1996 Reform Party vice presidential candidate selection

none 1996 Reform Party vice presidential nomination primary 2000 Reform Party presidential primaries 2000 1996 09 11 Pat Choate 2006 (3x4 cropped).png Pat Choate 652983 Oklahoma Vice Presidential nominee Pat Choate Presidential campaigns This article lists running mates considered by Ross Perot during his 1996 candidacy for President of the United States. Following his 1992 independent candidacy, which attracted nearly 20% of the popular vote, Perot announced the formation of the Reform Party in 1995. Perot ran for president in 1996, and defeated former Colorado Governor Richard Lamm in the Reform Party primaries. On September 11, 1996, Perot announced his choice of economics professor Pat Choate as his running mate.Tollerson Ernest Perot's Running Mate Says He'll Address Wide Range of Issues in Campaign https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/12/us/perot-s-running-mate-says-he-ll-address-wide-range-of-issues-in-campaign.html 5 October 2015 New York Times 12 September 1996 Perot and Choate had previously co-authored the book Save Your Job, Save Our Country, which argued against the ratification of NAFTA. The Perot–Choate ticket took 8.4% of the popular vote in the 1996 election. Media speculation of vice presidential candidates Declined See also 1996 United States presidential election Ross Perot 1996 presidential campaign 1996 Reform Party presidential primaries 1996 Reform National Convention References 1996 vice presidential selection, 1996