Bush won the majority of the primaries and after the March 2000 Super Tuesday contests he was well ahead in delegates of both McCain and Alan Keyes . On August 3 , 2000 Bush won the Republican nomination at the Republican Convention with the support of 2,058 delegates . Dick Cheney , the former U.S. Secretary of Defense , was nominated as vice president despite Cheney initially recommending former Missouri Senator John Danforth
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