CPAC’s Top Picks for Trump’s VP Revealed

Attendees overwhelmingly supported President Trump over fellow Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley.

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at CPAC at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 24, 2024. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy were the top picks for the Republican vice presidential spot in a straw poll conducted by the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington on Feb. 24.

Conference attendees were asked to sound off on who should serve as former President Donald Trump’s running mate on the Republican ticket. The extensive list of contenders featured a host of prominent Republicans and even a couple of independents.