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Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Governor Sarah Palin ( R-AK ) also called into a show before a rally in October 2008 to discuss the election and the economic distortion and impact of Senator Obama's tax policy ; Palin returned to the show in November 2009 to discuss her book Going Rogue.
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Republican and nominee
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I'm not afraid to tangle with the Republican nominee ''.
In late August 1861, General John C. Frémont, the 1856 Republican presidential nominee, issued, without consulting Washington, a proclamation of martial law in Missouri.
In 1865, he ran for District Attorney, losing narrowly to his friend and roommate, Lyman K. Bass, the Republican nominee.
The Republican party remained divided against itself, and in the general election Cleveland emerged the victor, with 535, 318 votes to Republican nominee Charles J. Folger's 342, 464.
On August 16, 1996, the Republican Party chose Kemp as its vice presidential nominee, running alongside former Senator Dole.
He also provided the narration for a video biography of Alaska governor Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, that appeared on McCain's campaign website.
Although Gresham was a Republican, he had supported Cleveland ( a Democrat ) in the 1892 election because of his intense dislike for the Republican nominee, President Benjamin Harrison.
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* Rubel Phillips, Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1963 and 1967
She formally endorsed Senator John McCain, then the presumptive Republican party nominee, for president on March 25.
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* July 16 – At the Republican National Convention in San Francisco, U. S. presidential nominee Barry Goldwater declares that " extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice ", and " moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue ".
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The Republican nominee was slow to realize the surge of support for Bryan after the nomination, stating his view that the silver sentiment would be gone in a month.
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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.
Republican and Governor
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" 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.
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* 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.
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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.
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