1988 democratic primary

Other notable candidates campaigning for the nomination but receiving less than 1% of the national vote included: The Democratic front-runner for most of 1987 was former Colorado Senator Gary Hart. Total popular vote results from primaries and caucuses: [65], The Democratic Party Convention was held in Atlanta, Georgia, July 18–21. 19, 1988", "Bush Wins Puerto Rico Primary and 14 Delegates", "Our Campaigns - CT US President - D Primary Race - Mar. Former Vice President Walter Mondale was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1984 Democratic National Convention held from July 16 to July 19, 1984, in San Francisco, California. The 1988 Democratic presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1988 U.S. presidential election. A member of the Democratic Party, he was House Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995 and Minority Leader from 1995 to 2003. 08, 1988", "Florida Department of State (Election Results)", "Supplement to the Georgia Official and Statistical Register 1985-1988", "Massachusetts County, Congressional District and Town Results", "Our Campaigns - NV US President - D Caucus - Mar. 08, 1988", "Tennessee primary results (1972, 1988, 1992)", "Our Campaigns - TX US President - D Primary Race - Mar. Electoral history of Lloyd Bentsen, United States Senator from Texas (1971-1993), United States Representative (1948-1955), United States Secretary of the Treasury (1993-1994), Democratic Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1988 and a candidate for 1976 Democratic presidential nomination, Electoral history of Dick Gephardt, United States Representative from Missouri (1977-2005), Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives (1989-1995), Minority Leader (1995-2003) and a candidate for 1988 and 2004 Democratic presidential nominations. On the Republican side the newspaper labeled Vice President George Bush "the GOP's top bet," U.S. Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas as being "on the ropes," the Rev. a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dick_Gephardt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dick Gephardt (page does not exist)">Dick Gephardt Dukakis chose Bentsen in order to appeal to Southerners and in hopes of carrying Bentsen's home state of Texas. The chair of the convention was Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Jim Wright. 26, 1988", "Our Campaigns - IN US President - D Primary Race - May 03, 1988", "Our Campaigns - OH US President - D Primary Race - May 03, 1988", "Our Campaigns - DC US President - D Primary Race - May 03, 1988", "Our Campaigns - NE US President - D Primary Race - May 10, 1988", "Our Campaigns - WV US President - D Primary Race - May 10, 1988", "Our Campaigns - OR US President - D Primary Race - May 17, 1988", "Our Campaigns - CA US President - D Primary Race - Jun 07, 1988", "Our Campaigns - MT US President - D Primary Race - Jun 07, 1988", "Our Campaigns - NJ US President - D Primary Race - Jun 07, 1988", "Our Campaigns - NM US President - D Primary Race - Jun 07, 1988", "Our Campaigns - ND US President - D Primary Race - Jun 14, 1988", "Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1988", "Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Jul 18, 1988", United States presidential primaries and caucuses, List of candidates by number of primary votes, Graduated Random Presidential Primary System, December 16: Gary Hart re-enters the race. John Dillin for The Christian Science Monitor. Super Tuesday is the United States presidential primary election day in February or March when the greatest number of U.S. states hold primary elections and caucuses. Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1988 Democratic National Convention held from July 18 to July 21, 1988, in Atlanta, Georgia. The choice of Bentsen caused some backlash from Jesse Jackson, who had wanted to be chosen as the vice presidential nominee, and progressives such as Ralph Nader. In the video Biden is filmed repeating a stump speech by Kinnock, with only minor modifications. 08, 1988", "Our Campaigns - NC US President - D Primary Race - Mar. [5], In December 1987, Hart surprised many political pundits by resuming his presidential campaign. Despite eventual defeat, Gore was one of the front-runners that year. Six years later, Bush's son George W. Bush would deny Richards re-election as Texas Governor. In the Super Tuesday races, Dukakis won six primaries, Gore five, Jackson five and Gephardt one, with Gore and Jackson splitting the southern states. [6], On May 8, 1987, a week after the Donna Rice story broke, Hart dropped out of the race. [citation needed], The large gains in the 1986 mid-term elections (which resulted in the Democrats taking back control of the Senate after six years of Republican rule) and the continuing Iran Contra scandal gave Democrats confidence in the run-up to the primary season. Incumbent Republican President Ronald Reagan defeated former Vice President Walter Mondale, the Democratic candidate in a landslide victory. [9] Though Biden had correctly credited the original author in all speeches but one, the one of which he failed to make mention of the originator was caught on video and sent to the press by members of the Dukakis campaign.

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