On July 22 , 2016 , Hillary Clinton announced that she had selected Kaine to be her vice presidential running mate in the 2016 presidential election , and the 2016 Democratic National Convention nominated him on July 27 . Despite winning a plurality of the national popular vote , the Clinton-Kaine ticket lost the Electoral College , and thus the election , to the Republican ticket of Donald Trump and Mike Pence on November 8 , 2016 . Following the election , Kaine remained in the Senate and successfully sought re-election to a second full term in 2018 , defeating Republican Corey Stewart
2016 Democratic National Convention
2016 Democratic National Convention
Tim Kaine