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During the [[United States presidential election, 1988|1988 presidential election]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[George H. W. Bush]] selected [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Dan Quayle]] of [[Indiana]] as his vice presidential nominee. The Bush-Quayle ticket defeated the [[Michael Dukakis|Dukakis]]-[[Lloyd Bentsen|Bentsen]] ticket in the general election by a 53%-46% margin, capturing 40 states and 426 [[Electoral College (United States)|electoral votes]].
In order to assume the Vice Presidency in January 1989, Quayle was required to resign his seat in the Senate. In preparation for the pending vacancy, [[Governor of Indiana|Governor]] [[Robert D. Orr]] appointed four-term [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] [[Dan Coats]] to fill Quayle's seat on December 12, 1988. Coats was a former aide to Quayle, whom he had succeeded as U.S. Representative for [[Indiana's 4th congressional district]] in 1981. Quayle eventually resigned his Senate seat on January 3, 1989, and Coats was immediately sworn into office.
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