1988 Republican Party presidential primaries
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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.
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2,044 delegates to the 1988 Republican National Convention 1,023 (majority) votes needed to win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gold denotes a state won by George H. W. Bush. Green denotes a state won by Pat Robertson. Purple denotes a state won by Bob Dole. Grey denotes a territory that did not hold a primary. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An incumbent Vice President of a popular Republican president Ronald Reagan, George Bush was seen by many Republicans as a surrogate candidate for a third term of a president who could not seek reelection again. After Bush was nominated, Dan Quayle was chosen as Bush's running mate, and went on to win the general election against Dukakis and Bentsen by a wide margin, giving the Republicans their third consecutive victory in a presidential election, marking the first time since President Harry S. Truman's surprise 1948 victory and the most recent time that any party holds the White House more than two times.