Politics1: Presidency 2000 - Dan Quayle (R-AZ)

PRESIDENCY 2000:

J. DANFORTH "DAN" QUAYLE
(Republican - Arizona)

BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS:

POLITICAL: Founder & Chairman, Campaign America PAC, 1994-present. Vice President of the United States, 1989-93 (elected 1988; GOP nominee for Vice President, 1992). U.S. Senator, 1981-89 [elected 1980 (54%); re-elected 1986 (61%)]. U.S. Congressman, 1977-81 [elected 1976 (54%), re-elected 1978 (64%)]. Director, Inheritance Tax Division of the Indiana Department of Revenue, 1973-74. Aide to Governor Edgar Whitcomb (R-IN), 1971-73.

PROFESSIONAL: Attorney. Associate Publisher, Huntington Herald-Press newspaper, 1974-76. Indiana Army National Guard, 6 years.

EDUCATION: J.D., Indiana University Law School, 1974. B.A. (Political Science), DePauw University, 1969.

PERSONAL: Born February 4, 1947 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Married to attorney Marilyn Tucker Quayle. Three children. Protestant (Bible Church). Although he represented Indiana while serving in Congress, Quayle moved back to his childhood home of Arizona in 1994.

LINKS:

Dan Quayle for President Committee - Official.
Dan Quayle Center & Museum - Vice Presidential Museum
Dan Quayle's Skeleton Closet - Negative Site.

ANALYSIS:

After registering weak fundraising numbers and a dismal eighth place finish in the Iowa GOP Straw Poll in August 1999, Quayle withdrew from the Presidential race on September 27, 1999.

QUAYLE IS ENDORSED BY:
(Partial Listing)

Ex-US Senator Mack Mattingly (R-GA)
Ex-Governor Otis "Doc" Bowen (R-IN)
Congressman Dan Burton (R-IN)
Congressman Steve Buyer (R-IN)
Ex-US Senator Dan Coats (R-IN)
Secretary of State Sue Anne Gilroy (R-IN)
Ft. Wayne Mayor Paul Helmke (R-IN)
Ex-Congressman Jack Hiler (R-IN)
Congressman John Hostettler (R-IN)
Congressman Dave McIntosh (R-IN)
Ex-State Treasurer Marge O'Laughlin (R-IN)
Congressman Ed Pease (R-IN)
Congressman Mark Souder (R-IN)
State Sen. Steve King (R-IA)
State Sen. Kitty Rehberg (R-IA)
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)
US Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI)
Governor Kirk Fordice (R-MS)
Ex-Congresswoman Barbara Vucanovich (R-NV)
State Sen. Art Klemm (R-NH)
1996 Gubernatorial Nominee Ovide Lamontagne (R-NH)
Ex-Governor John Sununu (R-NH)
State Rep. Fran Wendelboe (R-NH)
1988 Congressional Nominee Tom Roberg (R-NC)
Ex-Governor Carroll Campbell (R-SC)
Ex-Congressman Mark Neumann (R-WI)

OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN CONTACT INFORMATION:

Dan Quayle for President
2929 E. Camelback Rd.
Suite 124
Phoenix, AZ 85016
602-522-3500
E-mail: webmaster@Quayle.org

THE DAN QUAYLE LIBRARY:

Worth Fighting For by Dan Quayle (1999). Quayle's new book sets out his campaign platform for 2000. He also attacks his old nemesis -- the "New Aristocracy" of the media -- for being too liberal and weakening traditional values. He also touts a 30% federal income tax cut, a semi-privatization ("Freedom Accounts") of Social Security and school vouchers -- and attacks the IRS, abortion, affirmative action and Clinton's foreign policies. Not suprisingly, the book takes shots at frontrunner George W. Bush ("conservatives have always been compassionate") and takes every opportunity to link Al Gore to Bill Clinton. Follow the link to read more about the book. List: $21.99. Your Price: $15.39 (You Save 30%)!

The Campaign: A Novel by Marilyn Tucker Quayle & Nancy Northcott (1996). Marilyn Quayle and her sister Nancy Northcott wrote this ideological political thriller. In the book, Christian conservative African-American US Senator Robert Grant (R-GA) is a hopeful in the next presidential campaign. The unnamed incumbent Democratic President, fearful of losing his power, sets Grant up to take the blame for a murder he did not commit -- and Grant must clear his name and solve the murder. Unfortunately for Mrs. Quayle, the media critics did not like the book, describing in as "far-fetched ... [with] over-the-top plotting, leaden dialogue" and a heavy dose of partisan conservative politics. Conservatives (from the reviews posted), however, seem to have liked the novel. Of course, Quayle fans can still buy the book simply to have Mrs. Quayle autograph it at a campaign rally. List: $12.99. Your Price: $10.39 (You Save 20%)! Paperback.

This page was last updated on September 27, 1999