2008 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection

2008 Republican vice presidential nomination
← 2000 August 29, 2008 (2008-08-29) 2012 →
 
Nominee Sarah Palin
Home state Alaska

Previous Vice Presidential nominee

Dick Cheney

Vice Presidential nominee

Sarah Palin

On March 4, 2008, Senator John McCain of Arizona won the 2008 nomination by the Republican Party for President of the United States, and became the presumptive nominee of the party. McCain held an event with Alaska governor Sarah Palin, revealing her as his vice presidential running mate on August 29, 2008, a date which coincided both with McCain's 72nd birthday and the Palins' 20th wedding anniversary,[1][2] at the Ervin J. Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio, the day after Barack Obama's acceptance speech.[3] The McCain–Palin ticket ultimately lost to the Obama–Biden ticket in the 2008 presidential election.

  1. ^ "Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is John McCain's VP choice". New York Daily News. August 29, 2008. Archived from the original on December 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "Longview Palin family proudly hears news that relative is McCain's pick for V.P." The Daily News. August 29, 2008. Archived from the original on December 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Mooney, Alexander; Bash, Dana; King, John (2008-08-28). "McCain settled on VP pick, sources say". CNN. Retrieved 2008-08-28.