Though they come from different backgrounds, and reached their positions in different manners, Bob Dole and Jack Kemp have joined forces trying to put a Republican back in the White House.

Dole is a veteran of World War II. Wounded, and branded a hero, he was awarded two Purple Hearts. Following recovery from his wounds he earned his law degree from Washburn University in 1952. In 1960 he was elected to represent Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives and then in the Senate in 1968.

In 1976 Dole ran as Gerald Ford’s vice-presidential running mate against Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale. Always basing his campaign on his small town, Midwestern ideals, Dole considers himself a defender of the common man. He unsuccessfully ran for president in 1988 and again in 1992. In 1996 Dole retired from the Senate in order to dedicate himself to his presidential campaign.

Jack Kemp is well known in two areas of American culture, politics and professional football.

Kemp served nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1971-1989, as a representative from the Buffalo, NY, area. He served seven of those years as Chairman of the House Republican Leadership Conference.

Prior to his time in Congress, Kemp was a professional quarterback in the AFL. He lead the Buffalo Bills to the American Football League championship in 1964 and 1965 when he was named league’s most valuable player.

Kemp served four years as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. As HUD secretary he was an advocate of enterprise zones and he helped to expand home ownership among the poor.

Kemp is dedicated to advancing the cause of democracy, freedom and free market economics.

In 1996 Jack Kemp accepted Bob Dole’s invitation to be his vice presidential running mate.

-information for this article was provided by the Dole/Kemp homepages found at

http://www.dolekemp96.org/