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 ===1988 Presidential Campaign===
-In {{Event|year=1988|event=Candidate|notes=U.S. President}}, Dr. Paul won the nomination of the [[1987 Libertarian National Convention|Libertarian Party]] for the [[President of the United States|U.S. Presidency]]. He eventually placed third (with 0.3% of the popular vote) behind [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[Michael Dukakis]].
+In {{Event|year=1988|event=Candidate|notes=U.S. President}}, Dr. Paul ran for president of the United States. Dr. Paul was nominated to run as the Libertarian Party Presidential candidate at the [[1987 Libertarian National Convention]]. He placed third, behind Republican nominee and Vice President George H. W. Bush and Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis.
+====1987 Libertarian Party National Convention====
+After receiving the Presidential candidate nomination from the Libertarian Party, Alaska State House Representative [[Andre Marrou]] was unanimously selected to be his running mate.
+'''Results'''
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+ 1987 Libertarian Party National Convention Nomination for President of the United States
+|+ 1st Ballot (50% of Delegates needed to win)
+! Name !! Votes !! Percent
+|-
+| '''Ron Paul'''  || '''196''' ||  '''51.31%'''
+|-
+| Russell Means  ||  120  ||  31.41%
+|-
+| James A. Lewis || 49 || 12.83%
+|-
+|-
+| NOTA (write-in)  ||  14  ||  3.66%
+|-
+| Harry Glenn || 3 || 0.79%
+|}
+<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/06/us/libertarians-pick-ex-congressman-in-88-bid.html</ref>
 ====Presidential Election Year Fundraising====
 <ref>http://www.fec.gov/press/summaries/2016/tables/presidential/TopPresEle.pdf</ref>
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 |Other || Various || 1 || 0.27% || 249,642
 |}
 ===Return to the Republican Party, 2nd Term in Office (1996-2013)===