United States Presidential Election, 1989 (Jimmy is down!)

The United States presidential election of 1989 was the 51st quadrennial United States presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1988. Incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush won the Republican nomination, and chose Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana as his running mate. The Democrats re-nominated Senator Ted Kennedy, and Kennedy once again chose former U.S. Representative from New York Geraldine Ferraro. The Libertarians choose former member of the U.S. House of Representatives Ron Paul, and his choice for Vice President was former Member of the Alaska House of Representatives Andre Marrou.