial, Kent County, Sussex County).
  14. ^ No preference poll was held, with George Bush being the only remaining active candidate for the Republican nomination.
  15. ^ A quirk with the Republican Delegate Primary is that candidates could not enter a delegate slate under their name; no delegate was allowed to state their candidate preference on the ballot. As a result, the allegiances of prospective delegates was extremely fluid, especially once other major canidates withdrew or suspended their campaigns.
  16. ^ Not all District Conventions in Minnesota were held on the same day; on this date, the only District that held a Convention was the 8th.
  17. ^ Not all District Conventions in Minnesota were held on the same day; on this date, the only Districts that held Conventions were the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th. The only Non-Bush delegates were in the 5th (2 Uncommitted, 1 Bush)
  18. ^ NewYorkAtLargeDelegates
  19. ^ West Virginia "Other" Vote
  20. ^ Robertson technically won 3 delegates from the 3rd Congressional District; some sources tally them as Bush delegates as they specified they'd support him at the National Convention.
  21. ^ VirginIslandsDelegates
  22. ^ California "Other" Vote
  23. ^ This is assumed; while a bevy of major figures were present at the State Convention arguing in favor of Bush's nomination, no source specified which delegates, if any, were actually pledged to Bush.
  24. ^ The delegate selection process for Virginia was much the same as that in Minnesota, in that earlier Congressional District Conventions would elect a majority of the delegation, with the State Convention deciding on the remainder. In practice, 30 of Virginia's delegates were chosen at the District Conventions throughout May, with a further 20 chosen at the State Convention on June 11th. However, information on the District Conventions was sparse in regards to the delegate contests; for this reason, the lot is combined in the table as a single entry.
  25. ^ North Dakota "Other" Vote
  26. ^ IdahoConventionDelegates
  27. ^ This is assumed; sources identified the delegates elected, but no preferences were stated.

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