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Reagan weighs running mate choices amid age and fate concerns
The piece outlines Reagan’s no 2 contenders and dark horse prospects. William Simon and Rep. Jack Kemp head the list with Philip Crane and Sen. Howard Baker also in the mix. Other names include Richard Lugar Danforth Pressler Brock Rumsfeld Ray Thornburgh and more, as advisers weigh philosophical compatibility and electability.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Pennsylvania
Richard Schweiker
William Simon
Treasury
Simon
New Jersey
Jack Kemp
Upstate
New York
Jacob K. Javits
Kemp
Kemp-Roth
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Senate
Indiana
Richard Lugar
Missouri
Jack Danforth
South Dakota
Larry Pressler
Bill Brock
Republican National Committee
Donald Rumsfeld
Iowa
Robert Ray
Dick Thornburgh
Philip Crane