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Geography is not as important as it used to be in selecting a vice presidential running mate. The last vice presidential candidate chosen mainly to deliver a state's electoral votes was Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, and that campaign was in 1960, a year before Obama was born.

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Geography is not as important as it used to be in selecting a vice presidential running mate. The last vice presidential candidate chosen mainly to deliver a state's electoral votes was Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, and that campaign was in 1960, a year before Obama was born.

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