On July 18th, the Super Deluxe YouTube channel uploaded an edited version of the announcement speech (shown below, right). The following day, Trump introduced Pence as his running man during a campaign event at the New York Hilton Midtown hotel (shown below, left). On July 15th, Trump announced on Twitter that Pence had been chosen as his vice presidential running mate. On May 3rd, 2016, Donald Trump became the presumptive nominee after winning the Indiana primary. 2016 Vice Presidential Campaignĭuring the 2016 Republican presidential primary, Pence endorsed Ted Cruz as the party's nominee. Gregg and Libertarian nominee Rupert Boneham to become governor of Indiana. In 2000, Pence defeated Democratic opponent Robert Rock for a congressional seat in Indiana's 2nd district, adopting a campaign slogan describing himself as 'A Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order.' In 2012, Pence defeated Democratic candidate John R. In 1992, Pence began hosting The Mike Pence Show talk radio program. Historyįollowing two unsuccessful Indiana congressional campaigns in 19, Pence became the president of the Indiana Policy Review Foundation free-market think tank. As a staunch Christian conservative, Pence has opposed legislation in favor of comprehensive sex education, abortion and LGBT rights.
Mike Pence is a Republican politician and Vice President-elect of the United States.
