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{{See also|2024 presidential election}}

{{See also|2024 presidential election}}

The '''Trump VP race''' is the contest from May to early July, 2024, during which [[Donald Trump]] selects his [[Vice President]] running mate for the [[2024 presidential election]].  Frontrunners, for the following reasons, include:

The '''Trump VP race''' is the contest from May until the [[Republican National Convention]] in early July 2024, during which [[Donald Trump]] selects his [[Vice President]] running mate for the [[2024 presidential election]].  Frontrunners, for the following reasons, include:

*Rep. [[Elise Stefanik]] (R-NY)

*Rep. [[Elise Stefanik]] (R-NY)

*Sen. [[Tim Scott]] (R-SC)

*Sen. [[Tim Scott]] (R-SC)

It was reported on June 5, 2024, that the Trump campaign requested records for vetting purposes from all of the above list plus Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR).<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/05/trump-vice-president-picks-records-00161936</ref>

It was reported on June 5, 2024, that the Trump campaign requested records for vetting purposes from all of the above list plus Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR).<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/05/trump-vice-president-picks-records-00161936</ref> But the [[Florida]] residents (Donalds and Rubio) are ineligible because the VP must reside in a state different from the president, and Sen. Cotton is likely to wait to run for president in 2028 with [[neoconservative]] support.  So the real race is down to five first listed above, and primarily the top two (Stefanik and Vance).

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