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Republican Governor Mike Johanns of Nebraska was nominated by Bush on December 2 to replace outgoing United States Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman.
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Chauncey Depew, one-time runner-up for the Republican Presidential nomination, was attending a convention at Saratoga, where he was scheduled to nominate Colonel Theodore Roosevelt for Governor of New York when he noticed that the temporary chairman was a man he had never met.
Clinton was elected Governor of Arkansas in 1978, having defeated the Republican candidate Lynn Lowe, a farmer from Texarkana.
In New Mexico, Republican Gary Johnson made school voucher provision the major issue of his second term as Governor.
The current Governor is Rick Snyder, a member of the Republican Party.
Lynch spent the five months preceding the election relentlessly attacking Governor Craig Benson, the first-term Republican incumbent, for what Lynch claimed was a lack of integrity following a long series of scandals during Benson's tenure.
On November 7, 2006, Lynch was re-elected Governor in a 74 % to 26 % landslide victory over Republican challenger Jim Coburn.
" In 1994, Kemp and Bennett opposed California ballot Proposition 187, a measure to bar illegal immigrants from obtaining public services, in direct opposition to first-term Republican California Governor Pete Wilson, one of its endorsers who was running for re-election.
On the Republican side NPP-affiliated statehood Republicans control the GOP local chapter ( Republican Party of Puerto Rico ), headed by state chair and Aguadilla mayor Carlos Méndez, Republican National Committeeman and Governor Luis Fortuño and Republican National Committeewoman Zoraida Fonalledas.
* 26-Strom Thurmond, 100, Governor of South Carolina, United States Republican Senator from South Carolina and Presidential candidate ( as a Dixiecrat ).
* Charles W. Sandman, Jr., Republican Congressman for New Jersey's 2nd district ( 1967 – 1975 ) and Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey ( 1973 )
Reed tried to obtain the Republican nomination for President in 1896, but Ohio Governor McKinley's campaign manager, Mark Hanna, blocked his efforts.
Classic examples of this came in 1988, when Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis chose experienced Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen, and 2008, when Republican candidate John McCain picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
In early 1903 Harding announced his campaign for Governor of Ohio, which was soon thwarted by an intra-party alliance that assured the election of fellow Republican Myron T. Herrick ; Harding was awarded the position of Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, a post he occupied from 1904 to 1906.
In 1910 Wilson ran for Governor of New Jersey against the Republican candidate Vivian M. Lewis, the State Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.
** Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton announces his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination, as part of a ' stop-Goldwater ' movement.
* November 4 – United States presidential election, 1980: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter, exactly 1 year after the beginning of the Iran hostage crisis.
** Former California Governor Ronald Reagan enters the race for the Republican presidential nomination, challenging incumbent President Gerald Ford.
In 2010, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell gave the Republican response from the floor of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Mitch Daniels, Governor of Indiana, gave the Republican response to the 2012 State of the Union address.
In April 1973, when revelations about Watergate began to surface, Agnew was the choice of 35 percent of Republican voters to be the next Republican nominee for President, while then-California Governor Ronald Reagan was second on the Gallup Poll.
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Lansing currently lies mostly within the boundaries of Michigan's 8th congressional district, which has been represented by Republican congressman Mike Rogers since 2001.
Some of the southern and eastern portions of the city are part of the 3rd district, represented by Republican Mike Rogers.
This has led to interesting scenarios ; when Republican Lieutenant Governor Mike Curb was temporarily in power while Democratic Governor Jerry Brown was out of the state, Curb appointed judges to vacant seats and signed or vetoed bills which Brown would have vetoed or signed, respectively.
Hope is the hometown of two long-serving Arkansas governors: Bill Clinton ( who went on to become the 42nd President of the United States ) and Mike Huckabee ( who tried unsuccessfully to gain the Republican nomination in 2008 ).
The state's junior member of the United States Senate is Republican Mike Lee, elected in 2010.
State Senators Lloyd Smucker 13th District, Michael W. Brubaker 36th District, and Mike Folmer, 48th District are all Republican.
In the state legislature Upland is located in the 31st Senate District, represented by Republican Robert Dutton, and in the 63rd Assembly District, represented by Republican Mike Morrell.
* Mike Kelly, Republican, Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district
Midland County is in the 11th Congressional District in Texas and it is represented by Mike Conaway, a Republican.
In 2010, the GOP regained ground when Seip was defeated for reelection by Republican Mike Tobash.
* Mike Tobash, Republican, 125th district
* Mike Kelly, Republican, 3rd district
The seat is currently held by State Sen. Mike Folmer, a Republican.
* Coroner, Mike Baker, Republican
* Mike Reese, Republican, 59th district
Grossman assumed the office in January 2010 after ousting incumbent Mark DiVecchio in the 2009 Democratic primary and narrowly defeating Republican Mike Kerner.
* Mike Folmer, Republican, 48th district
* Mike Kelly, Republican, Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district
* Mike Fleck, Republican, Pennsylvania's 81st Representative District
* Mike Folmer, Republican, Pennsylvania Senate, District 48
* Mike Tobash, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 125
On that same day, it voted by 53 % to 45 % to re-elect Democratic Governor Mike Easley against local Republican Patrick J. Ballantine.
* Sheriff: Mike Bouchard ( Republican )
During the 2010 midterm elections, the county favored Republican Gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder, Congressional candidate Tim Walberg, State Senate candidate Bruce Caswell, and State Representative candidates Nancy Jenkins and Mike Shirkey.
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