Robert Joseph Dole was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Republican Leader of the Senate during the final 11 years of his tenure,including three non-consecutive years as Senate Majority Leader. Prior to his 27 years in the Senate,he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1969. Dole was also the Republican presidential nominee in the 1996 election and the vice presidential nominee in the 1976 election.
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Dole is an American attorney,author,and politician who served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 2003 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party,she previously served in five presidential administrations,including as U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Ronald Reagan from 1983 to 1987 and as U.S. Secretary of Labor under Reagan's successor,George H. W. Bush,from 1989 until 1990. Dole then left government to serve as president of the American Red Cross from 1991 to 1999;she departed from that position to seek the Republican nomination in the 2000 presidential election but eventually withdrew from the race.
Howard Henry Baker Jr. was an American politician,diplomat and photographer who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. During his tenure,he rose to the rank of Senate Minority Leader and then Senate Majority Leader. A member of the Republican Party,Baker was the first Republican to be elected to the US Senate in Tennessee since the Reconstruction era.
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.
John Patrick Sears was an American attorney,and a Republican political strategist. He served as Deputy Counsel to President Richard M. Nixon from 1969–70,and assisted both Nixon and Ronald Reagan in their presidential campaigns.
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics,often shortened to the Dole Institute,is a nonpartisan political institution located at the University of Kansas and founded by the former U.S. Senator from Kansas and 1996 Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole. Opened on July 22,2003,Dole's 80th birthday,the institute's $11.3 million,28,000-square-foot (2,600 m2) facility houses Dole's papers and hosts frequent political events. The institute is officially bi-partisan and has sponsored on-campus programs featuring prominent politicians of both major parties. The institute sponsors the Dole Lecture,which is given in April and features a prominent national figure addressing some aspect of contemporary politics or policy. The institute awards the annual Dole Leadership Prize each September,which includes a $25,000 cash award. The Presidential Lecture Series features the nation's leading presidential scholars,historians,journalists,and others including former Presidents,cabinet officers,and White House staff members who discuss the nation's highest office in ways that combine scholarly rigor with popular access. The archives hosted an exhibit in 2017 entitled "The League of Wives:Vietnam’s POW/MIA Allies &Advocates." In 2017,Elizabeth Dole gifted her career papers to the Dole Institute Archive and Special Collections.
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.
The 2008 presidential campaign of Fred Thompson,lawyer,lobbyist,character actor and former Senator from Tennessee began on September 5,2007 after six months of speculation. He was a Republican Party primary candidate seeking to represent his party in the 2008 United States presidential election.
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.
This is the electoral history of Ronald Reagan. Reagan,a Republican,served as the 40th president of the United States (1981–1989) and earlier as the 33rd governor of California (1967–1975). At 69 years,349 days of age at the time of his first inauguration,Reagan was the oldest person to assume the presidency in the nation's history,until Donald Trump was inaugurated in 2017 at the age of 70 years,220 days. In 1984,Reagan won re-election at the age of 73 years,274 days,and was the oldest person to win a US presidential election until Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election at the age of 77 years,349 days.
The 2008 presidential campaign of Jim Gilmore,68th Governor of Virginia and Chairman of the Republican National Committee began after being drafted to run by his peers in January 2007. He officially began the campaign in April after filing papers with the Federal Election Commission. Gilmore was committed to conservative principles throughout his run,which ultimately ended in July 2007 due to a lack of sufficient funding. The campaign led to Gilmore's decision to run in the 2008 Virginia Senatorial race,which he lost to Democrat Mark Warner.
Richard H. Davis,Jr. is an American political consultant. He previously served as a partner and chief operating officer of Pegasus Capital Advisors L.P.,a private equity firm specializing in sustainable development projects. He was a managing partner of the business development and public affairs consulting firm Davis-Manafort,located in Alexandria,Virginia. He was the national campaign manager of John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. In that capacity,he oversaw the development and implementation of all campaign strategy and policy development. Davis also served McCain as national campaign manager for his 2000 presidential campaign.
Frank J. Donatelli is a Republican Party political consultant and lawyer.
Mari Maseng Will is a Republican adviser who has worked for President Ronald Reagan,Senator Robert Dole and Governor Rick Perry. She was also an adviser to Scott Walker's 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.
The 1988 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 8,1988. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College,which selected the president and vice president. Tennessee was won by incumbent United States Vice President George H. W. Bush of Texas,who was running against Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. Bush ran with Indiana Senator Dan Quayle as Vice President,and Dukakis ran with Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen.
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.
John Dwyer Heubusch is an American political and private-sector executive and author,best known for his current work directing the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute in Simi Valley,California,overseeing the legacy of the 40th President of the United States. The Reagan Foundation funds the permanent Reagan Museum and the activities of the Reagan Presidential Library,including presidential primary debates,a speaker's program featuring world leaders and national political figures and youth education,as well as the Reagan Institute located in Washington,D.C. Heubusch manages an organization with assets of $400 million and an endowment that has grown to over $250 million.
