Bob Dole for Vice-President: 1976

By Kaye McIntyre

Published August 14, 2016 at 5:00 AM CDT

Official White House Photograph from the Dole Archives Collection

August 14, 2016: we look back on the Republican National Convention of 1976, when President Gerald Ford picked Senator Bob Dole as his running mate. We'll preview a new exhibit at the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. We'll also remember Robert F. Kennedy's visit to Kansas during the 1968 elections.

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Kaye McIntyre

Kaye starts her weekends the same way you do: with Weekend Edition Saturday, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, This American Life, and To the Best of Our Knowledge. She started at Kansas Public Radio in 2001; in 2006, she became the producer of our weekly public affairs program, KPR Presents. In her spare time, she loves to read, travel, and attend theater.

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