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===1988 Presidential Campaign=== | ===1988 Presidential Campaign=== | ||
In {{Event|year=1988|event=Candidate|notes=U.S. President}}, Dr. Paul | 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==== | ====Presidential Election Year Fundraising==== | ||
<ref>http://www.fec.gov/press/summaries/2016/tables/presidential/TopPresEle.pdf</ref> | <ref>http://www.fec.gov/press/summaries/2016/tables/presidential/TopPresEle.pdf</ref> | ||
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|Other || Various || 1 || 0.27% || 249,642 | |Other || Various || 1 || 0.27% || 249,642 | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Return to the Republican Party, 2nd Term in Office (1996-2013)=== | ===Return to the Republican Party, 2nd Term in Office (1996-2013)=== | ||