Bob Dole 1996 presidential campaign
| Campaign | 1996 Republican primaries 1996 U.S. presidential election |
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| Candidate | Bob Dole Senator from Kansas (1969–1996) Senate Majority Leader (1985–1987, 1995–1996) Jack Kemp 9th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1989–1993) |
| Affiliation | Republican Party |
| Status | Announced: April 10, 1995 Presumptive nominee: March 19, 1996 Official nominee: August 15, 1996 Lost election: November 5, 1996 |
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| Receipts | Primary committee: US$56,179,852.54 General election public funds: US$61,820,000 |
| Slogan(s) | Bob Dole. A Better Man. For a Better America. The Better Man for a Better America |
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| http://www.dolekemp96.org/ | |
The 1996 presidential campaign of Bob Dole began when the-then Republican Senator and Senate Majority Leader formally announced his candidacy for Republican Party nomination in 1995. After beating other candidates in the primaries, he became the Republican nominee, with his opponent being Democratic incumbent President Bill Clinton in the 1996 presidential election. Dole conceded defeat in the race in a telephone call to Clinton on November 5, 1996. Dole is the only person in the history of the United States to lose elections for both president and vice president. Had he won, Dole would have been the first Kansas native to serve as president since Dwight D. Eisenhower and the oldest elected president to do so. Kemp would have been the twelfth vice president from New York.