QUESTIONS:
1. Excluding elected Presidents, how many unsuccessful Republican nominees for President are living?
2. How many unsuccessful Democratic nominees for President are living?
3. How many unsuccessful Republican nominees for Vice President are living?
4. How many unsuccessful Democratic nominees for Vice President are living?
5. In what two states have present U.S. senators run against each other in the past?
ANSWERS:
1. Only two: Gerald Ford (1976) and Bob Dole (1996).
2. Five: George McGovern (1972), Walter Mondale (1984), Michael Dukakis (1988), Al Gore in (2000) and John Kerry (2004).
3. Two: Dole in ??¢â???¬â???¢76 and Jack Kemp in ??¢â???¬â???¢96.
4. Six: Thomas F. Eagleton and Sargent Shriver (1972), Geraldine Ferraro (1984), Lloyd Bentsen (1988), Joseph Lieberman (2000), and John Edwards (2004).
5. Nebraska, where Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson lost to Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel in 1996 before winning the other seat in 2000, and Nevada, where Republican Sen. John Ensign lost to Democratic Sen. Harry Reid in 1998 before winning his own seat in 2000.
