Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:51 PM

Towlie (5,243 posts)

Question: Have rival presidential candidates ever become running mates after the primaries?

I honestly don't know and I haven't had any success researching it. Has a presidential candidate who lost the nomination in the primaries ever become the winner's vice presidential nominee? If not, why not?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Question: Have rival presidential candidates ever become running mates after the primaries? (Original post)	Towlie	Oct 2019	OP
Clinton-Gore springs to mind...	comradebillyboy	Oct 2019	#1
Nope - Al Gore was not a 1992 primary candidate	jberryhill	Oct 2019	#9
Edwards lost to Kerry in 2004.	Drunken Irishman	Oct 2019	#2
Up to a certain point the 2nd place finisher was always the running mate	Tiggeroshii	Oct 2019	#3
Obama-Biden	Renew Deal	Oct 2019	#4
Reagan-bush. Even after bush trashed Reagan's "voodoo economics"	unblock	Oct 2019	#5
Pretty often	htuttle	Oct 2019	#6
JKF and LBJ in 1960	hlthe2b	Oct 2019	#7
Pretty often	jberryhill	Oct 2019	#8
Kennedy Johnson, 1960	SharonAnn	Oct 2019	#10
Obama - Biden	left-of-center2012	Oct 2019	#11
Yup.	boomer_wv	Oct 2019	#12

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Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:52 PM

comradebillyboy (9,848 posts)

1. Clinton-Gore springs to mind...

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Mon Oct 7, 2019, 06:18 PM

jberryhill (62,444 posts)

9. Nope - Al Gore was not a 1992 primary candidate

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:53 PM

Drunken Irishman (34,857 posts)

2. Edwards lost to Kerry in 2004.

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Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:53 PM

Tiggeroshii (11,088 posts)

3. Up to a certain point the 2nd place finisher was always the running mate

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:55 PM

Renew Deal (81,378 posts)

4. Obama-Biden

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:56 PM

unblock (51,610 posts)

5. Reagan-bush. Even after bush trashed Reagan's "voodoo economics"

Picking the runner-up as veep is often a good strategic move to reunite the party after a contentious primary.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:58 PM

htuttle (23,738 posts)

6. Pretty often

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Mon Oct 7, 2019, 06:09 PM

hlthe2b (98,651 posts)

7. JKF and LBJ in 1960

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Mon Oct 7, 2019, 06:12 PM

jberryhill (62,444 posts)

8. Pretty often

Do you remember this fellow named Barack Obama who chose Joe Biden as his VP candidate?

JFK/LBJ
Reagan/Bush

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Mon Oct 7, 2019, 06:20 PM

SharonAnn (13,672 posts)

10. Kennedy Johnson, 1960

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Mon Oct 7, 2019, 06:31 PM

left-of-center2012 (34,195 posts)

11. Obama - Biden

Biden ultimately dropped out of the race on January 3, 2008, after coming in fifth place and capturing less than 1% of the vote in the Iowa caucus. Seven months after the conclusion of his campaign, Biden was selected to be Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's vice presidential running mate.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Biden+dropped+out+after+Iowa.&oq=Biden+dropped+out+after+Iowa.&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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Mon Oct 7, 2019, 06:38 PM

boomer_wv (673 posts)

12. Yup.

It happens pretty often. It's more usual to pick somebody else, but it happens.

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