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VIDEO: Fallin For Vice President? ‘Great Advice,’ Trump Says

Gov. Mary Fallin, second from right, and her husband, Wade Christensen, second from left, greet Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, following a rally in Oklahoma City, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016.
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Gov. Mary Fallin, second from right, and her husband, Wade Christensen, second from left, greet Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, following a rally in Oklahoma City, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016.

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said South Carolina's former lieutenant governor had "great advice" in recommending Gov. Mary Fallin as a running mate.

During an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday, André Bauer said Trump needs a vice presidential candidate who brings executive experience and can balance the ticket.

“I like Mary Fallin for that reason,” Bauer said. “She’s been in the private sector. She's been in the real estate business. She's been in Congress. She's been a three-term lieutenant governor. She's been a highly successful governor cutting the pension deficit in half."

Bauer also cited Fallin's role in dealing with several natural disasters that have struck Oklahoma since she took office in 2011.

Fallin said in a statement it’s an “honor” to have her name thrown out there.

Trump’s campaign has said he won’t pick a vice presidential candidate until the Republican National Convention this summer. On that same show, Donald Trump’s son said the campaign would like to get to the convention without making the pick. Donald Trump, Jr. didn’t rule out either of the remaining candidates Ted Cruz or John Kasich.

“He would want somebody who’s navigated the DC waterways a little more than he has to be in there,” the younger Trump said. “He’s the disrupter, but you’re still going to need someone who’s had that understanding.”

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Brian Hardzinski is from Flower Mound, Texas and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. He began his career at KGOU as a student intern, joining KGOU full time in 2009 as Operations and Public Service Announcement Director. He began regularly hosting Morning Edition in 2014, and became the station's first Digital News Editor in 2015-16. Brian’s work at KGOU has been honored by Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI), the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters, the Oklahoma Associated Press Broadcasters, and local and regional chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists. Brian enjoys competing in triathlons, distance running, playing tennis, and entertaining his rambunctious Boston Terrier, Bucky.
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