Michael Richard Pence is an American politician who served as the 48th vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as the 50th governor of Indiana from 2013 to 2017,and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013.
Philippe I. Reines is an American political consultant. He joined the Department of State as a senior advisor to Hillary Clinton when she became United States Secretary of State in January 2009,and was promoted to deputy assistant secretary of state for strategic communications in 2010.
James Nicholas Ayers is an American political strategist and consultant who served as Chief of Staff to Vice President Mike Pence between July 2017 and January 2019. He had previously served as national chairman for Pence's vice-presidential campaign in 2016,and as the former executive director of the Republican Governors Association from 2007 to 2010.
Joshua Ryan Henry Earnest is an American political advisor who served as the 29th White House press secretary under President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2017. He succeeded Jay Carney as Obama's press secretary,in 2014,and was succeeded by President Donald Trump's first presidential press secretary,Sean Spicer. He currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer for United Airlines.
This article lists candidates who were considered for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 2016 presidential election. Businessman Donald Trump of New York,the 2016 Republican nominee for President of the United States,considered several prominent Republicans and other individuals before selecting Governor Mike Pence of Indiana as his running mate on July 15,2016. Pence formally won the vice presidential nomination on July 19,2016,at the 2016 Republican National Convention. The Trump–Pence ticket would go on to win the 2016 election,defeating the Democratic ticket of Clinton–Kaine.
Planning for the presidential transition of Donald Trump,led by then vice president-elect,former governor Mike Pence of Indiana,began before Donald Trump won the United States presidential election on November 8,2016,and became the president-elect. Trump was formally elected by the Electoral College on December 19,2016. The transition was formerly led by Chris Christie until he and a number of his supporters were replaced or demoted on November 11. The results were certified by a joint session of Congress on January 6,2017,and the transition ended when Trump was inaugurated at noon EST on January 20,2017.
Hope Charlotte Hicks is an American public relations executive and political advisor who served in President Donald Trump’s administration from 2017 to 2018 and 2020 to 2021. She served as White House Director of Strategic Communications from January to September 2017,as White House Communications Director from 2017 to 2018,and returned to serve as a Counselor to the President from 2020 to 2021.
Mercedes Schlapp is an American communications specialist and political commentator for both English and Spanish media. She has served in two presidential administrations as director of specialty media under George W. Bush and as White House Director of Strategic Communications in the Trump administration from September 2017 to July 2019. She went on to work on the Trump 2020 re-election campaign as senior advisor for strategic communications.
Presidential primaries and caucuses of the Republican Party took place in many U.S. states,the District of Columbia,and five U.S. territories from February 3 to August 11,2020,to elect most of the 2,550 delegates to send to the Republican National Convention. Delegates to the national convention in other states were elected by the respective state party organizations. The delegates to the national convention voted on the first ballot to select Donald Trump as the Republican Party's presidential nominee for president of the United States in the 2020 election,and selected Mike Pence as the vice-presidential nominee.
Jason Miller is an American communications strategist,political adviser and CEO,best known as the chief spokesman for the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign and transition of Donald Trump. He was a Senior Adviser to the Trump 2020 re-election campaign. From 2010 through 2016,Miller was a partner and executive vice-president at Jamestown Associates. He was initially announced as the incoming White House Communications Director during the presidential transition,though he withdrew shortly after amidst news of an extramarital relationship with a staffer who joined the 2016 campaign two months before the election.
Marc Short is an American political advisor who served as chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence. Prior to holding this role,Short was the director of legislative affairs at the White House from 2017 to 2018. He became chief of staff for Pence in March 2019. He was a senior fellow at the Miller Center of Public Affairs,a CNN contributor,chief of staff to Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison,and the House Republican Conference. He was president of Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce from 2011 to 2016. He was a frequent guest on Meet The Press of NBC News.
Incumbent Republican Donald Trump led an unsuccessful campaign for the 2020 United States presidential election. He was inaugurated for his first term on January 20,2017,and officially announced his re-election campaign on June 18,2019.
Gregory Joseph Pence is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Indiana's 6th congressional district since 2019. The district serves much of east-central Indiana,including Pence's hometown of Columbus,as well as Greenfield,Richmond,Shelbyville,and the southern suburbs of Indianapolis in Marion and Johnson Counties. A member of the Republican Party,he is the older brother of former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence,who represented the district from 2001 to 2013.
Alyssa Farah Griffin is an American political strategist and television personality. She was the White House Director of Strategic Communications and Assistant to the President in 2020 during the presidency of Donald Trump. Griffin appears on CNN as a political commentator and is also a co-host of the daytime talk show The View for its 26th season.
Presidential primaries and caucuses are being organized by the Republican Party to select the delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention scheduled to be held between February and June 2024 to determine the party's nominee for president of the United States in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. The elections will take place individually in all 50 U.S. states,the District of Columbia,and five U.S. territories.
Steven Cheung is an American political advisor who is Donald Trump's campaign spokesman in the 2023-24 Republican primary and served in the Donald J. Trump administration. He previously worked in Trump’s 2016 and 2020 campaigns. He also worked in communications for the sports organization Ultimate Fighting Championship based in Las Vegas,Nevada.
This article lists potential candidates for the Republican nomination for vice president of the United States in the 2024 election. The 2024 Republican nominee for president of the United States will choose their running mate at some point in 2024.
