2016 United States presidential election

==== Vice presidential selection ====
{{Main|2016 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection}}

Trump turned his attention towards selecting a running mate after he became the presumptive nominee on May 4, 2016.<ref name="mkeneally">{{cite news |last1=Keneally |first1=Meghan |title=Donald Trump Teases Possible VP Requirements |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-teases-vp-requirements/story?id=38869060 |access-date=May 4, 2016 |work=[[ABC News]] |date=May 4, 2016}}</ref> In mid-June, Eli Stokols and Burgess Everett of ''Politico'' reported that the Trump campaign was considering [[New Jersey]] Governor [[Chris Christie]], former [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] [[Newt Gingrich]] from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], Senator [[Jeff Sessions]] of Alabama, and [[Oklahoma]] Governor [[Mary Fallin]].<ref name="estokols">{{cite news |last1=Stokols |first1=Eli |last2=Everett |first2=Burgess |title=Trump's performance raises hard question: Who'd want to be his VP? |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-vice-president-224488 |access-date=June 21, 2016 |publisher=[[Politico]] |date=June 17, 2016}}</ref> A June 30 report from ''[[The Washington Post]]'' also included Senators [[Bob Corker]] from Tennessee, [[Richard Burr]] from [[North Carolina]], [[Tom Cotton]] from Arkansas, [[Joni Ernst]] from Iowa, and Indiana governor [[Mike Pence]] as individuals still being considered for the ticket.<ref name="vetting2">{{cite news |last1=Costa |first1=Robert |title=Gingrich, Christie are the leading candidates to be Trump's running mate |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gingrich-christie-are-the-leading-candidates-to-be-trumps-running-mate/2016/06/30/98fa3ecc-3eef-11e6-84e8-1580c7db5275_story.html |access-date=July 1, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=June 30, 2016}}</ref> Trump also said he was considering two military generals for the position, including retired Lieutenant General [[Michael T. Flynn|Michael Flynn]].<ref name="zurcher">{{cite news |last1=Zurcher |first1=Anthony |title=US election: Who will Trump pick as his vice-president? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36678388 |access-date=July 8, 2016 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=July 8, 2016}}</ref>

In July 2016, it was reported that Trump had narrowed his list of possible running mates down to three: Christie, Gingrich, and Pence.<ref name=FinalThree>{{cite web |last=O'Donnell |first=Kelly |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/team-trump-plans-public-event-friday-vp-pick-n608161 |title=Team Trump Plans Public Event Friday With VP Pick |work=[[NBC News]] |date=July 12, 2016 |access-date=July 12, 2016}}</ref>

On July 14, 2016, several major media outlets reported that Trump had selected Pence as his running mate. Trump confirmed these reports in a message [[Twitter]] on July 15, 2016, and formally made the announcement the following day in New York.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/14/politics/donald-trump-vice-presidential-choice/ |title=Donald Trump selects Mike Pence as VP |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=July 14, 2016 |access-date=July 14, 2016 |author1=Bash, Dana |author2-link=Jim Acosta |author2=Acosta, Jim |author3=Lee, MJ|author1-link=Dana Bash }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Ivan |last=Levingston |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/15/donald-trump-officially-names-mike-pence-as-his-vp.html |title=Donald Trump officially names Mike Pence as his VP |publisher=[[CNBC]] |date=July 15, 2016 |access-date=July 16, 2016}}</ref> On July 19, the second night of the [[2016 Republican National Convention]], Pence won the Republican vice presidential nomination by acclamation.<ref name="tcook">{{cite news |last1=Cook |first1=Tony |title=Gov. Mike Pence formally nominated as the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate |url=http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/19/indiana-formally-casts-its-votes-nominate-trump-republican-national-convention/87317966/ |access-date=July 20, 2016 |work=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |date=July 19, 2016}}</ref>