1996 Republican Party presidential primaries

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United States presidential primary

The 1996 Republican Party presidential primaries were the series of state-level elections and caucuses in which Republican voters selected their preferred candidate to challenge Democratic incumbent Bill Clinton in the 1996 United States presidential election.

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1996 United States presidential election Republican primaries 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential primary ⓘ
ballotAccess varied by state ⓘ
candidate Alan Keyes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bob Dole NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lamar Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ
Morry Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pat Buchanan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phil Gramm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard Lugar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Steve Forbes NERFINISHED ⓘ
concludingEvent 1996 Republican National Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
conventionDate 1996-08-12 ⓘ
1996-08-15 ⓘ
conventionLocation San Diego, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electionYear 1996 ⓘ
electorate Republican voters ⓘ
endDate 1996-06-02 ⓘ
featuredIssue federal budget ⓘ
social conservatism ⓘ
tax cuts ⓘ
trade policy ⓘ
firstContest 1996 Louisiana Republican caucuses ⓘ
followedBy 2000 Republican Party presidential primaries NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows 1992 Republican Party presidential primaries ⓘ
frontRunner Bob Dole NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideologicalChallenger Pat Buchanan NERFINISHED ⓘ
incumbentPresident Bill Clinton NERFINISHED ⓘ
incumbentSoughtReelection Bill Clinton NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorPrimary 1996 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses ⓘ
1996 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary ⓘ
1996 South Carolina Republican presidential primary ⓘ
1996 Super Tuesday Republican primaries ⓘ
mediaCoverage national television networks in the United States ⓘ
nominee Bob Dole NERFINISHED ⓘ
nomineeRunningMate Jack Kemp NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeSought President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponentParty Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedIncumbent Bill Clinton NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf 1996 United States presidential election NERFINISHED ⓘ
party Republican Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryType series of state-level primaries and caucuses ⓘ
purpose to select the Republican nominee for President in the 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ
resultingTicketPresidentialNominee Bob Dole NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultingTicketVicePresidentialNominee Jack Kemp NERFINISHED ⓘ
selfFundedCandidate Steve Forbes NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate 1996-01-29 ⓘ
votingSystem state-run primaries and party-run caucuses ⓘ
winner Bob Dole NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Phil Gramm → candidateInElection → 1996 Republican Party presidential primaries ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1996 United States presidential election Republican primaries
2000 Republican Party presidential primaries → follows → 1996 Republican Party presidential primaries ⓘ
2000 Republican Party presidential primaries → previousElection → 1996 Republican Party presidential primaries ⓘ