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Kennedy was assassinated in California while he was running for president in 1968.
He was killed because he was running for president.
Kennedy chose Lyndon Johnson as his vice-president (running mate) in order to appeal to voters from the southern states, since Kennedy was from the northeast.
He was young to be running for president and was an Irish Catholic.
Kennedy began by running for and being elected to Congress in 1946.
In the 1960 campaign, Johnson, as John F. Kennedy's running mate, was elected Vice President. On November 22, 1963, when Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson was sworn in as President.
No- he was assassinated while he running for the Democratic nomination in 1968,
Because that was his big brother's dream
John Kennedy was elected only once. His opponent was Richard M. Nixon, who was later elected president in 1968 and 1972. Nixon's vice presidential running mate was Henry Cabot Lodge. Kennedy's running mate was Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded him as president after his assassination in 1963.
JFK was a US Representative and US Senator.
Robert F. Kennedy
John F Kennedy's vice presidential running mate was none other than Lyndon Baines Johnson, from the state of Texas.