2020 United States vice presidential confirmation

Dean of the U.S. House Jay Dietrich has been nominated to be the 49th Vice President of the United States.

In 2019, Republican President Arnold Wolf resigned due to his deteriorating medical and health condition. Then-Vice President Rick Tawney assumed the Presidency. Under the terms of the 25th Amendment, a vice presidential vacancy is filled when the president nominates a candidate who is confirmed by both houses of Congress. President Tawney thus had the task of selecting a vice president who could receive the majority support of both houses of Congress, one of which (the U.S. House of Representatives) was controlled by the Democrats.

President Tawney settled on the Dean of the House Jay Dietrich of Alaska, who was officially nominated on February 20, 2020, and has broad support among the members of Congress.

Confirmation Votes

By a vote of 97 to 3, the United States Senate confirmed Jay Dietrich as Vice President on April 20, 2020. Four days later, the United States House of Representatives gave it's approval with 376 to 42.

2020 U.S. Senate Vice presidential confirmation vote:	Party		Total votes
	Democratic	Republican
Yes	45	51	96  (7001970000000000000♠97%)
No	3	0	3  (7000300000000000000♠3%)
Result: Confirmed

2020 U.S. House Vice presidential confirmation vote:	Party		Total votes
	Democratic	Republican
Yes	191	189	380  (7001909000000000000♠90.9%)
No	38	0	38  (7000910000000000000♠9.1%)
Result: Confirmed