General Discussion

LBJ threw his hat in the ring at the Democratic convention. He lost. His official presidential campaign lasted one week!!! And the only people that voted for him were DNC delegates. He was then nominated for VP.



Johnson had already won his senate primary in May.

I don't know of another case, where this has occurred again in recent history and think it's moot. All states now have presidential primaries or caucuses. Keep in mind, this was also put to test when the DNC had a second presidential primary in July 2024 after Joe Biden withdrew. There are now much stricter rules/laws about who becomes the presidential nominee for a major party. Kamala's nomination required a second primary consisting of DNC delegates. . She had to win the primary in order to secure the nomination. In today's day and age, Johnson would not be allowed to throw his hat in the presidential ring at the convention.

Did someone who had won a primary in their respective race earlier in 2024 also participate in the DNC's second primary? Who knows? I would have to research.

Bentsen was appointed on the same ticket as Dukakis. Hence, he did not file in two primaries at the same time. Since VP is not on a primary ballot.

Same with Paul Ryan. He was not on a primary for VP.

Johnson could run on the same ticket at Kennedy because VP is not an elected position. If he had won the nominee, who knows what would have happened? But in today's day and age primaries matter. Johnson did not participate in a presidential primary in 1960, unless you call a nomination at the convention a presidential primary. He previously won his senate primary in May 1960.



All I know is that Texas did not participate in a 1960 presidential primary.



Back in the day, political parties were poorly regulated. Fast forward to the federal elections commission and all the filing rules, Johnson's campaign for president wouldn't fly.

I live in Texas. You can not file for two seats at the same time! We even have sore loser laws that prevent primary losers from running as independents.

Also Texas has all of their primaries on the same day. (Some state stagger their primaries, but Texas does not)