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Dole resigns Senate seat to pursue presidency 20 years ago today (May 15 1996)


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(Wednesday, May 15, 1996) — Declaring that he now has “nowhere to go but the White House or home,” Senator Bob Dole announced today that he was resigning from the Senate (effective June 11, 1996) and forsaking a 35-year Congressional career in hopes of recharging his Presidential campaign. Continue reading Dole resigns Senate seat to pursue presidency 20 years ago today (May 15 1996)