1996 Republican Party presidential primaries

1996 Republican Party presidential primaries
	Gold denotes a state won by Pat Buchanan. Green denotes a state won by Steve Forbes. Purple denotes a state won by Bob Dole. Grey denotes a territory that did not hold a primary.
Previous Republican nominee; George H. W. Bush;	Republican nominee ; Bob Dole;

The 1996 Republican presidential primaries were how voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1996 U.S. presidential election.

Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, the former Senate Majority Leader won the nomination after winning the delagets needed through a series of primary elections and caucuses. He was formally nominated at the 1996 Republican National Convention held from August 12 to August 15, 1996, in San Diego, California.

The primary also saw the unexpected success of non-politically experienced officeholders Pat Buchanan and Steve Forbes winning a few states and some second place finishes.^[1]

Candidates

Nominee

Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas

Withdrew during convention

Former presidential advisor Pat Buchanan of Virginia

Withdrew during primaries

Former Governor and Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander of Tennessee (March 6, 1996)
U.S. Congressman Bob Dornan of California
Steve Forbes of New Jersey, magazine owner and publisher (March 14, 1996)
U.S. Senator Phil Gramm of Texas (February 14, 1996)
Former diplomat Alan Keyes of Maryland
U.S. Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana (March 6, 1996)
Titan International President Morry Taylor of Michigan (March 9, 1996)

Withdrew before primary elections

U.S. Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania
Governor and former U.S. Senator Pete Wilson of California
Chair of the United States Commission on Civil Rights Arthur Fletcher of Washington D.C.

Other Minor Candidates

Retired engineer Jack Fellure of West Virginia

Declined to run

Howard Baker, former Senate Majority Leader from Tennessee
James Baker, former Secretary of State
Bill Bennett, former Secretary of Education
George W. Bush, Governor of Texas
Carroll Campbell, former Governor of South Carolina
Dick Cheney, former Secretary of Defense
Pete du Pont, former Governor of Delaware
John Engler, Governor of Michigan
Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Tom Kean, former Governor of New Jersey
Lynn Morley Martin, former Secretary of Labor
John McCain, Senator from Arizona
Oliver North, Retired United States Marine Corps Colonel
Colin Powell, Retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense
Dan Quayle, former Vice President
Tommy Thompson, Governor of Wisconsin
Bill Weld, Governor of Massachusetts
Christine Todd Whitman, Governor of New Jersey
Donald Trump, Businessman

1996 Republican Party Presidential Primaries Media

President Ronald Reagan in The Oval Office Study Watching Television Replay of Space Shuttle "Challenger" Explosion with Don Regan Pat Buchanan Al Kingon Don Regan Edward Djerejian and John Poindexter, 1/28/1986
Steve Forbes
Flag-map of Kansas
Bob Dole presidential campaign, 1996
Former presidential advisor Pat Buchanan of Virginia

References

↑ Sahagun, Louis (February 28, 1996). Forbes Bounces Back With a Convincing Victory in Arizona. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-28-mn-40895-story.html. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

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[1] Sahagun, Louis (February 28, 1996). Forbes Bounces Back With a Convincing Victory in Arizona. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-28-mn-40895-story.html. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

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