Robert Dole 1996

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Robert Dole served in the U.S. House of Representative between 1961 and 1969 and as U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1969- 1996. In 1995, he announced his candidacy for 1996 presidential election and won the Republican Party’s nomination. He chose Jack Kemp as his running mate, but was defeated by the incumbent Bill Clinton in November 1996. During his political career, Dole served as an advocate for men’s health issues as well as the Chairman of the National World War II Memorial fundraising campaign.