For the office of US President it was John McCain.
Tom Ridge
Mitt Romney
Sarah Palin is a Republican and the vice-presidential nominee selected by John McCain. This was in the 2008 US presidential elections.
The nominee for president was from Arizona and and the VP candidate was from Alaska.
Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska, in 2008 became the first woman to be the Republican nominee for vice-president .
The first Republican Party Presidential Nominee was John C. Frémont of California, who lost to Democrat James Buchanan in 1856.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower was the Republican nominee in 1952. He won the election over Democrat Adlai Stevenson.
Richard Nixon
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Marco Rubio
Mitt Romney
Senator John Sidney McCain III was the Republican nominee in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.