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    Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was an American politician who was a four-term United States Senator (1971–1993) from Texas...
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    ticket of Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and Texas senator Lloyd Bentsen. It remains the most recent election in which a candidate won over 400...
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    United States vice presidential debate by Democratic nominee Senator Lloyd Bentsen to Republican nominee Senator Dan Quayle in response to Quayle's comparison...
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    Electoral history of Lloyd Bentsen, United States Senator from Texas (1971-1993), United States Representative (1948-1955), United States Secretary of...
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    received 112, but one faithless elector who was pledged to him voted for Lloyd Bentsen for president and Dukakis for vice president instead out of protest)...
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    Democratic U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen won re-election to a fourth term, defeating Republican U.S. Representative Beau Boulter. Bentsen easily won the Democratic...
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    the treasury, Lloyd Bentsen. Born in Houston, Texas to Kenneth Sr. and Mary Bentsen, he graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1977. Bentsen earned a Bachelor...
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    Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen as his running mate. Dukakis chose Bentsen in order to appeal to Southerners and in hopes of carrying Bentsen's home state of...
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    his running mate. His vice presidential debate against Lloyd Bentsen was notable for Bentsen's "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" quip. The Bush–Quayle...
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    Yarborough was defeated by former U.S. Representative Lloyd Bentsen in the Democratic primary. Bentsen then defeated Republican U.S. Representative and future...
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    Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts was nominated for president and Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas for vice president. The chair of the convention was Speaker...
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    nominated at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Dukakis chose Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas as his running mate, while the Republicans nominated a ticket...
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  • place between Republican nominee Dan Quayle and Democratic nominee Lloyd Bentsen. There were two presidential debates and one vice-presidential debate...
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    Anderson. Incumbent Democrat Lloyd Bentsen won re-election to a fourth term defeating Republican Representative Beau Boulter. Bentsen easily won the Democratic...
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    2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen won re-election to a second term. Lloyd Bentsen, incumbent U.S. Senator Leon Dugi Phil Gramm...
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    S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen won re-election to a third term in office, defeating Republican U.S. Representative James M. Collins. Bentsen's victory in the...
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    assassination. In 1970, Yarborough lost re-nomination to fellow Democrat Lloyd Bentsen, who campaigned as relatively more conservative. Yarborough attempted...
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    Senator Dan Quayle as Vice President, and Dukakis ran with Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen. Texas voted for Bush by a solid 12.6% margin. Texas had been considered...
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    President George H. W. Bush of Texas. Dukakis ran with Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen as Vice President, and Bush ran with Indiana Senator Dan Quayle. West...
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    general election against the Democratic ticket of Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen by a wide margin. It was the third consecutive Republican victory in...
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    He began his political career as a Democrat, as a member of Senator Lloyd Bentsen's, D-Tex., Senate and campaign staffs. He also worked for, among others...
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    of four-term incumbent and 1988 Democratic vice presidential nominee Lloyd Bentsen, who became Secretary of the Treasury in President Clinton's cabinet...
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  • Bentsen (1897–1962), Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and Communist parties Ivar Bentsen (1876–1943), Danish architect Lloyd Bentsen...
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    a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Incumbent Democrat Lloyd Bentsen successfully ran for re-election to his third term, defeating Republican...
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    David Duke (campaign) Representative Douglas Applegate of Ohio Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts (December 19, 1985) Businessman...
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    Ralph Yarborough was defeated by former Representative Lloyd Bentsen in the Democratic primary. Bentsen then defeated Representative George H. W. Bush in the...
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  • President of the United States and Lloyd Bentsen for Vice President of the United States. However, she cast her vote for Bentsen as President and Dukakis as...
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    Stevenson III with 3%, Ralph Nader with 2%, Walter Mondale with 2%, Lloyd Bentsen with 2%, Jerry Brown with 2%, John Glenn with 2%; Reubin Askew, John...
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  • George W. Bush Electoral history of Jack Kemp Electoral history of Lloyd Bentsen Electoral history of Mike Pence "Statistics of the Presidential and...
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    Senator Dan Quayle as Vice President, and Dukakis ran with Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen. Illinois weighed in for this election as 5.4% more Democratic than...
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