And a look at two possible Hillary Clinton running mates.
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Speaking of nominees and their running mates, any early predictions?
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Michelle Lujan Grisham would make good running mates for Biden.
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Vice presidential candidates act as surrogates for their running mates.
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Tom Cotton, who have also been floated as potential running mates.
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Both men have been vetted as possible vice presidential running mates.
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Their running mates will meet for their own debate on Tuesday.
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In "Scandal," at 9, the presidential candidates announce their running mates.
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Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump's running mates debate the issues.
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Culvahouse, a longtime GOP lawyer, previously vetted running mates for Sen.
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Biden has floated other women as potential running mates as well.
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That is their purpose in this race, to soften their running mates.
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The choice of running mates is not likely to swing an election.
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Other names that have been floated as potential running mates include Rep.
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Chris Christie are all said to be potential running mates for Trump.
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They're also on some early and unofficial lists as possible running mates.
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Typically running mates are announced by candidates who have secured their party's nomination.
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Trump, shifting into general election mode, has already begun to consider running mates.
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But surely there is room on the SNL stage for their running mates?
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Presidents-elect don't often appoint their running mates to lead their transition team.
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The two campaigns are sending their running mates largely to smaller-market communities.
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My crystal ball is really fuzzy when it comes to naming running mates.
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Notably, two possible running mates who met with Trump earlier this week, Sens.
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These two men, of course, became running mates and then our next two presidents.
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The source said Corker remains on Trump's list of potential vice presidential running mates.
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Cruz said he and his team are looking at possible vice presidential running mates.
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Chris Christie is on a short list of potential running mates for Donald Trump.
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The top of each ticket offered praise for their running-mates and traded digs.
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" But Borges offered this prediction: "Kasich and Cruz won't end up as running mates.
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And none of them featured running mates with such profoundly contrasting views on policy.
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There is precedent for candidates testing how potential running mates fare on the stump.
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The amendment made sure, among other things, that running mates won and lost together.
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Women of various backgrounds have been suggested as possible running mates for Mr. Biden.
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The team wants to keep Davis and James as running mates into the future.
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Thursday's results additionally found Clinton leading Trump in several scenarios involving potential running mates.
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President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are more than just coworkers and running mates.
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Bob Corker of Tennessee, who have been floated as potential Trump running mates, and Sen.
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Chris Christie, among what he previously described as a short list of possible running mates.
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Chris Christie and former Speaker Newt Gingrich currently top Trump's list of potential running mates.
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See which states the candidates and running mates visit in 85033 hours before Election Day.
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I know mayoral elections don't really have running mates, but he'd definitely choose The Undertaker, right?
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The statement prompted Johnson to defend his position, launching a micro-debate among the running mates.
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Kenyatta and Odinga, along with their same running mates, will once again compete for the seat.
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They also learned to select running mates from different backgrounds to broaden their appeal with voters.
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Her running mates wrote witty slogans on their T-shirts to draw shouts from the crowd.
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"I think the two of them as running mates would have been unstoppable," Lee later told CNN.
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For all his versatility, James has always demanded his running mates adapt to him, not vice versa.
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It's looking increasingly unlikely that he will be, and people who aren't nominees don't need running mates.
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The Wall Street Journal first reported on Sanders' exclusion from the list of potential Clinton running mates.
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Scott Brown as he narrows his choice of running mates, according to Republican strategist Susan Del Percio.
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The partnership extends to the running mates' spouses, who will spend ample time together, and in Mrs.
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Their running mates will also not be allowed to participate in the vice-presidential debate on Oct.
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MIAMI — Donald J. Trump will continue the public tryouts for potential running mates on Friday, as Gov.
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Your running mates have both said that undocumented immigrants who have committed violent crimes should be deported.
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Clinton and their running mates will be busy today visiting several states, mostly on the East Coast.
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By sheer coincidence, all of these authors have been mentioned as possible presidential candidates or running mates.
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While Clyburn has publicly discussed possible running mates, he said he hasn't made recommendations personally to Biden.
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There have been several names floated as possible running mates for Biden including former 2020 candidate Sen.
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But would Carson continue to offer his input as the Trump campaign continues to vet potential running mates?
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Kaine and Pence went head to head on behalf of their running mates at Longwood University in Virginia.
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Other potential running mates for Trump, each with significant political experience, hew to the party line on abortion.
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During the interview, Stahl pointed out the running mates' differences on important issues, including the war in Iraq.
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Indeed, the empirical evidence suggests that running mates have a modest, but measurable influence on presidential vote choice.
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Presidential candidates pick them as running mates to broaden their appeal to voters, or to butter up allies.
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Clinton's campaign is starting to look beyond its race with Senator Bernie Sanders, and considering potential running mates.
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Trump on Wednesday summoned possible running mates to Indiana as he nears a final decision on his pick.
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On Tuesday, however, the debate between the running mates shed at least a bit of light on it.
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Some will argue that presidents have picked running mates based on their geographical or political appeal for generations.
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John Hickenlooper have all also been mentioned as potential running mates for Clinton, the Democratic presidential front-runner.
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Mitt Romney cut his campaign's list of about 80 potential running mates to 20 in early April 2012.
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Mr. Ghani, flanked by his running mates and surrounded by hundreds of supporters, celebrated in the presidential palace.
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Trump said his shortlist is down to "five or six" prospective running mates, all of whom are experienced politicians.
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But it is one thing to say good things about their running mates, and it's another to show it.
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Veep hopefuls Tim Kaine and Mike Pence clashed repeatedly over their running mates and the direction of the country.
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Trump has spend the past several days publicly giving potential running mates a trial run on the campaign trail.
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Both candidates delivered a number of jabs as they touted their running mates and got under each other's skin.
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Major party political candidates and their running mates typically begin receiving the same intelligence briefings after formally being nominated.
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Presidential candidates must also list their running mates and the electors who agree to represent them in the state.
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While he's still way behind in delegates, the senator from Texas now leads the pack in anointed running mates.
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This time, they're playing "bad cop and worse cop" against the Democratic leadership in a discussion over running mates.
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The sort of help that might reflect well on Warren when Sanders and his campaign begin considering running mates.
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Clinton sent their running mates, families and allies across the country to maximize their reach in crucial swing states.
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Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has narrowed his potential running mates to a "very small" list, his top aide said Sunday.
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But Sessions also said he was unsure if the campaign had begun a full-scale vetting of possible running mates.
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He has said he has narrowed down his potential running mates to five or six contenders, according to media reports.
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Unlike many vice presidential running mates, the mild-mannered Pence was not tapped as the attack dog in the Nov.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rarely have two U.S. presidential front-runners needed more from running mates than Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
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To do that Mr Gantz has enlisted two other former army chiefs, Gabi Ashkenazi and Moshe Yaalon, as running mates.
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Clinton and Trump's campaigns will turn their attention Tuesday night to the vice presidential debate, where their running mates Sen.
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However, when campaign staff and trusted political advisers vet potential running mates, they are certain to also weigh political considerations.
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In May, former White House contender Ben Carson said Palin was on a list of potential running mates for Trump.
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Mike Pence vigorously promoted the merits of their running mates and delivered sharp exchanges over policies and qualifications Tuesday night.
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The same survey also found that a large swath of likely voters are unfamiliar with both the nominees' running mates.
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Joe Biden, front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, is starting to narrow down his list of potential running mates.
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Mr. Ghani has publicly called General Dostum a "known killer," even though they were running mates in the 2014 elections.
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"This is not just an election victory," Mr. Ghani said, flanked by his running mates, after the result was announced.
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An overstretched national police force is being asked to provide security for all 133 presidential candidates and their running mates.
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Becerra, a Democrat representing part of Los Angeles, has cropped up on some short lists of potential running mates for Clinton.
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One key approach is for the campaigns to arrange for possible running mates to join the nominee on the campaign trail.
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The Times reported that the Clinton campaign was sifting through a list of 15-20 possible running mates including Virginia Sen.
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Candidates in the past have picked running mates who could help them win a key swing state or a key demographic.
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The presumptive Republican nominee will choose from a narrowing list of potential running mates that represent a wide range of styles.
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An introduction to two U.S. vice presidential running mates is included today, as well as a glance at recent presidential polls.
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But the abnormal nature of this year's two frontrunners raised interest in how Clinton and Trump's running mates would defend them.
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This is more or less the thinking both George W. Bush and Barack Obama adopted when they picked their running mates.
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And on Wednesday, Mr. Trump named Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr., a Washington lawyer, to oversee the vetting of potential running mates.
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But that may because our current system is effectively deterring presidential nominees from picking running mates that really hurt their chances.
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A stampede of GOP elected officials publicly removed themselves from being vetted as running mates and then dodge follow-up questions.
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Reflecting Maryland's two major vote centers, both front-runners chose running mates who hail from the other half of the state.
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Hillary Clinton is weighing a shortlist of possible running mates that includes Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, the retired Navy Adm.
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Republican presidential candidate John Kasich said Sunday his campaign is looking at potential running mates for if he secures the nomination.
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The Cruz campaign leaked to CNN that it has begun to vet possible running mates, one of whom includes Carly Fiorina.
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Like a band just starting out, the Socialist Party running mates don't assume the crowds are familiar with their act yet.
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In a high-turnout, presidential year, Virginia's Democratic reflex could be robust, helping Mr Warner and his seven congressional running mates.
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His margin of victory lagged far behind those of his Democratic running mates, suggesting that many Democrats did not vote for him.
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But that may be because our current system is effectively deterring presidential nominees from picking running mates that really hurt their chances.
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But the speculation has fueled a flurry of responses from potential running mates and party stars, some of whom -- including Florida Sen.
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They were chosen as running mates for their coalition-building potential, not because they ran against their parties in the first place.
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Following last week's first presidential debate and this coming Sunday's second meeting of Trump and Clinton, their respective running mates, Indiana Gov.
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The vice presidential candidates will likely aim to take down each other's records and try to prop up their unpopular running mates.
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Clinton with ideas about the kinds of running mates to avoid, but the question remains: Where should the nominees look for greatness?
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Cruz spokeswoman Alice Stewart said the campaign is in the process of vetting prospective running mates but cautioned that nothing's been decided.
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Hillary Clinton is weighing a shortlist of possible running mates that includes Senator Tim Kaine and the retired Navy admiral James Stavridis.
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And running mates play an even smaller role than usual in 2016, given the outsized personalities at the top of the tickets.
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On stage, they made scant eye contact and shook hands rather than raising arms together in the classic pose of running mates.
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She called him a "great partner in this fight," but said it was "way too presumptuous" to start discussing potential running mates.
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Trump has since debunked that list, noting that few, if any, of those names had caught his eye as suitable running mates.
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Ben Carson inadvertently revealed who was on Donald Trump's list of possible running mates on Sunday in an interview with The Washington Post.
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Meanwhile, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump was spending the weekend vetting potential running mates, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, New Jersey Gov.
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You have political experience Finding someone to help implement that policy has often been a focus of Trump's musings on potential running mates.
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Get an assist from his running mate Trump and Clinton's running mates will meet for their sole debate before the principals clash again.
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Clinton that she wanted to see the two parties' conventions and assess the running mates that each nominee chose before making her decision.
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Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen The two New Hampshire Democratic senators were among women that Biden mentioned in November as potential running mates.
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" Flynn, who was on Trump's shortlist for potential running mates, also attacked President Obama's national security approach and called him "weak" and "spineless.
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Other prospective running mates include U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez and U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, according to the report.
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Trump has said in several interviews in the last week that Carson would serve on a committee to advise him on potential running mates.
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And perhaps that's where the funny is -- Kaine and Pence as a nice-and-nicer duo beleaguered by the foibles of their running mates.
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The 24 race has been notably nasty, with Trump assuming the attack dog role campaigns have traditionally outsourced to running mates and surly surrogates.
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At the vice presidential debate at Longwood University in Virginia, both vice presidential candidates aimed to defend their running mates on policy toward Russia.
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So the new running mates will probably need to come to some sort of meeting of the minds on that one if they win.
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James B. Stockdale, H. Ross Perot's No. 2, waxing existential to show his outsider status, running mates have a penchant for providing memorable moments.
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Mr. Biden has mentioned by name, or alluded to, a long list of potential running mates, including several of his former 22 campaign rivals.
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Past nominees have chosen running mates who provided geographic diversity (Lloyd Bentsen in 1988) or offered the promise of winning a key state (Mr.
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In addition, a debate between the candidates' running mates will be held at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Oct. 7.
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He predicted the issue will be short-lived as voters focus on the candidates' vice presidential running mates, the nominating conventions and fall debates.
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Now that the presumptive presidential candidates for each party are known, the veepstakes guessing game about whom they might pick as running mates heats up.
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The idea of competing Veep-vetting teams hasn't been thought through yet, but it is nightmare for everyone involved -- candidates and possible running mates all.
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This year, both front-runners have to choose their running mates with their eyes almost entirely on securing their nominations and not the general election.
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In addition, Trump has hired veteran Republican lawyer A.B. Culvahouse to help vet potential vice presidential running mates, a source close to the campaign said.
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Hillary Clinton was considering several tech leaders among a list of potential running mates, according to leaked emails supposedly from Clinton's campaign manager John Podesta.
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Erdogan is "obviously going too far," argued said Stavridis, who is said to be on among Hillary Clinton's list of possible vice presidential running-mates.
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But even as Clinton and her campaign methodically vetted a number of potential running mates, it was clear that Kaine was on the fast track.
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Clinton started this process before her primary fight with Bernie Sanders ended with what aides described as a "fluid" list, including several potential running mates.
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Traditionally, the winners of the Republican and Democratic nominating races announce their running mates in the period between clinching the nomination and summer's national conventions.
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According to a source familiar with the Trump-Pence relationship, it's not unusual for the running mates to take opposite or differing positions by design.
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With both presidential nominees and their running mates in the battleground state for Labor Day events, there was an interesting scene at the local airport.
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After narrowing the list, both the presumptive nominee and the love-seekers treat their potential (running) mates to the delightful experience of meeting their families.
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Trump reportedly will make his announcement next week, but in the meantime, two potential running mates each get to stump with Trump today and tomorrow.
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But first, their running mates — Tim Kaine and Mike Pence — will square off at a vice-presidential debate on Tuesday night in Farmville, Va., above.
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"To be honest with you, I think some [running mates] could be persuaded to support this policy," Potter said in an interview with the Hill.
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As running mates, they help would-be governors check off demographic boxes and shore up their weaknesses, but otherwise occupy little limelight of their own.
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Trust in Tim: If running mates are supposed to be attack dogs, Tim Kaine is a Pomeranian, a bit too cuddly, a bit too nice.
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Ms. Cockburn began her tweet on Sunday by referring to Mr. Riggleman as Mr. Stewart's "running mate" (he is not; senators don't have running mates).
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The only problem for Pence and Kaine is that there are serious reasons to doubt whether this trend will continue under their respective running mates.
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At the vice presidential debate, both running mates were asked to address their candidates' tax plans — both of which would add to the national debt.
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Traditionally, the winners of the Republican and Democratic presidential races announce their running mates in the period between clinching the nomination and the summer national conventions.
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VP would be a pretty sudden jump up, but the precedent for Congress members from the Midwest named Ryan as national running mates has been set.
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And both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump intentionally selected running mates -- Tim Kaine and Mike Pence -- who would not distract too much attention from their candidacies.
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Expelling Messrs Franken and Conyers lets Democrats turn Messrs Trump and Moore into the running mates of every Republican seeking office next year and in 2020.
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When vetting running mates, most campaigns take a "do no harm" approach and ensure that the vice presidential pick will not detract from the presidential candidate.
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But as we reflect on Ted Cruz's pick, it's worth remembering how many presidential candidates picked running mates based on immediate exigencies and naked political calculation.
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An email from Hillary Clinton's campaign chair John Podesta released in the recent WikiLeaks dump reveals a group of potential running mates considered by Clinton's campaign.
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Becerra, the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, has been a tireless campaigner for Clinton, and reports have him on her shortlist of potential running mates.
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Trump's children — Eric, Ivanka, Tiffany and Donald Jr. — are on the list, which also includes possible Trump running mates former Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) and Gov.
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Mr. Trump has publicly acknowledged his list of potential running mates is down to "four or five people," and the chances of it growing are remote.
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Until he was appointed as the interior minister last month, Mr. Saleh, now one of Mr. Ghani's running mates, was a staunch critic of the president.
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Presidential candidates usually announce their running mates in the days or weeks ahead of the national conventions, where the presidential tickets and party platforms are ratified.
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Ian Russell, a former deputy director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, pointed out that, historically, candidates and potential running mates haven't made early, showy endorsements.
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Ted Cruz's campaign manager told CNN's Jake Tapper Cruz was in the process of vetting potential running mates, including former GOP candidate and Cruz surrogate Carly Fiorina.
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Trump No two running mates see eye to eye on everything, so it's not fair to play up every difference as a sign of dysfunction or tension.
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As presidential election polling swings in Hillary Clinton's favor over Donald Trump, the rivals' lesser-known running mates will make the cases for their tickets Tuesday night.
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Sophomores Jordan McLaughlin and Elijah Stewart, Jacobs' primary perimeter running mates, have spiked their field goal percentages by 12 and 8 percent, respectively, after erratic freshman seasons.
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"For several months the RNC Research team has been quietly building a framework to systematically dismantle the records of Hillary Clinton's potential running mates," the memo reads.
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The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has been around the block too many times not to have several running mates in mind, even if it still is March.
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Clinton, who once served in the administration and has considered several cabinet secretaries as potential running mates; and a still-popular president who looms over the race.
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The list of credible running mates who want the job is limited, with many high profile politicians concerned that it could be damaging to their future prospects.
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Donald J. Trump met in New Jersey on Monday with Senator Joni Ernst, Republican of Iowa, as he screens potential running mates in a series of meetings.
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The vice-presidential candidates will be tasked with defending their running mates during Tuesday's debate, which will be their lone one-on-one face-off this election.
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In an interview last week, John Podesta, Clinton's campaign chairman, said there's "no question" that the Democratic front-runner's shortlist of potential running mates will include women.
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Hand-picked by Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's campaigns, they have spent the past months with their running mates on the campaign trail, spreading their tickets' platforms.
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Indeed, since Pence and Kaine were selected as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's running mates, both have often seemed to vanish from headlines for weeks at a time.
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The TSE has ruled in past cases involving governors that running mates can be removed from office if they won elections with the help of illegal campaign cash.
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Culvahouse and Trump met earlier Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the meeting, and he has accepted a role to help investigate and choose potential running mates.
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Clinton's and Trump's running mates, Democrat Kaine, a U.S. senator, and Republican Pence, governor of Indiana, will meet in a debate in Farmville, Virginia, starting at 9 p.m.
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"My suspicion is that this is all being ginned up by Mike Pence to support some of his running mates' claims that the system is rigged," he said.
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Ben Carson is clarifying after he appeared to accidentally confirm the names on Donald Trump's list of possible running mates during a new interview with The Washington Post.
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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have yet to lock up the presidential nominations of their respective parties, but you know they have some ideas about possible running mates.
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Vice presidential candidates don't have much impact on the presidential vote, so the best they can do is reinforce their running mates' messages or clean up their messes.
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Community Slate candidates have indicated that they intend to end this litigation — litigation one of their own running mates started in 2011 — prior to final resolution if elected.
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Article of the Day Article: "Tim Kaine and Mike Pence Clash Sharply Over Their Running Mates" Before Reading Can you name Donald J. Trump's vice-presidential running mate?
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In the latest episode of The Run-Up, we examine what it takes to be an influential vice president, and the likelihood that this year's running mates, Gov.
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Clinton's aides included running mates who could bolster the Democratic ticket should she find herself in a general election against Senator Ted Cruz of Texas or even Gov.
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Ms. Whitmer said that she raised the issue of representation with Mr. Biden and planned to participate in all aspects of the campaign — including vetting possible running mates.
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A who's-who of potential running mates for Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonLewandowski on potential NH Senate run: If I run, 'I'm going to win' Fighter pilot vs.
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"Presidential candidates have often opted for running mates who are politically different from the head of the ticket ... to increase the chances of winning the general election," Uscinski writes.
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He endorsed Barack Obama very early in the 43 primary cycle, and was in Obama's top three when selecting running mates that year, after Joe Biden and then-Sen.
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Cruz took steps to maintain he is a serious contender for the nomination with his campaign team announcing he has developed a short list of vice presidential running mates.
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Washington (CNN)Donald Trump says he has narrowed down his list of potential running mates to "five or six" names and his campaign is beginning to vet those candidates.
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With less than two weeks to go until the GOP convention in Cleveland, Donald Trump spent the Fourth of July weekend screening rumored potential running mates, including Iowa Sen.
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The GOP's Trump freakout The public split between the running mates comes amid reports that Trump's campaign is in disarray over a series of unforced errors by the candidate.
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A source familiar with the Trump-Pence relationship told CNN's Maeve Reston Wednesday that it's not unusual for the running mates to take opposite or differing positions by design.
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Image 2 of 2 RIO DE JANEIRO – Just two months ahead of Brazil&aposs presidential election, leading candidates are struggling to find anybody willing to be their running mates.
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It also said that the vice presidential running mates of the two leading candidates were the only two to qualify for the vice presidential debate set for Oct. 4.
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The candidates' selections of running mates, the national conventions, and especially the three presidential debates in September and October will offer broad new canvases on which to create impressions.
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These VP candidates were named as running mates because they were well-known and had, for the most part, already held top power positions in elective or appointive office.
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For that reason alone, it makes sense to pay particular attention to who their running mates are, what they know, what they stand for, and how they comport themselves.
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He endorsed Barack Obama very early in the 2008 primary cycle, and was in Obama's top three when selecting running mates that year, after Joe Biden and then-Sen.
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Joe Biden is in the process of narrowing down his list of potential running mates, and his allies in the business community are weighing in with their favorite choices.
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Now here he was, averaging career highs in both points and assists while leading underdog Portland to surprise success after his old running mates jumped ship over the summer.
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" Pence's essay, however, touches on a more fundamental ideological difference between the two running mates: Pence said winning, as a goal in a political campaign, "comes very much last.
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In our book, The VP Advantage: How Running Mates Influence Home State Voting in Presidential Elections, we employed a multi-method approach to empirically test the purported home state advantage.
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The campaign reportedly promised potential running mates they'd be handed enormous policy portfolios ("Donald Jr. explained that his father's vice president would be in charge of domestic and foreign policy").
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And like chefs talking up the momentousness of a meal, we'll present Clinton's and Trump's running mates as crucially palate-priming appetizers, perfectly complementary side dishes, make-or-break desserts.
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Mike Pence of Indiana on Saturday at one of Mr. Trump's golf courses in New Jersey, as he sizes up potential running mates before the Republican National Convention this month.
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Most of our recent presidents and presidential candidates have been relatively young, which made it actuarially unlikely their running mates would ever have to assume the duties of the presidency.
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They sought to keep the debate focused on the top of the ticket and avoid questions about their running mates' largest liabilities: Clinton's trustworthiness and Trump's penchant for personal insults.
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But this speaks directly to the problem: The race is so obviously homogeneous now that the candidates have to signal that their running mates will be a bit more diverse.
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At a rally Monday night in Detroit, he called himself a "bridge" to a new generation, nodding at three younger endorsers (and potential running mates) on stage with him: Sens.
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Yet there's also little evidence that vice presidents — male or female — have a significant impact on converting undecided voters, despite all the thought campaigns put into selecting presidential running mates.
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Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said recently there is "no question" women will be on the list of running mates, a statement which caused some to speculate that progressive Sen.
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Running mates Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen will never be characterized as glib or gregarious, but they've been so quiet in Georgia this week, you could hear a pinecone drop.
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Washington (CNN)The next big milestone in the presidential election will come when Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump select their running mates, and speculation about who they might choose is rampant.
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Despite his disdain, Obama said Trump would get the top secret briefings on world crises and security threats to which he, Clinton and their respective vice presidential running mates are entitled.
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Vice presidential debates typically do little to affect the race, and initial ratings show less than half as many people watched Pence and Kaine as watched their running mates last week.
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Hillary Clinton's campaign has begun considering running mates, while Bernie Sanders and his allies are pressing for a significant role in drafting the platform for the Democratic Party convention in July.
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He had more equivocal words for some other potential running mates: Mr. Gingrich, he said, is a fearless attack dog but has "issues," according to people present for Mr. Trump's remarks.
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Less than half of the television audience that watched last week's presidential debate between Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton tuned in on Tuesday to see their running mates square off.
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Just look at all the presidential nominees who wound up with running mates they couldn't stand — you had J.F.K. and L.B.J., or, going back a bit, Coolidge and Charles Gates Dawes.
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"They're relatively unknown because they're more policy wonks," said Kyle C. Kopko, a co-author of "The VP Advantage," a book published this year on the electoral influence of running mates.
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Lamar Odom's still got love for his old Lakers running mates -- and he just did something with one of 'em he hasn't done since before he nearly died in the brothel.
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During the first vice presidential debate in Virginia on Tuesday, Tim Kaine and Mike Pence spent nearly as much time talking about Russian leader Vladimir Putin as their own running mates.
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Now that street jogging has been banned, Mr. Suma and his running mates plan to register their group as a social club, which can be an expensive and time-consuming process.
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Introduced as St. Sebastian's first Black, non-binary candidate, Skye begins as Payton's rival, later switching running mates, only to poison Payton, and then return to his side in the finale.
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He released policy proposals, announced potential running mates and Cabinet secretaries, threatened litigation to appear in debates, maneuvered to change Reform Party procedures, and appeared at campaign events in Florida and California.
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Hillary Clinton apologizes for coal comments in West Virginia Two other senators are viewed as potential running mates, including Kaine's Virginia colleague, Mark Warner, and the progressive populist Sherrod Brown of Ohio.
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As if to reinforce the idea that voters will have no option but to reshuffle the same elite, the most prominent candidates have changed running-mates in a confusing jumble of alliances.
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In addition to frequent visits to Porto Alegre and other southern cities, four presidential candidates, including Bolsonaro, have picked "gauchos," as natives of Rio Grande do Sul are known, as running mates.
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Leaking the names of potential running-mates is a time-honored political strategy to show continued momentum; this time as Cruz is likely to endure defeats Tuesday in Republican primaries in the Northeast.
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But with both Clinton and Donald Trump facing such high unfavorable ratings (56 percent for Clinton and 59 percent for Trump, according to Real Clear Politics), their running mates really matter this year.
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However, a number of other potential running mates have been bandied about in the press, including Labor Secretary Tom Perez, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro, and retired admiral James Stavridis.
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Tim Kaine took the biggest stage of their careers Tuesday night, but their well-established records were a clear a back seat to those of their running mates: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
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In our book, we used data from the American National Election Studies and found that evaluations of presidential candidates are three times more influential than evaluations of running mates, when explaining voter choice.
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In Nader's lawsuit against the Commission, it was revealed the Commission provided security with a "facebook" containing pictures of third-party candidates and their running mates, who were not to be allowed in.
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Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho), a Cruz backer, warned all candidates to hold off on making any public announcements this early, though he said beginning to "privately" vet running mates now would be wise.
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Gates and his wife, Melinda, had been floated as potential running mates for Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonLewandowski on potential NH Senate run: If I run, 'I'm going to win' Fighter pilot vs.
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Critics repeatedly accused her campaign of giving money to voters, and one of her running mates was disqualified by the country's electoral commission for handing out food and water at an election event.
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As his running mates, Mr. Atmar chose two former mujahedeen fighters who joined the guerrilla war against the Soviet-supported government he served, and who also became allies of the Americans after 2001.
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Leaking the names of potential running-mates is a time-honored political strategy to show continued momentum, this time as Cruz is likely to endure defeats Tuesday in Republican primaries in the Northeast.
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While de facto presidential nominees typically keep their list of potential running mates closely held, Mr. Biden has helped fuel speculation by eagerly rattling off names for months — nearly all of them women.
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This morning, we listed Senators Amy Klobuchar, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren as some of the possible running mates for Joe Biden after he declared he would select a woman for the job.
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Trump has said that he has a short list of possible running mates that he will be picking from and is expected to announce his selection at the Republican National Convention in July.
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Its flaws were apparent by 1796, when John Adams became president with the runner-up Thomas Jefferson as his vice president, despite being opponents who had running mates aligned with their political factions.
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It's even more meaningful when considering that Gantz was a former chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Force, and that two of his running mates are also former IDF chiefs of staff.
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And language is key here because vice presidential running mates have worked to unify different factions inside political parties before, but Pence cannot do that effectively just by adding his name to the ticket.
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It was therefore no surprise that at the close of a grim evening for Republicans, Mr Gillespie received fewer votes than his second- and third-tier running mates for lieutenant-governor and attorney-general.
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Since presidential debates resumed in 1976, running mates have generally watched their top-of-the-ticket partners from a distance, such as at campaign headquarters or via television surrounded by friends, family and supporters.
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Allies say it proves she is also a draw even with progressive candidates like Gillum, who endorsed Clinton during the 85033 Democratic presidential primary and was on an early list of potential running mates.
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Several prominent leaders in the transportation world were floated as potential running mates for Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonLewandowski on potential NH Senate run: If I run, 'I'm going to win' Fighter pilot vs.
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While only three sitting senators—Warren Harding, John F. Kennedy, and Barack Obama—have gone directly to the Oval Office, they appear much more frequently on presidential tickets, both as candidates and running mates.
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Both Senator Kamala Harris of California and Stacey Abrams, who narrowly lost the race for Georgia governor last year, have been mentioned as possible running mates for Mr. Biden over the past few months.
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FEMALE TICKET: The Hill's Jesse Byrnes reports: Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman says in a new interview that there is "no question" the former secretary of State's shortlist of potential running mates will include women.
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During the 2016 presidential election, CNN reported Castro was among the list of potential running mates for then-Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, but his lack of experience was an area of concern for Democrats.
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Hillary Clinton has considered at least two current Cabinet secretaries — Housing and Urban Development's Julián Castro and Labor's Tom Perez — as potential running mates, and Castro was reportedly still in contention as of Monday.
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Allen had been on the outs with his old C's running mates (Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo) ever since he bolted Boston in 2012 to sign with the hated rival Miami Heat ... and LeBron.
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It began harmoniously enough on September 24th, the day after the deadline to register as a candidate, with all three contenders and their running-mates smiling and laughing as they posed together for a photo.
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In a Republican field of candidates with only one woman — Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard chief executive — several of her rivals have enlisted female political allies and family members as running mates of sorts.
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And the Trump campaign has set an informal deadline for announcing his pick by next week -- highlighted by the breakneck pace of meetings with potential running mates like Pence and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
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After the exciting first presidential debate, it's your opportunity to see how closely the second-in-commands hew to their running mates' platforms, and how fit they are in their own right to be president.
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For the past week, the presumptive Republican nominee's inner circle has looked to Lewandowski, Trump's loyal campaign manager, to start the search and screen for potential running mates, anonymous sources told the Washington Post Tuesday.
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The VP debate will mainly feature attacks against the top of the ticket, Conway predicted, but she said she hopes the running mates will get a chance to contrast what they bring to the table.
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Mr. Andrzejczak and his two Assembly running-mates are campaigning as The Van Drew Team, yoking themselves to the retired dentist who served four terms in the State Senate before being elected to the House.
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Meet the candidates who hope to clinch that spot on Sunday, along with potential running mates: Gary Johnson The former Republican New Mexico governor is arguably the most well-known Libertarian hopeful running this cycle.
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Both Mr. Atmar and one of his running mates, Mohammed Yonus Qanooni, lost a leg in the last stages of the war against the Soviet Union or soon afterward, when they were on opposing sides.
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Trump also said last week that he would be forming a committee to weigh in on potential running mates, one that he said would include his former rival and trusted surrogate Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon.
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At a high level of generality, it isn't unusual for presidential nominees to select running mates with whom they have long-standing substantive disagreements (though usually not as significant as the ones dividing Trump and Pence).
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Ginn Jr. and Brees have been running mates for a couple years now, so when we talked to the speed burner from Ohio State recently, we wanted to know how he felt about his signal caller.
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Letter Cory Booker, Sherrod Brown, Julián Castro … These are just some of the names being mentioned — and in some cases auditioning — as possible running mates for Hillary Clinton, as a front-page article on Monday noted.
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There is scant polling information on how most voters reacted to the debate, and it is unclear that an encounter between comparatively low-key running mates might reshape a race dominated by two outsize presidential candidates.
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According to the Associated Press, Clinton is now down to a short list of just three potential running mates, including Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, and Texas Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro.
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But even if most Americans CNN spoke to in Farmville agreed this debate may not be as entertaining, many felt that putting the spotlight on the vice presidential nominees could be more important than their running mates.
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Clinton poring over VP research Clinton spent a full day last week poring through reams of research about potential running mates before she began a final series of interviews and appearances with her top vice presidential choices.
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As the race between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination comes down to the wire, the two candidates are looking ahead to their potential running mates — or at least ever-avid political reporters are.
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That year the League, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to citizen education, hosted three debates between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and one between their running mates, and sponsored debates in the 2023 and 1984 elections as well.
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But beyond showing their own mettle, the vice-presidential candidates also have the task of defending their running mates — an especially critical job this time around with such an intense focus on the top of the ticket.
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But a certain resolution to the process remained elusive after several days of unusually frenzied and public deliberations by Mr. Trump and his family, as well as extraordinarily overt campaigning for the job by several potential running mates.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump's list of potential vice presidential running mates got a little shorter on Wednesday when one prominent U.S. senator withdrew from consideration and a second said she wanted to focus on her home state.
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Washington (CNN)Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein will not participate in the first presidential debate, and their running mates will not be in the vice presidential debate, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Friday.
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" As Clinton and Kaine get to know each other as running mates, the former secretary of state says she's come to believe something she'd suspected all along: that, as their campaign slogan says, they really are "stronger together.
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While it's true people are keenly interested in knowing whom Trump and Clinton will pick as their running mates, they also want to know whom each would select as secretary of State, Defense or the Treasury, for example.
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But a certain resolution to the process remained elusive after several days of unusually frenzied and public deliberations by Mr. Trump and his family, as well as extraordinarily overt campaigning for the job by several potential running mates.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Donald J. Trump's already short list of potential running mates got shorter on Wednesday when Senator Bob Corker removed himself from contention a day after appearing at an audition of sorts with the presumptive Republican nominee.
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"When the pomp and circumstance of the convention is over, millions of Bernie's supporters could well be left wondering why their suggested running mates were not considered," said Donna Smith, the executive director of Progressive Democrats of America.
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But other potential running mates — including the chief executive of Apple, Tim Cook; Muhtar Kent, the Turkish-American chief executive of Coca-Cola; and Howard Schultz, the chairman and chief executive of Starbucks — would have been highly unconventional.
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Known to many as "AB," he served as White House counsel to Ronald Reagan and vetted Republican vice-presidential running mates including Mike Pence in 2016 and Sarah Palin, who he called "high risk, high reward" in 2008.
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Clinton ran again, Mr. Gillum endeared himself to her team, too, becoming a top Florida surrogate and securing a place on a leaked list of about 40 potential running mates, as he has mentioned often during the campaign.
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The timing of Pence's ascension inside the Trump team -- as Trump and his family turned their focus from the election win to the business of running the nation -- also speaks to the growing relationship between the two running mates.
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, 53, a former rival to Trump in the presidential race, is also high on the list of potential running mates and provides the kind of counterpunch to Democratic rival Hillary Clinton that Republicans like.
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The trailer picks up right where season 5 left off: with the announcement of presidential nominees Mellie Grant (Bellamy Young) and Frankie Vargas' (Ricardo Chavira) vice presidential running mates — Jake Ballard (Scott Foley) and Cyrus Beene (Jeff Perry), respectively.
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In addition to pressuring Biden and Sanders to name women running mates, Vilardi said women should be demanding the candidates commit to diverse cabinet members and staff, as well as structural changes to the party system and electoral process.
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Stewart also hasn't had to carry her team because she has running mates like Moriah Jefferson, who can make a credible claim on being the best point guard in the history of the same program that produced Sue Bird.
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Katie Packer, the former deputy campaign manager for Mitt Romney who now runs an anti-Trump super PAC, said that well before Romney clinched the nomination, his team began meeting with the RNC to plan the convention and vetting running mates.
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Sean Spicer, communications director for the Republican National Committee, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room" that despite using different words to outline their foreign policy plans for the civil war torn country the two running mates are in sync.
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The decision means Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump will be the only two candidates on the stage on September 26, and Tim Kaine and Mike Pence, their respective running mates, will be the only participants on October 4.
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It was originally a tool to figure out who Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton would pick as their running mates, but it was useful in gauging the number of women and people of color Trump could put in his Cabinet.
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During an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle's editorial board on Tuesday, the White House hopeful was asked whether he believed running mates should reflect the ideology of the party's base or be picked based on their appeal to swing voters.
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If women are never at the top of the ticket, vice presidential running mates risk being seen as tokens, but we call on the major parties to always have a woman on their ticket to reflect a commitment to parity.
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Indeed, not long after The Associated Press called the race, about a half-hour after the polls closed, the governor's top aide, Melissa DeRosa, took to Twitter to scold those who had attacked her boss and his choice of running mates.
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Every major presidential candidate relies on experts in their party to help them pull together a list of potential running mates and to go through a process known as "vetting" -- a process I devoted a chapter to in my book.
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But while Cruz and Kasich struggle to adhere to their own arrangement, they also claim to be vetting potential running mates individually, reflecting a shared sense that after dispatching with Trump, delegates will award the nomination to one of the two of them.
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But Mr. Trump has a singular track record of picking fights with obvious potential running mates like Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who has indicated a lack of interest in the vice presidency generally and has yet to reconcile with Mr. Trump publicly.
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Opinion When Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump make their picks in the coming weeks, the running mates will be viewed through two lenses: the impact they will have on the election, and the effect they might have on running the government.
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Breaking barriers of race, class, ideology and age helps explain why, as a first-term senator from New Jersey, he is more famous than colleagues 20 years his senior, and appears on lists of possible vice-presidential running mates for Hillary Clinton.
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The lobby of the Conrad Hotel in Indianapolis suddenly became the epicenter of the 2016 campaign -- with reporters and passersby straining for a sighting of Trump or any of his possible running mates, speculation running rife about the former reality star's intentions.
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The most obvious dot-com addresses with the last name of the presumptive nominees alongside their most likely running mates redirect to a mishmash of blank pages, domain auction sites, high offers to sell, and, in one case, Clinton-"Harry Potter" fan fiction.
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The latest is in Illinois, where state senators approved a bill this month that would require presidential candidates and their running mates to release personal tax returns for at least the five most recent years in exchange for access to the state's 2020 ballot.
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Spokespeople for former Vice President Joe Biden and onetime Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams denied claims Friday that they would be running mates in 2020, saying there was "no grand plan hatched" and that reports that there were plans were "false," the AP reports.
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After the running mates' first attempt at a logo was mercilessly mocked by the Internet for being sexually suggestive, Trump's campaign unveiled a modified version of the graphic on Saturday in an email officially introducing the Indiana governor as the GOP nominee's vice-presidential candidate.
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In Trump's case — based on the recollection of over half a dozen operatives and elected officials working with both the Trump campaign and potential running mates Trump considered — the winnowing of his initial wish list reveals a distinct blend of practicality, impetuousness and disengagement.
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Mike Pence repeatedly threw each other on the defensive over their running mates' policies and character at the vice-presidential debate on Tuesday night, with Mr. Pence making little effort to directly rebut the near-constant attacks on Donald J. Trump's fitness for the presidency.
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While vice-presidential candidates use their debates to promote and defend their running mates, Mr. Pence had the heavier political burden on Tuesday after a weeklong barrage of outbursts from Mr. Trump that renewed questions about his temperament and his ability to win in November.
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Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisDemocrats introduce bill to promote mail-in voting amid coronavirus crisis Five Latinas who could be Biden's running mate Biden allies see Warren as potential running mate MORE (D-Calif.), who is one of several women mentioned as potential running mates.
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Our colleague Katie Glueck gave us an update on the thinking in the Biden camp: While Mr. Biden is certainly not yet the nominee, he has mentioned by name, or alluded to, a long list of potential running mates, including many of his former rivals.
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His Blue and White party's most effective ads may be those in which he surrounds himself with his top running mates — two other former army chiefs and Mr. Lapid — and talks turkey about what needs to be changed and why Mr. Netanyahu needs to go.
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The commission said Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been formally invited to participate in the first presidential debate later this month, while their running mates, Tim Kaine and Mike Pence, have been invited to participate in the vice presidential debate on Oct. 4.
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The identities of the presidential nominees are decided well in advance by the delegates selected as the result of state primaries and caucuses, and the presidential candidates select their running mates via an extensive but secretive vetting process and then unveil them shortly before the convention.
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Facing a fall contest against a Republican opponent focused on law and order, Hillary Clinton has narrowed her search for a vice-presidential candidate, telling several potential running mates that she needs a No. 2 who would bring national security experience to the Democratic ticket. Mrs.
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Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat Joe Biden faces an uncertain path The Memo: Trump pushes back amid signs of economic slowdown MORE (D-Mass.) and Housing Secretary Julián Castro as possible running mates.
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She has emerged as a rising voice within the Democratic Party, delivering the State of the Union response this year, and is widely considered to be on former Vice President Joe Biden's list of potential running mates (Whitmer has said she will not be the pick).
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Christopher Devine and Kyle C. Kopko, authors of "The VP Advantage: How Running Mates Influence Home State Voting in Presidential Elections," analyzed state-level election returns since 1884 and found no evidence that a vice presidential nominee helps with winning his or her home state — let alone other states.
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Lawmakers in 18 states across the country, including New York, Illinois and Washington, have introduced bills that would require all presidential candidates and their running mates to release their individual tax returns in order to qualify for the presidential primary ballot, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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Related: Clinton and Sanders Fight Over Gun Control Ahead of Connecticut's Primary As the race between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination comes down to the wire, the two candidates are looking ahead to their potential running mates — or at least ever-avid political reporters are.
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Brown was on 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonThe exhaustion of Democrats' anti-Trump delusions Poll: Trump trails three Democrats by 10 points in Colorado Soft levels of support mark this year's Democratic primary MORE's shortlist of potential running mates and went through the vetting process.
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During the VP selection process, Trump's eldest son reportedly pitched the job to potential running mates by promising that his father's VP would be the most powerful in history, tasked with running both domestic and foreign policy, while Trump confined himself to being a spokesman for American greatness.
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Vetting for Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE's potential running mates could begin next week, according to CNN.
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Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenTop Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for 'same pool of voters' Eight Democratic presidential hopefuls to appear in CNN climate town hall In shift, top CEOs say shareholder value not top goal MORE, (D-Mass.) who was on the Hillary Clinton's shortlist of running mates.
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Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton is spending a rare day away from the campaign trail and the fundraising circuit, arriving at her Washington home on Thursday to pore through reams of research about potential running mates before she begins a final series of interviews and appearances with her top vice presidential choices.
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Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat Joe Biden faces an uncertain path The Memo: Trump pushes back amid signs of economic slowdown MORE (D-Mass.), who's reportedly on the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's list of possible running mates.
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Durant looks dominant — you have to remind yourself that you are watching a 7-footer dropping a fall-away jumper from behind the free-throw line or splitting the defenders like a point guard and hitting a scoop shot from 1003 feet — but his running mates are out of sorts.
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Newt Gingrich on Wednesday said Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE's field of possible running mates is down to two people.
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Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign is considering a handful of prospective running mates, with Clinton privately signaling she is less concerned about choosing someone who fills a specific liberal or progressive void in favor of a partner who is fully prepared for the job and has a strong camaraderie with her.
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The stumble comes as Cruz and Fiorina are still trying to find their footing as would-be running mates (not exactly smooth sailing if this GIF is anything go by), and the junior senator is struggling to catch up with GOP front-runner Donald Trump in polls for the Indiana primary on Tuesday.
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Dick DurbinRichard (Dick) Joseph DurbinSenate Democrats push Trump to permanently shutter migrant detention facility House panel investigating decision to resume federal executions To combat domestic terrorism, Congress must equip law enforcement to fight rise in white supremacist attacks MORE of Illinois would be the Republican and Democratic running mates in 2016, respectively.
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Bernie SandersBernie SandersRepublicans, rooting for Sanders, see Biden wins as setback Sanders says Biden winning African American support by 'running with his ties to Obama' Sanders condemns his supporters' 'ugly, personal attacks' against Warren MORE (I-Vt.) has "many potential" running mates to choose from that back the progressive candidate's signature healthcare proposal.
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Republican presidential hopeful Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzTrump moves forward with F-16 sale to Taiwan opposed by China The Hill's Campaign Report: Battle for Senate begins to take shape O'Rourke says he will not 'in any scenario' run for Senate MORE says he picked Carly Fiorina off of a list of 40 potential running mates.
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Newt Gingrich, one of Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE's strongest GOP defenders and rumored running mates, says he wouldn't automatically say yes if offered the job.
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In November, Mr. Biden referenced four female Democrats as possible running mates: Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, both of New Hampshire; Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia House minority leader and the party's nominee for governor there in 2018; and Sally Q. Yates, the former acting attorney general who was fired by President Trump in 2017.
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Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by AdvaMed - House panel expected to approve impeachment articles Thursday Warren, Buttigieg duke it out in sprint to 2020 The Memo: Pelosi-Trump trade deal provokes debate on left MORE (D-Mass.), a top fellow contender for the 2020 Democratic nomination, to his potential list of running mates.
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WASHINGTON — The disclosure last week that Hillary Clinton was being treated for pneumonia thrust the health of both of the major parties' presidential candidates and their running mates to the center of the campaign, and led to the release of more detailed medical histories from the two candidates seeking what is widely regarded as the world's most demanding job. Mrs.
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Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson tops the list of potential running mates for Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE if the businessman wins the GOP presidential nomination, according to a new poll.
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In a typical election year, vice presidential debates usually draw less attention than presidential ones — with the notable exception of Joe Biden and Sarah Palin in 2008 — but the abnormal nature of this year's two frontrunners has raised interest in Tuesday's debates, as voters wait to see what Clinton and Trump's running mates have to say about the top of the parties' tickets.
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Michael Flynn, an adviser to Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE who was rumored to be on his list of possible running mates, called on Muslim leaders to condemn the attack in Nice, France.
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There were women of real stature, like Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith, who simply were way too ahead of their time; minor party candidates like the tenacious Lenora Fulani; and an assortment of aspirants from fringe entities such as the Looking Back Party, which gave us the record-setting, five-time candidate Isabell Masters, who tended to select her own children as running mates.
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They include Rahmatullah Nabil, a onetime intelligence chief who has selected an army general and a female former cabinet minister as his running mates (Afghanistan has two vice presidents); Zalmai Rassoul, a 75-year-old former foreign minister, who came a distant third in the disputed 2014 race that brought Mr. Ghani to power; and Shaida Abdali, a former diplomat seen as close to former President Hamid Karzai.
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Both campaigns focused their stretch-run firepower on Ohio, and caused a near-case of tarmac-lock as planes for GOP nominee Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE and Clinton and their running mates converged at the Cleveland airport at the same time.
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Michael Flynn, rumored to be on the list of potential running mates for Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE, on Sunday called Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonLewandowski on potential NH Senate run: If I run, 'I'm going to win' Fighter pilot vs.
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Their running mates, Republican Mike PenceMichael (Mike) Richard PenceThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump on defense over economic jitters FEC chair calls on Trump to provide evidence of NH voter fraud Five years after Yazidi genocide, US warns ISIS is rebounding MORE and Democrat Tim KaineTimothy (Tim) Michael KaineA lesson of the Trump, Tlaib, Omar, Netanyahu affair Warren's pledge to avoid first nuclear strike sparks intense pushback Almost three-quarters say minimum age to buy tobacco should be 21: Gallup MORE, will debate on Oct.
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Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat Joe Biden faces an uncertain path The Memo: Trump pushes back amid signs of economic slowdown MORE (Mass.) and Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownThe Hill's Campaign Report: Battle for Senate begins to take shape Dayton Democrat launches challenge to longtime GOP rep Dayton mayor: Trump visit after shooting was 'difficult on the community' MORE (Ohio), both of whom are often floated as potential running mates for Clinton.
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Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat Joe Biden faces an uncertain path The Memo: Trump pushes back amid signs of economic slowdown MORE (D-Mass.) and Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownThe Hill's Campaign Report: Battle for Senate begins to take shape Dayton Democrat launches challenge to longtime GOP rep Dayton mayor: Trump visit after shooting was 'difficult on the community' MORE (D-Ohio) are also frequently mentioned as possible running mates for Clinton.
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Largely overlooked in the hard-to-avoid campaign coverage have been the running mates of Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTop Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for 'same pool of voters' Anti-Trump vets join Steyer group in pressing Democrats to impeach Trump Republicans plot comeback in New Jersey MORE and Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE.
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J.), Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisClyburn urges Biden to pick black woman as running mate: 'African American women need to be rewarded' for loyalty Biden now has a route to the Oval Office — if he navigates the challenges The Hill's Morning Report - Biden delivers another devastating blow to Sanders MORE (D-Calif.) and Amy KlobucharAmy KlobucharDemocratic senators ask IRS to extend tax filing deadline amid coronavirus outbreak Biden now has a route to the Oval Office — if he navigates the challenges Sanders's path narrows as losses mount MORE (D-Minn.), are "all capable of being president" when asked about possible running mates.
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Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTop Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for 'same pool of voters' Anti-Trump vets join Steyer group in pressing Democrats to impeach Trump Republicans plot comeback in New Jersey MORE, Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE and their running mates have spent their final weeks on the campaign trail hopping between critical swing states, devoting the most time to Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Ohio, according to an analysis by The Hill.
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